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Dan Henry Horton
(Obituary ~ 11/16/10)
Nov. 21, 1938--Nov. 12, 2010 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Dan Henry Horton, 71, died Friday (Nov. 12, 2010), at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. He was born on Nov. 21, 1938, in Arapahoe to Van H. and Lora C. (Taylor) Horton. He grew up in Arapahoe and graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1957...
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Wallace shooting leaves three in jail, one in hospital
(Local News ~ 11/16/10)
WALLACE, Nebraska -- An early-morning shooting in Wallace left one man in critical condition and three other men in jail. Wallace resident Jose Alanzon Sosa Florez, 28, was charged with 1st Degree Assault with a Weapon and Use of a Firearm to Commit a Felony, and 29-year-old Ezequiel Rodriguez Serrano and 21-year-old Sergio Rodriguez Serrano, both of Wellfleet, were charged with Terroristic Threats, Use of a Firearm to Commit a Felony and Accessory After the Fact after Lincoln County Deputies investigated the shooting and conducted a manhunt for Florez. ...
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School plans meetings on future actions
(Local News ~ 11/16/10)
CULBERTSON/TRENTON, Nebraska -- Hitchcock County Public Schools plans community meetings and a phone survey of patrons before deciding what to do since a $9.8 million bond issue to renovate and expand existing school facilities failed 521-295 in the general election Nov. 2...
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City Council fine-tunes fireworks ordinance
(Local News ~ 11/16/10)
By BRUCE BAKER City Editor McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council approved the second reading of changes to the city firework ordinance, this time modifying when fireworks can be used to match the selling period. The approval is the second of three required readings of the ordinance changes and came Monday evening during the semi-monthly meeting at council chambers...
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More than one side to privacy issue
(Editorial ~ 11/16/10)
With the Transportation Security Administration's new body scanners and "groin check," system causing controversy nationwide, privacy is a big issue right now. While the TSA is being criticized for its latest efforts, you can be sure it is nothing compared to the criticism it would receive if it let another terrorist slip through security...
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A few suggestions
(Column ~ 11/16/10)
Recently McCook's favorite son, Ben Nelson, announced that he will again run for the U.S. Senate in the 2012 election cycle. Senator Ben (D-Neb) made his announcement at a meeting of the teacher's union in Grand Island. I personally have known Senator Ben as a boy in my hometown and have cheered his rise as a successful attorney in the insurance industry, his election to the office of Governor and then in 2006 to the U.S. ...
- Larry K. 'Fritz' Forch (Obituary ~ 11/16/10)
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