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CULBERTSON, Neb. -- A Mitchell, Neb., man was killed and two women were seriously injured in a collision 5:12 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 6 west of Culbertson. Killed was James Cannia of Mitchell, 61, who was the driver of one pickup and was pronounced dead at the scene...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sgt. Joel Smith of the Nebraska State Patrol has been selected as the new City of McCook police chief. Ike Brown, current police chief, is retiring at the end of the month after 39 years. City Manager Nate Schneider made the announcement at the McCook City Council meeting Monday night...

McCOOK, Neb. -- With a dozen new positive tests for COVID-19 and five deaths in the district, the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department is urging anyone with symptoms of the infection to get tested and stay home while waiting for results. In the past seven days, SWNPHD has been notified of 12 people from the health district that have tested positive for COVID-19...

CURTIS, Neb. -- A former McCook man faces drug charges and is suspected of involvement in the death of a Lincoln woman who was attending college in Curtis. Authorities are awaiting results of an autopsy of Jamie Spratlen, 22, of Lincoln, who was in her second year of veterinary studies at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Ten new COVID-19 cases and two deaths have been reported in the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department district. Four of the cases were in Red Willow County and while the location of the two deaths was not released, they were one male and one female, both in their 80s...

McCOOK, Neb. —Thanks to a local couple, it will now be easier to access a popular outdoor venue in Kelley Park. Dave and Lucy Lines of McCook funded a concrete path down to Bolles Canyon in Kelley Park, along with a covered gazebo. The site is a popular location for weddings and other events...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook E-Free Junior High youth group is studying injustice in the community, and member Roslyn Wiemers says she's found injustice at the McCook Humane Society animal shelter. "The shelter is in need of supplies and volunteers to meet this injustice," she said. "Therefore, we are collecting supplies needed and also financial donations that can be dropped off at the McCook E-Free Church by Aug. 31...

Most 15-year-olds wouldn’t know their “yee” from the “haw,” but not Christopher Kuykendall of McCook, who has been using the commands to direct his uncle’s work horses left or right for many years. Horsepower of both types -- the four-footed variety driven by Christopher, or the steam-, kerosene- or distillate-burning antique tractors powering a 1902 Case threshing machine, corn sheller, sawmill or many other devices on working display at the annual Bum Malleck Threshing show Sunday south of Indianola. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The two days of Go-Kart racing clearly zoomed to success at McCook Mini-Speedway as promoter Starla Werkmeister offered this report: “We were blown away with the turn out for our first two-day show! With Kyle and I being first year promoters, we really had no idea what to expect...

McCOOK, Neb. — Policies regarding McCook Public Schools re-opening this year and procedures that will be followed in case students or staff are exposed to the coronavirus, will be discussed by the superintendent at the regular McCook Board of Education meeting, Monday at 6:30 p.m., conference room B at the McCook Senior High.McCook Public Schools are slated to open Tuesday, Aug. ...

McCOOK, Neb. – Southwest Weed Management is cooperating with Hitchcock and Frontier County Weed Departments to implement an assistance program for owners with property adjoining the Republican River in Hitchcock County and Medicine Creek, Frontier County, to control invasive vegetation...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sgt. Joel Smith of the Nebraska State Patrol has been selected as the new City of McCook police chief. Ike Brown, current police chief, is retiring at the end of the month after 39 years. City Manager Nate Schneider made the announcement at the McCook City Council meeting Monday night...