Stories from Thursday, January 2, 2020

The new year 2020 inspires a final look at not quite 20 top memories from area sports in 2019: Springing to state championships! There were tornado watches and weather delays, yet the McCook Bison finished 2018-19 as state champions! McCook senior Colin Giron unleashed the best Bison shot put throw in 47 years (55’6 1/4”) while winning a Class B title...

Latest results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook as the league season’s second half begins with Five Loners taking an early lead. Men’s Major Maris General Const. 25-5 J&L Construction 24-6 Burton Well Drilling 21-9 Diamond Vogel 20-10...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Only a few calls have come into local law enforcement dispatchers, but there was no shortage of social media posts about large drones being sighted throughout Southwest Nebraska. McCook Police Chief Ike Brown said this morning he heard reports of sightings near the McCook airport, at Walmart and near the Pearson Addition north of McCook...

Nearly 100 people from far and wide turned out for the third annual First Day Hike at the Red Willow State Recreation Area on Wednesday. The event was several conducted around the state by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, coordinated locally with the Republican River Fitness Series. ...

McCOOK, Neb . -- The Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival planning committee will kick off the New Year at their First Tuesday event on Jan. 7 at the Bieroc Café. The program will feature Cal Siegfried and Lonnie Weyeneth as they reminisce about music on the radio from times past...

It started with an obscure story from a fringe area of this newspaper’s circulation, and had moved right into town by New Year’s Day. Local law enforcement dispatchers have received few calls, but reports and speculation are running rampant on social media, with drone sightings reported throughout Southwest Nebraska and even into the Platte Valley...