Stories from Thursday, December 22, 2022

McCOOK, Neb. — Her journey from Junior Olympics in Hershey, Pa., to Signing Day on Tuesday really captured the essence of this holiday season. “I’ve been given this gift of running to glorify God,” McCook senior Shawna Wilkinson said. Maybe she forgot that important fact a bit during her junior-season run to Omaha Burke Stadium last May...

McCOOK, Neb. — When the McCook Economic Development Corp. was established in 1985, its primary role was to support businesses. After all, its mission statement says the MEDC is dedicated to “facilitating the formation, retention, attraction, and expansion of business in McCook and the surrounding area.”...

There’s a lot to hate about the COVID pandemic, not to mention the RSV and flu that have joined it to help create a trifecta of misery. Make that a possible four-plex threat; health officials are warning of measles outbreaks because children aren’t being vaccinated...

McCOOK, Neb. – Boredom set in quickly after Maureen Wood retired. She also claims that laziness was a problem, but that may be a bit of a fib, considering the many accomplishments she has achieved over the past few years. Her latest accomplishment is opening a retail store, The Collected Home, at 1310 N. ...

Marjory Ann (Garey) Hanna June 1, 1930 - Dec. 11, 2022 WAUNETA, Neb. —Marjory Ann (Garey) Hanna, age 92, of Wauneta, passed away at the Prairie Center Living Center in Colby, Kan., on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. She was born to Merlin and Cora (Johnson) Garey on June 1, 1930. ...

“It snowed last night,” said my wife as I hauled myself out of bed. She was performing a daily ritual I silently called “the struggle.” It’s an unfair thing to say. What she’s really doing with her lotions, potions and nostrums is re-accenting for me the physical things I so like about her...

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SUTHERLAND, Neb. — The Rawlins County (Kan.) Buffaloes showed Nebraska how wrestling’s done at Saturday’s Sutherland Invitational. With three champions, the Buffaloes placed second while scoring 18 Nebraska teams with 146 points. They topped defending Class D state champ Sutherland (112.5), Mullen (109.5) and Hitchcock County (102)...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Jaz Shelley scored 10 of her team-high 24 points in overtime to lead four Huskers in double figures, as the Nebraska women’s basketball team handed No. 20 Kansas its first loss of the season in an 85-79 triple-overtime thriller at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Wednesday night...

McCOOK, Neb. — He’s a laid-back kind of dude, who won’t rush to the front of his cage like the other cats do at the McCook Humane Society. Instead, Hugo lays on his blanket and watches as visitors pass by, again and again, something he’s been doing since July when he first came into the shelter...