Stories from Friday, June 30, 2023

Another year has passed, and once again we have an opportunity to celebrate a piece of paper; a document. It seems ironic that we hold a list of complaints in such high reverence, but woven into our rant against our King were thoughts that just happened to signal a turning point in the history of mankind. ...

You wouldn’t expect a postal carrier to be fond of most of the dogs on a daily route, but we’ve got evidence to the contrary. A pup was new to the neighborhood and took off when given the chance. A daily visitor, the postman saw what was happening and made an extra turn around the block to make sure Fido got back where he belonged...

Frances Josephine (Holub) Kompus Nov. 11, 1921 - June 28, 2023 ATWOOD, Kan. - Frances Josephine (Holub) Kompus, third daughter of Florian William and Frances Rose (Chleborad) Holub, was born in rural Beardsley, Kan., on Nov. 11, 1921. She died on June 28, 2023, at the age of 101, at the Rawlins County Health Center, in Atwood, Kan...

Margaret Lockhart March 20, 1938 - June 9, 2023 FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. - Margaret Lockhart of Federal Heights, Colo., passed away on June 9, 2023, following a heart attack and stroke. She was 85 and had lived a full life with much love and a great deal of happiness. Her children were by her side during her final days and held her hands while she passed...

McCOOK, Neb. – A request to preserve part of the bathhouse façade as part of the McCook Municipal Pool project is on Monday’s meeting of the City Council. A request by Chad Graff to move part of the facade is on the agenda for the meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers at the municipal building...

STOCKVILLE, Neb.— Frontier County commissioners have joined Hitchcock County in offering to consider taking over the concessions and trailer cabins at area lakes that the Bureau of Reclamation planned to evict. After a similar offer by the Hitchcock County commissioners regarding Swanson Reservoir, the Frontier County board voted to make the offer regarding Hugh Butler Lake this week...

McCOOK, Neb. — Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department was notified of mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile Virus in the health district. The pool of mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus was reported in Red Willow County. SWNPHD recommends residents take precautions to avoid mosquito bites...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — McCook’s Herrmann Jones Funeral Home Legion B team was tied 1-1 until Gothenburg’s Killer Bees broke free for their 7-1 tournament victory last week. The South Central Nebraska Baseball League defeat finished Herrmann Jones’ season at 1-11-1...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Decorated former Husker volleyball standout Nicklin Hames and recently-transferred Husker softball player Jordy Bahl will be on hand to help kick off the 39th annual Cornhusker State Games in Opening Night festivities in front of Pinnacle Bank Arena beginning at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday...

Mike Trader’s Annual Mid-America Basketball Camp will conduct three more individual sessions this summer. The overnight and commuter camps for boys and girls will be held on July 10-13 at Doane University. Day Camps will be held for both boys and girls at Morrill High on July 17-19 and Grand Island Central Catholic on July 24-27...

McCOOK, Neb. — Registration’s now open for the August 5 MCC Indians Boosters 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Games will be played at East M St. and East Third near the McCook Community College game. First games are set to tip at 8:30 a.m. Divsiions are available for third-fourth and fifth-sixth all the way through Oldies which are age 40 and above...

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the recent North Platte Telegraph editorial, reprinted in the Gazette, opposing the campaign to put LB 753, the new “opportunity scholarships” law, on the November 2024 general election ballot. For me, concerns remain about this measure...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Girls’ Summer League through Big West Basketball is set to begin on Tuesday, July 11. Games will be played at McCook Community College’s Graff Events Center. There are two divisions for players entering fifth-sixth grade or enerting junior high...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Trey Junker tripled Holdrege’s entire hit total, but the McCook Pinnacle Bank Juniors dropped a 5-4 league tourney finale on Thursday night. McCook’s 14-and-under Legion team still owns a strong 16-9 record after taking second during the South Central Nebraska Baseball League regular season...