Stories from Friday, February 4, 2022

McCOOK, Neb. — There were so many McCook Bison heroes Friday night from senior Brendan Gillen's nine first-quarter points to senior Josh Hegwood scoring his eight in those decisive final eight minutes. Perhaps nothing was more clutch than the 22-for-22 free throw shooting with junior Evan Humphrey finishing 12 for 12...

McCOOK, Neb. — Her bat was pure gold last fall and the Independence (Kan.) Community College Pirates knew they wanted to add Brenna Carner’s softball talents in 2022. This McCook High senior made it official when she signed with the Pirates Thursday morning to study psychology and focus on marriage therapy...

Proposed feedlot in Dundy County draws crowd to zoning meeting Jason Frederick Benkelman Post BENKELMAN, Neb. - The Dundy County District Courtroom was packed for the Dundy County Planning and Zoning Commission’s meeting in Benkelman on Tuesday afternoon...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook hardware/repair store for bikes, vacuums, skateboards and a little bit of everything else, is changing ownership. Tinker Tom’s, owned by long-time McCook entrepreneur Tom Poore, will now be operated by his son, Ethan. It’s something that’s been in the works for years, Tom said, who will be retiring. Kind of. He’s still planning to stick around, but on a “come in late and leave early” basis,” he said...

McCOOK, Neb. - Bee Little Childcare Center and BlessEng’s have become hometown heroes for local families in McCook this past month. At the end of December, Hillcrest Little Folks Childcare Center informed parents they would no longer be in business after Feb. 11, 2022. The challenge of being able to adequately staff the center was the major reason for the closure. This announcement affected the parents of twenty-six children that were enrolled at that childcare facility...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. - Fire departments from Cambridge, Arapahoe, Bartley and Wilsonville responded to a house fire at 812 Parker Avenue in Cambridge Thursday night at about 6:30 p.m. Most of the fire was contained by 8:30 p.m. except for some hot spots, said Cambridge Assistant Fire Chief Jay Sayer. ...

WAUNETA, Neb. — Sophomore Peyton Cox’s 19 points and 18 rebounds helped Wauneta-Palisade overpower Medicine Valley, 56-41, Thursday night. Med Valley soph Stella Heapy blocked five Bronco shots, but nothing was stopping the flurry from Peyton or big sister Cali Cox...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Take away any east-west state rankings bias and look who ranks No. 1 in basketball power points starting February: — Dundy County-Stratton (16-2 record) leads of all Class D-1 with 45.83 power points; — Medicine Valley (15-2) still tops Class D-2 as the Raiders have totaled 45.9412...

The McCook High girls’ reserve team was playing an intensely physical contest with Chase County Thursday afternoon at McCook High. Above, freshman Malia Hilker calmly drives into traffic with Chase freshman Peyton Owens (21) preparing to challenge any potential shots...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Freshmen Alexis Markowski and Allison Weidner joined forces to score 18 of Nebraska’s final 20 points, as the Nebraska women’s basketball team pulled away down the stretch for a 76-61 win over Penn State at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday night...

15th Anniversary remembrance of Sergeant Randy J. Matheny. McCOOK, Neb. - Randy was a McCook High School graduate with the class of 2004. Defending our American freedoms, SGT Matheny gave the ultimate sacrifice near the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq on February 4, 2007. At the time of Randy's untimely passing, he was assigned to the 1074th Transportation Company based out of Sidney, Neb...