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Steal of home caps Juniors' great comeback win
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — They ran the wildest gauntlet of emotions from a depressing start to serious comeback to sadly blowing their lead to one mad dash home... And ultimate happiness for the First Central Bank Central Juniors? Could a Wednesday night really get more enjoyable than this?...
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Third Thursday tonight
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. -- June’s Third Thursday returns tonight to downtown McCook with a variety of activities planned including food and music, games and shopping. In its’ first year, Third Thursday is McCook’s community cultural event, creating a fun, festival atmosphere in downtown McCook every third Thursday during the summer...
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Kirk Kalvin Brown
(Obituary ~ 06/20/19)
Kirk Kalvin Brown June 29, 1957 - June 18, 2019 OBERLIN, Kan. — Kirk Kalvin Brown, 61, of Oberlin, died Tuesday (June 18, 2019), at his home. He was born in Oberlin on June 29, 1957, to Raye and Violet (VanPelt) Brown. He graduated from Decatur County High School in 1975. He bought Raye’s Grocery from family members...
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Sculpture by Cambridge artist chosen for exhibition honoring ‘Canteen ladies’
(Community News ~ 06/20/19)
NORFOLK, Neb. — — A life-size bronze by Cambridge artist Sondra L. Jonson, “Our Canteen Lady,” is one of nine sculptures chosen for the inaugural Sculpture Walk, a year-long exhibit in Norfolk, Neb. Jonson’s sculpture honors the hundreds of women who met all troop trains going through North Platte during World War II and served them homemade treats and fruit, candy, magazines and more...
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50 years later, Vietnam veteran honors fellow soldier he returned to McCook family
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — The soft, gentle rain falling on McCook Tuesday morning made Memorial Cemetery feel smaller, more intimate … so solemn. A group gathered quietly around a gravestone in the cemetery's "military corner," near the memorial stone for U.S. veterans...
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Legalized weed will deliver new highway dangers
(Editorial ~ 06/20/19)
Way too many people are driving high on marijuana, according to a new AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety survey. Worse, way too many of them think they won’t get caught. Fair warning: Authorities are working hard to prove them wrong. An estimated 14.8 million drivers report getting behind the wheel within an hour after using marijuana in the past 30 days, despite the fact the effects of marijuana take one to four hours to take effect...
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Descended from a long line of Hancocks
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
AS an American and a history buff as well as one of the 60,000 descendents of the Hancock family, I am a fan of my cousin, Reed Hancock Gaddie. In 2007, he wrote “In Search of the Father of Thomas Hancock of Farmington, Connecticut.” It was published by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
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Marauders run away with 9-2 victory
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/19)
FELLING FIELD — Mac’s Drive In Marauders stole the lead late in the game in a 9-2 victory over Sports Shoppe Iron Birds on Wednesday. The game was tied at one with Mac’s Drive In Marauders batting in the top of the third when Bo Schlegel doubled on a 2-0 count, scoring two runs...
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Heritage Hills first-half playoff update
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Heritage Hill Men’s League completed week one of its first-half playoffs. The results: A League Championship flight: Deveny Motors 21, Samway/Michaelis 19.5, Golight 13.5 First flight: McCook Lettering 20.5, Gary Thompson Agency 19.5, Studio 205 14...
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Wild West all-stars just two days away
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Just a reminder the 2019 McCook Community College Wild West all-star volleyball match is set for Saturday afternoon. Action begins at 3 p.m. in the Peter & Dolores Graff Events Center. Many area schools will be represented including McCook High grads Robin Grigg and Jayceea Hanson...
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Husker season, game tickets on sale
(College Sports ~ 06/20/19)
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska football fans wishing to become a season ticket holder are encouraged to do so before Monday by visiting Huskers.com. Currently, a limited number of season tickets for Nebraska’s outstanding 2019 home schedule remain, but those sales will close at 8 a.m. on Monday...
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Big hits, great pitcher lead MNB home win
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Hitting Konor Rakes with an early pitch turned into six innings of sting for Lexington Wednesday evening. The bases-loaded “plunk” not only plated a McCook National Bank run, it turned into one more than Lex would produce all game against Rakes...
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Trooper, other driver killed in head-on crash
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol is heartbroken to announce the death of Trooper Jerry L. Smith, badge #373. “This is a tragic day for the Nebraska State Patrol”, said Colonel John Bolduc, Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol. “A family has lost a husband and a father. Our troopers have lost a colleague and a friend. Our state has lost a true public servant.”...
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Governor orders flags to half-staff
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
LINCOLN, Neb. – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Trooper Jerry Smith (#373) had been killed in a car accident this morning in Morrill County. “Susanne and I mourn the passing of Trooper Smith, and send our deepest condolences to his family. ...
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