Stories from Thursday, January 26, 2023

INDIANOLA, Neb. - Recently the Biden administration repealed a Trump-era action regarding how natural water sources in the United States are protected.   American farmer groups argue that this rule will lead to increased federal scrutiny of how farmers and other landowners treat water sources on their property such as ravines and creeks...

Kay A. (Hanzlik) Weaver July 17, 1957 - Jan. 23, 2023 BEAVER CITY, Neb. — Kay A. (Hanzlik) Weaver, 65, died Monday (Jan. 23, 2023). She was born to Alvin and Pearl Hanzlik on July 17, 1957. She married Craig Weaver on June 2, 1979. She was a nurse...

Grace Olivia Reiners Jan. 21, 2006 - Dec. 14, 2022 NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Grace Olivia Reiners, of New Port Richey, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. She was 16 years of age. Grace was born on Jan. 21, 2006, in Clearwater, Fla., to Joseph and Heather (Brownell) Reiners. ...

Owen Eugene Beneda April 14, 1936 - Jan. 24, 2023 McCOOK, Neb. — Owen Eugene Beneda was born on April 14, 1936, in Oberlin, Kan., to John and Sarah Jane (Kennedy) Beneda. Owen grew up on the family farm, 12 miles south of McCook, and in 1948 they moved to McCook, where Owen attended school and graduated with the Class of 1954...

“Here?” I shouted loudly, tapping the top of the box with my hand as though Donny, my cousin who was inside, could see where I tapped. “No . . . here,” he tapped back, as though I could see where he tapped. “Here?” Tap, tap . . . a little farther back...

Latest results fom TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook: Men’s Major Maris General Cons. 83-37 Fullmomentum 73.5-46.5 Stockman’s Feed 71.5-48.5 Diamond Vogel 70-50 Burton Well Drilling 69-51 TJ’s Family Fun Centr.60-57 Quality Irrigation 56.5-62.5...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Both Chase County basketball teams are aiming at recovery following final South Platte Valley Association tournament losses recently. The Chase girls (8-6 record) ran into tough defeats against league powers Bridgeport and North Platte St. Patrick’s last weekend...

CURTIS, Neb. — Oh what a difference 2023 has been making for the Cambridge boys basketball team. Once scuffling at 3-6, the Trojans are now 9-6 and 5-0 in January following their 57-43 RPAC East tourney victory over Arapahoe Tuesday night. Junior Carson Trompke fueled the offense with 22 points during this sixth consecutive win...

MINDEN, Neb. — McCook High’s girls forced 20 Minden turnovers but lost 27 in a 48-37 Southwest Conference tournament defeat Tuesday night. The No. 7-seed Bison (5-9 record) slip into consolation play Thursday at Gothenburg. Opening tip is set for 5:30 p.m vs. Holdrege...

McCOOK, Neb. — Something says the movie Fast and Furious 10 will have nothing on McCook’s 10th basketball win Tuesday in Southwest Conference tournament action. The Bison (10-4 record) trailed by more than 10 when Ainsworth road rasher Teagan McNally hit yet another three-wheeling kill shot...

It hangs high on the wall in my den - or man cave. A single-shot, bolt-action, 22-caliber rifle last made in the mid-1930s. It hasn’t been fired since my college days back in the 1960s, yet still maintains a place of honor in my home. My mother’s dad, my grandpa, gave it to me when I turned 13. It was my first gun. He spent hours with me, teaching me gun safety and how to shoot...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Cozad woman following a pursuit on Interstate 80 Wednesday night in central Nebraska. At approximately, 10:30 p.m., a trooper attempted a traffic stop on a Hyundai Elantra, which was believed to be driven by a subject with multiple felony warrants. ...

Redford Crocker, right, explains which super glue is the strongest to his skeptical-looking little sister, Pepper, 7, while Kate Barenberg, above, describes methods she used in her “Moldy Monsters” project on what kind of bread molds the fastest, at the McCook Junior High science fair Wednesday. ...