-
Several project completed, in progress at McCook Public Schools
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
McCOOK, Neb. — Work on the tennis/track concession building is gaining ground, with work arranged with three subcontractors. JL Construction, Weathercraft and Heads Up Sprinklers will be doing work on the building, said McCook Schools Business Manager Jeff Gross at the McCook School Board meeting Monday night. Bids are also being finalized on additional work that will be done, he said...
-
School board member: Many senior citizens missing out on refund
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
McCOOK, Neb. — Many retired people who do not have to file a tax return are missing out in getting some of their property taxes refunded. Senior citizens typically don’t have to file a federal income tax return if they are at least 65 years old with Social Security benefits the only income received and have a gross income less than $14,700. ...
-
Johnny Lavern Mathews
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
Johnny Lavern Mathews Nov. 26, 1953 - March 4, 2023 BENKELMAN, Neb. — Johnny Lavern Mathews was born Nov. 26, 1953, in McCook, Neb., to Willard and Inez (Williams) Mathews. John grew up in Benkelman, graduating from Benkelman High School in 1973. He continued his education attending technical school, earning his electrical license...
- Marie Catherine “Kathy” Johnson Fickle (Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
-
The Saga of Turdy Miles by T. V. Swaford
(Column ~ 03/16/23)
No sooner had the car thumped over the body lying in the sandy rut in the West Texas desert, than someone yelled, “Hey . . . wasn’t that Turdy we just ran over?” “I believe it was,” came the whiskey-slurred reply from someone in the back of the car...
-
Bartley man taps boxelder trees to make syrup
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
BARTLEY, Neb. — Since February, Jim Foster has been driving down to a creek bottom north of Bartley in the early morning hours to check on about 25 box elder trees. That’s because each of those trees is attached by a plastic tube to one or two buckets collecting sap. Foster will take the sap and boil it in stages until the water is removed and the sap has been concentrated, ending up with a lightly sweet, caramel-tasting syrup...
-
Garden Prairie pancake feed Sunday
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
McCOOK, Neb. — The Garden Prairie Church located 15 miles north of McCook on highway 83 will host a pancake, sausage & eggs feed on Sunday March 19 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Free will offering will be donated in memory of Lana Lashley to replace sign at Garden Prairie Cemetery...
-
The long, hot dusty trail to Phillipsburg
(Column ~ 03/16/23)
INDIANOLA, Neb. - One summer, I took our two oldest daughters on a one-hundred-mile trail ride from McCook, Neb. to Phillipsburg, Kan. This ride was scheduled to take approximately one week, and we were to appear in the Grand Entry of the Phillipsburg Rodeo...
- James Lee (Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
- Donna Grafel (Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
Stories from Thursday, March 16, 2023
Browse other days