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McCOOK, Neb. — Parker Hannifin says it is growing business at the McCook plant, and that’s good news for the more than 200 current employees — and for the community. New product lines initially will support the automotive market, and more profitable products are being planned for manufacturing here in the coming months, according to a news release from the company...

WAUNETA, Neb. -- Every life journey is unique; every “why” is personal. Some have to climb more mountains and travel through many twisted highways than others. Some serve to be a good neighbor while some serve for a purpose. On the lush green pasture land of the Wayne and Chris Krausnick Ranch along the Frenchman River west of Wauneta, Nebraska, the 2019 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska was unique and was personal, all to raise funds to “Round Up a Cure” for cancer research. ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Oberlin attorney and Northwest Kansas firefighter Steve Hirsch was elected chairman of the National Volunteer Fire Council at its annual meeting April 27 in Alexandria, Virginia. The NVFC is the leading national fire organization in the United States, representing volunteer fire and EMS personnel nationwide...

SELDEN, Kan. — A McCook man was killed when his restored 1938 Ford pickup truck was in collision with a semi Saturday morning. Daniel J. Rempel, 70, was on his way to a car show when the collision occcurred. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Remple’s vehicle was southbound on U.S. 83 two miles east of Selden when it ran into the side of a semi truck, also southbound, driven by Dik Pal Tamang, 37, Fargo, N.D...

Cleanup is underway at the east Casey’s on McCook’s B Street, Saturday evening where a minivan jumped the curb and crashed into the front wall of the business. More details will be released as soon as they become available.

OBERLIN, Kan. — Spike strips finally stopped a speeding Colorado car carrying illegal drugs late Friday evening, and its driver is jailed in Oberlin facing charges of flight to avoid arrest and reckless driving in addition to drug possession. Decatur County Sheriff Ken Badsky reports this morning that a deputy received a report at about 9 p.m., Friday, of an erratic driver westbound out of Norton on Highway 36. ...

The rising tide of history seems to be carrying a raft of legal marijuana to America’s shores. Illinois is the 11th state to legalize recreational cannabis for adults over 21, awaiting only the governor’s signature to become law. While prohibition of alcohol ended in every state more than 85 years ago, using weed to get high will now be allowed in the Land of Lincoln as well as Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia as well as the U.S. ...

STILLWATER, Okla. — Could this really be true? Molly Sughroue won’t need her running shoes to pursue a new passion from her five-year adventure at Oklahoma State University? Of course not. Most know the NCAA 1500-meter finalist and McCook High all-class gold medalist is determined to finish any task or goal even if it meant going barefoot...

Wayne Krausnick honors his 100-year-old grandmother during the Saturday evening meal. Krausnick purchased his ranch via a loan from his grandparents and told the audience that there had been many changes at the ranch through the generations. The effects of early flooding saw the Enders dam built near the property in 1952. ...

Shary Skiles Publisher McCOOK, Neb. - A long, and somewhat contentious session of the Nebraska legislature left Sen. Dan Hughes happy to be out of Lincoln and returning to Southwest Nebraska. The senator addressed a group of constituents at Tuesday's Coffee with a Cop at Sehnert’s Bakery in McCook...

I would like to see the US Congress pass a new program into law which would replace the former "Aid To Families With Dependent Children" program which was passed under FDR in 1935 and abolished in 1996. Ever since its abolition, there has been a large increase in the number of people (especially children) living in "extreme poverty" (meaning living on less than two dollars per day) and "deep poverty" (meaning at a level half of the official poverty line)...

McCOOK, Neb. — Parker Hannifin says it is growing business at the McCook plant, and that’s good news for the more than 200 current employees — and for the community. New product lines initially will support the automotive market, and more profitable products are being planned for manufacturing here in the coming months, according to a news release from the company...