Stories from Friday, October 10, 2025

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook High School Class of 1970 recently celebrated its 55th reunion. Class members gathered to reminisce, share memories and mark more than five decades since graduation. Front row: Cathy Reid Barna, Char Alexander Rotert, Susan Ide Petz, Diana Newton Butler, Kathy Tirrill Doyle, JoAnn Treinan Decker, Barb Lehmkuhl Estes, Mary Stubblefield Arvin, Chris Baird Davis, Tess McCarville Brown, Lori Bath Metzger, Teresa Houghtelling Mihm, Kathy Stevens Barger, Marilyn Weyeneth Klem, Diane Kotschwar Miller, Barb Ohlson Knapper, Cheri Schneider Sevier.. ...

McCOOK, Neb. - Olivia Johnson and her daughter, seventh-grader Alexandria Murillo, are proving that compassion can start small and still reach far. Together, the two founded The Kindness Crew, a local do-it-yourself donation effort that began quietly two years ago and has since grown into a heartfelt community project dedicated to helping those in need...

This week we received a release from Nebraska Public Power District marking the 11th annual National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Observation, which takes place each Oct. 8 in a nod to hydrogen’s atomic weight of 1.008. The release was straightforward and refreshingly free of political rhetoric. Hydrogen, it noted, is already at work providing fuel, feedstock and power to sectors across the United States, with promising applications in everything from transportation to national defense...