Stories from Tuesday, January 24, 2023

McCOOK, Neb. — Records are meant to be broken and another McCook High School swimming record fell Friday at McCook’s home swim meet, competing against regular foes North Platte and Scottsbluff. Held at the McCook YMCA pool, senior standout swimmer Leah Spencer broke the 200 yard individual medley record with a time of 2:22.42. The previous record was 2:23.86 set by Pam Ely in 1982, the oldest remaining record on the McCook women’s side...

You my dear readers may have noticed that your old columnist is not really hesitant to express my political feelings in what I write here. Few probably also know that I have been the scribe of my high school graduating class attempting to keep all our members informed of the happenings of each other as we progress through life. Our numbers are down to about half of us still living and that probably has something to do with having a large number of birthdays...

Marie A. Kuck Aug. 2, 1930 - Jan. 21, 2023 SMITHFIELD, Neb. — Marie A. Kuck, 92, of Smithfield, Neb., passed away Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Neb. A funeral service will be Thursday, Jan. 26, at 11 a.m. at the Elwood First United Methodist Church in Elwood, Neb., with Pastor Sarah Neben officiating. There will be no visitation per the families wishes. The casket will be open prior to the funeral service...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Three were arrested and more than 300 pounds of marijuana was seized in two traffic stops in Kimball County on Monday. Sunday, at approximately 11:40 a.m. MT, troopers observed a Toyota van parked on the shoulder of Interstate 80 with apparent vehicle trouble near mile marker 8 in Kimball County. The troopers stopped to perform a motorist assist...

CURTIS, Neb. — Junior Ann Bose went eight for eight at the charity stripe and her 27 points fueled Southern Valley’s 59-48 RPAC tourney win over Cambridge Monday evening. The Eagles (12-2 record) stretched their win streak to nine despite foul trouble and a furious Trojans comeback...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sophomores Paige Bortner and Brooklyn Gillen sparked a terrific McCook comeback with 25 combined points Friday night. Yet early double-digit deficits were still a bit too much as visiting North Platte (3-14 record) held on the 57-52 win at McCook High...

McCOOK, Neb. — Some year, the McCook boys would love to make Bison great Matt Kaminski’s return not so fun. Kaminski again marveled at the Bison fan support with an atmospher “like almost nowhere else.” “The fans practically sit right on top of you,” he talked about Friday night’s annual contest...

CURTIS, Neb. —The Southwest girls are becoming a team that every coach envisions as Monday night’s RPAC East semifinals showed. Facing East No. 1 Alma with its 11-1 record, the Roughriders fell behind 18-10 before young players like sophomore Allison Van Pelt sparked a quick comeback...