Stories from Wednesday, July 6, 2022

McCook Football League will be having equipment checkout on Monday July 11th at Weiland Field in McCook starting at 6:00 p.m. Checkout will be on the Northeast side of the stadium. The league is still accepting registrations for the 2022 Football Season. All registrations will be accepted up until checkout for all grades. Registrations can be picked up at The Sports Shoppe, McCook High School, McCook Lettering, High Plains Radio, Coyote Country, or the night of checkout. For more information, call coach Joe Vetrovsky at 308-737-1748.

MINDEN, Neb. — The fifth of July brought another huge First Central Bank fifth inning as these Juniors blasted Minden, 13-4, in their baseball regular-season finale Tuesday evening. McCook's Legion Post 203 team delivered its 10th win (10-14 overall) and more momentum entering B-6 area play starting Friday at Holdrege. Coach James Mockery's Juniors are seeded fifth among seven teams, facing No. 4 Gothenburg for a 2:30 p.m. first-round game...

McCOOK, Neb. — The upper parking lot at the McCook YMCA will be closed beginning at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6 and reopen on Friday, July 8 for restriping. Parking will be available on the street. The lower parking lot will be reserved for handicap parking and Summer Camp drop-off and pick-up...

Games played on Thursday night: Swollen Goat 11, The Odd Squad 1 Samway Flooring & Furniture 10, Knights of Columbus 6

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have apprehended two minors following a pursuit near Grand Island late Tuesday evening. At approximately 11:40 p.m., a trooper observed a Chevrolet Impala speeding at over 90 miles per hour on Interstate 80 near Grand Island, at mile marker 317. The trooper attempted a traffic stop, but the driver refused to stop and accelerated. The trooper initiated a pursuit...

OMAHA, Neb. — An inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-O) has been arrested by the Iowa State Patrol. Deonte Hill #210844 was taken into custody on Sunday, July 3, 2022. He left CCC-O on March 21, 2022. Hill started his sentence on Dec. 19, 2019. He was sentenced to four to eight years on a charge of robbery out of Douglas County. He has a tentative release date of August 2, 2023...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Charles Kays #73780, age 81, died on July 5, 2022, at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. His sentence began on June 15, 2011. Kays was serving a sentence of 16 years and eight months to 20 years on charges out of Douglas County that included first-degree sexual assault on a child and two counts of third-degree sexual assault on a child...

CLEVELAND (AP) — From being drafted first to dumped in four years, Baker Mayfield’s wild four-year ride in Cleveland is over. The No. 1 overall pick in 2018, Mayfield was traded Wednesday by the Browns, who moved on from the divisive quarterback months ago and finally sent him to the Carolina Panthers for a future draft pick...