Stories from Friday, November 28, 2025

McCOOK, Neb. - Keeping the spirit of Third Thursday alive, members of the High Plains Museum welcomed local families last week for an evening of fun and games despite the brisk, rainy weather. Kid-friendly activities were scattered throughout the exhibits, encouraging attendees to dive in and even act a little silly among McCook’s largest historical collection. ...

Last week’s announcement from U.S. Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy, launching a national civility initiative under the banner “The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You,” landed with unusual resonance in communities like ours. The campaign arrives in response to an alarming spike in bad behavior in the nation’s skies—a 400-percent rise in unruly in-flight incidents since 2019, more than 13,800 such cases since 2021 and physical assaults on flight attendants at a rate unthinkable a decade ago. ...

Chet W. Risenhoover was born on November 19, 1959, in Altus, Oklahoma to Geral and Katherine (Branam) Risenhoover. Chet spent his formative years in Fort Worth, Texas, where he graduated with the class of 1978 from Arlington Heights High School and furthered his education at Tarrant County Junior College. Chet married Connie Roberson in 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas...