Stories from Monday, May 9, 2022

LINCOLN, Neb. — Drought conditions persist across much of the country and both livestock and crop producers face losses and continuing challenges for their operations. USDA offers both emergency assistance programs to help producers cope with losses as well as ongoing conservation programs to help producers prepare for and manage drought...

The McCook Community College softball team won its first ever Region IX title Sunday beating Northeastern Junior College 6-4. After winning all three games in the tournament, the team moves on to host the Plains District best-of-three championship series starting Friday at 3 p.m. against Butler Community College. The second game will be at noon Saturday followed by Game 3 if necessary.

The McCook Community College softball team won its first ever Region IX title Sunday beating Northeastern Junior College 6-4. After winning all three games in the tournament, the team moves on to host the Plains District best-of-three championship series starting Thursday against Butler Community College...

LAMAR, Colo. – The Lamar Community College baseball team put an end to the McCook Community College baseball season, taking the third game of the Region IX playoff series Saturday, 16-13. After losing the first game of the series 8-5 Friday, MCC won the second game 11-3 to force the Saturday game in the best-of-three series...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Anyone anticipating a return to normalcy in the Kentucky Derby got a dose of crazy on Saturday when an 80-1 shot came charging up the rail to win at Churchill Downs. As favorite Epicenter and Zandon engaged in a duel at the front, Rich Strike stole the show with the second-biggest upset in the Derby’s 148-year history...

LINCOLN, Neb. — One person is in custody following an incident Sunday afternoon at the I-80 Speedway, near Greenwood. At approximately 1:30 p.m. Sunday, NSP was notified that a pickup had driven through a fence adjacent to I-80 near mile marker 417. Troopers responded to the area and learned that subject had since traveled to the Cubby’s gas station at the Greenwood I-80 interchange, at mile marker 420. The subject was reportedly armed with a hammer and had threatened to carjack a motorist...

ALMA, Neb. — Team scores and all top four placers during Friday’s dale Harsin Twilight track and field invite with Cambridge girls and boys both capturing team titles. GIRLS Teams: 1. Cambridge 197, 2. Arapahoe 57.5, 3. Alma 49.5, 4. Southwest 46, 5. Southern Valley 45, 6. Medicine Valley 37, 7. Wilcox-Hildreth 36, 8. Red Cloud 23, 9. Hi-Line 16, 10. Bertrand 11, 11. Franklin 8...

McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County Commissioners were asked to consider reverting to hand-counting ballots in order to ensure against election fraud. Pamela Frecks, a Republican activist from Cambridge, said she became concerned after discovering her 96-year-old mother-in-law had voted despite her family having no intention of arranging for her to fill out a ballot...

BENKELMAN, Neb. — Team scores and all top four placers at Friday’s Dundy County-Stratton Twilight track-field meet where the Chase County Longhorms triumphed. BOYS Teams: 1. Chase County 223.5, 2. Hershey 108, 3. Wallace 93, 4. Dundy County-Stratton 69, 5. Cheylin (Kan.) 55.5, 6. Wauneta-Palisade 42, 7. Rawlins County (Kan.) 29, 8. Maywood-Hayes Center 13...

HAMLET, Neb. — One person was killed and two injured in a head-on collision near Hamlet that forced the highway to be closed for a time. According to officials, the crash occurred at approximately 3:40 p.m. CT Sunday on Highway 6, west of Hamlet, in Hayes County. ...

NORFOLK, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol Special Investigations Team is investigating an incident Sunday that led to an officer-involved shooting involving the Neligh Police Department. At approximately 12:35 p.m. Sunday, Antelope County dispatch received a report of a road rage incident occurring on Highway 275. The vehicles involved then stopped at a convenience store in Neligh. A store employee also called 911 to report a disturbance in the parking lot...