Stories from Thursday, October 30, 2025

The McCook Community College men’s basketball season tips off this weekend with a pair of home games at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. MCC hosts Eastern Wyoming Friday at 7:30 p.m. and hosts Laramie County Community College Saturday at 2 p.m...

It’s official! Highly-rated Cambridge, Southwest and Dundy County-Stratton will all host district volleyball finals on Saturday to make next week’s state tournament. The RPAC champion Trojans (27-7) are seeded No. 3 in Class D-2 and are home for No. 14 Falls City Sacred Heart. Saturday’s start time is set for 3 p.m...

By now, most of us are aware that on Monday, District 11 Judge Patrick Heng issued two decisions in the lawsuit filed by Nebraska Appleseed and thirteen McCook residents against Governor Jim Pillen and Nebraska Department of Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys. The suit seeks to halt the transition of McCook’s Work Ethic Camp (WEC) into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility...

The 2025 Southwest Nebraska Big Give is nearly here. On Thursday, Nov. 6, donations will be accepted from midnight to midnight for 45 non-profit organizations benefitting McCook and Southwest Nebraska. There are a lot of “mosts” when talking about the upcoming one-day of giving. ...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. - On a quiet hill overlooking the Republican River Valley, a new memorial area has been created at Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge and will be dedicated on Nov. 2 at 1:30 p.m. The peaceful, often over-looked site has long harbored the unmarked graves of 6 children and 3 mothers who died in a flash flood May 26,1885, in Richmond Canyon between Cambridge and Bartley. A stone was erected over 100 years ago on the burial site marking the event...

McCOOK, Neb. - At Monday’s meeting of the LB840 Citizens Advisory Review Board, members reviewed a series of ongoing and future projects funded through the City of McCook’s local economic development program, including major updates at the Ben Nelson Regional Airport and continued progress across housing, infrastructure, and community initiatives...

BENKELMAN, Neb. — Surprise finalist Hitchcock County pushed Dundy County-Stratton through a pair of two-point sets Tuesday evening. Yet the D2-9 Tigers still triumphed 25-23, 30-28 and 25-18 to advance into Saturday’s district finals mentioned today on Page 9...

McCOOK, Neb. — The latest scores from McCook YMCA Co-Ed volleyball league matches Monday night. Recreational Arm and Hammer over Off/On the Court 25-15, 25-15 Arm and Hammer over Shonda 25-19, 25-15 Off/On the Court over CH Health Husslers 25-20, 25-9...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — Junior Tate Hubbard took his 10 carries to 123 yards and three touchdowns in Chase County’s 35-14 football finale over Holdrege Friday night. Junior Jacqueb Hoover added 70 rush yards with another score for the Longhorns, who earned a second win against Class C-1 foes...

SEWARD, Neb. — It’s never too cold to keep streaking especially since Class B football playoffs are kicking off. The McCook Bison (7-2) put their perfect 5-0 road record up against Seward Bluejays (7-2), who have not lost since two opening defeats to No. 1 Waverly and No. 2 Gretna East...

McCOOK, Neb. — The YMCA of McCook is happy to announce that registration is now open for the Wagner Auto Group Recreational Youth Basketball League. Divisions include 1st-2nd, 3rd-4th, and Co-ed 5th-6th. The registration deadline is November 28. Practices will begin the week of December 8...

Dr. Corinne B. Phillips-Ward, also known as (“Doc,” “CPW,” and “Grandma Doc”) age 73, of McCook, NE passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2025 following a courageous battle with ALS at her home outside of McCook. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and physician who will be missed dearly...

Titus Finn was born July 17th, 2020, to Tell and Bekah Deatrich. He adored his older brother, Zephaniah, whom he loved to follow everywhere, and his younger brother, Ezekiel, whom the family often joked, “he couldn’t stand, but couldn’t stand to be without.” He loved warm snuggles, wearing his spurs, checking cattle with Grandpa, and visiting both grandmas on the ranch...

Royal Eugene Anderson was born to Royal Edward and Bertha Mae (Hines) Anderson on August 14, 1936 in Ong, Nebraska. “Eugene” went to school at Geneva, Nebraska and then attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for two years majoring in Agriculture...