Stories from Thursday, August 28, 2025

SIDNEY, Neb. — Senior Paige Broomfield shot her best varsity tourney while McCook’s two returning state golfers both made Top 10 at Tuesday’s Sidney Invitational. Not a bad start despite some “foul balls” sailing out of bounds during an opening 18-hole event in 2025...

Gazette scribbler R.B. (Ramblin’ Blabber) Headley continues his quest to pick every major college football this season after a rather mediocre 3-2 performance last Saturday. Tonight No. 25 BOISE STATE escapes South Florida, RUTGERS over Ohio U., LAFAYETTE at Bowling Green, NC STATE over East Carolina, UCF (Frost is back!) over Jacksonville State, DELAWARE over Delaware State (a blossoming new big-time rivalry?), UL MONROE a rare win over St. ...

The Men’s League rolled into its new season last week as all great fall sports are getting underway. A look at the top performers which will appear each week in the McCook Gazette. Men’s Major The Krips 26-4 Rednecks 25.5-4.5...

HASTINGS, Neb. — The Hastings Tigers took charge with a six-run first inning and went to blank McCook, 12-0, in varsity softball action Tuesday evening. Ella Tinsman delivered the season’s most dominant pitching so far against this young Bison team featuring nine new starters...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High coach Joe Vetrovsky provided plenty of insights into Friday’s season opener against Beatrice at Weiland Friday evening: “Beatrice Orangemen are going to be a great test in Week 1. They bring back a handful of starters from a year ago so they have experience...

Mike O’Dell McCook Gazette McCOOK, Neb. - If a student is bound for college at McCook Community College or Bellevue University and has not received a scholarship or loan, it might be because they haven’t asked Jim Hall. That’s what we learned from the McCook College Foundation Director at Citta Deli on Monday morning during a part of our monthly coffee talk series of community talks...

McCook and Southwest Nebraska are my home. While personal experiences and belonging are unique to each person, we all contribute to creating meaningful opportunities and lasting connections for the youth we help, helping them build a lifelong sense of hometown pride. Three events this summer created opportunities to form partnerships and build valuable connections...

McCOOK, Neb. - The Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival planning committee will begin the fifteenth season of First Tuesday events September 2 from 7 – 8 pm at Embers Bakery and Café. Featured speakers are sponsors Tracey Fisher and Kristin Blume along with students who went on this summer’s trip to La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico. These NORE (Nebraska Oceanographic Research Expedition) participants are expected to share stories ranging from fundraising tales to seaside adventures...

A few weeks back, we discussed a study about the amount of money retirees spend on grandchildren. A response to that column asked for more information about retirement for the self-employed who have not paid into Social Security. We should start with a reminder for everyone, self-employed or not, that on average, Social Security provides about one-third of retirement income. ...