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Warriors fight off Trojan raids in rematch
(High School Sports ~ 02/07/18)
ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Like a good snowball fight, Arapahoe launched the perfect approach to Tuesday’s rematch with RPAC champion Cambridge. Everyone retaliate! The Arapahoe Warriors know all about their formula while earning more wins this season — 16 — than any other Gazette-area boys basketball team...
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Time to bring back CBs?
(Editorial ~ 02/07/18)
On the same day we got a view of Elon Musk’s Tesla convertible on its way to Mars, Douglas County officials gave approval to a plan to build a new drive-in movie theater west of Omaha. While some of us worry about the trustworthiness of self-driving cars, a video of the massive pile-up on Interstate 35 at Ames, Iowa, made us long for the days when every car carried a CB radio...
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Barbara Ruth McConnell
(Obituary ~ 02/07/18)
Barbara Ruth McConnell Nov. 30, 1919 - Feb. 5, 2018 TRENTON, Neb. — Barbara Ruth McConnell of Trenton passed away Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, at El Dorado Manor. She was 98 years old. Barbara was born on Nov. 30, 1919, at Trenton to parents, Perry Earl “P.E.” and Hope (Pember) Bentley. She graduated from Trenton High School with the class of 1937...
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Red Devils swept by Bluejays
(High School Sports ~ 02/07/18)
OBERLIN, Kan. -- Norton, Kan., scored a season-high 68 points en-route to a 68-43 win over Decatur Community, Kan., Tuesday night in Oberlin, Kan...
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Post office urges patrons to clear sidewalks
(Local News ~ 02/07/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Post Office is asking customers to keep snow and ice cleared from their sidewalks, stairs and mailboxes to help postal carriers deliver the mail “Winter storms make mail delivery very challenging for our carriers,” said McCook Postmaster Kelly Lacey. “Clearing a path to your mailbox will go a long way toward keeping our carriers safe and maintaining consistent delivery service.”...
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Public safety top expense on city ledger
(Local News ~ 02/07/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Public safety is the biggest expense on the McCook city books, according to a review at Monday’s City Council meeting. Taxable sales declined 0.25 percent last year. Sales and use taxes were the top sources of revenue for the city, at 28 percent, followed by property tax, 14 percent, utility transfers, 16 percent, and grants/contributions, state allocations, charges for services and other taxes/fees making up the rest...
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Accident at sunrise
(Local News ~ 02/07/18)
One person was taken to Community Hospital following a three-vehicle accident at sunrise today, about 7:30 a.m., at the west junction of Highways 6&34 and 83 in McCook. More information will become available after McCook police officers complete their investigation...
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Wolves take two at Big Springs
(High School Sports ~ 02/07/18)
BIG SPRINGS, Neb. — A 20-9 first quarter ignited the Maywood-Hayes Center girls’ 54-51 win at South Platte Tuesday evening. The Wolves improved o 18-4 and remain No. 10 among the Omaha World-Herald’s Class D-2 teams. They needed every point as South Platte threatened a comeback pulling within five by halftime but never fully rallying...
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Trojans are trouble for Arapahoe girls
(High School Sports ~ 02/07/18)
ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Cambridge’s 20 steals didn’t miss the Arapahoe point total by much in a 51-25 Trojan victory Tuesday night. Arapahoe hit the game’s first shot on a Joslyn North jumper, but Cambridge (15-5 record) would never trail again after 2-0...
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