Stories from Thursday, March 26, 2026

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s first home dual as defending Class B state champs was about coming through in the tight-tight clutch Tuesday afternoon. The Minutemaids had already edged McCook during last week’s North Platte Doubles Invite for that team title...

McCOOK, Neb. - On Saturday afternoon, the Gazette spoke with David Huebner, candidate for Nebraska’s Third District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Huebner spoke with us by telephone as he traveled through the sandhills between stops in Alliance and Valentine. The dropouts in the call were frequent, but Huebner took it in stride...

Throughout most of my life, the baseline tip at a restaurant was universally understood to be 15 percent—not by law, but by custom. Ten percent sent a quiet but unmistakable signal that something had gone wrong, while 20 percent was reserved as a warm and deliberate thank you. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — A trio of McCook High basketball players garnered all-Southwest Conference recognition for this 2025-26 season. Junior Cali Crawford made the league’s second team while senior Jaylea Walgren was a third-team selection. Both helped the Bison compete against many state tourney-quality teams like Ogallala, Holdrege and Gothenburg, who all three reached that C-1 state tourney...

Like many self-declared hoops experts, Gazette fathead R.B. (Really Bloated) Headley had Florida vs. Vanderbilt in tonight’s South Region semifinal. Iowa? R.B. didn’t expect Hawkeyes to escape first round. Nebraska? Haha, just get past Troy and consider anything else frosting on the Cornhusker cake...

cCook JV tennis girls made quick of Lexington with a 19-0 sweep feturing only six matches closer than 6-2 Tuesday. The complete scoring summaries: — Senior Lily Maynard and junior Kaela Hinz won 6-3 and 6-1 over two doubles foes; — Junior Alizah Reynolds and freshman Adalaide Miller were double winners by identical 6-4 scores;...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College freshman Lyndsay Keogh has been named Region IX Player of the Week for her work on the softball field March 16-March 22. Against Northeastern Junior College, Keogh had nine hits in 15 at bats, batting .600 for the week with a double, two home runs, three runs scored and eight RBIs to help the Lady Indians to a 3-1 series win...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. – Garden City Community College’s baseball team snapped McCook Community College’s seven-game winning streak Tuesday with a 15-9 win. The Broncbusters scored seven runs in the fourth inning and kept the Indians off the scoreboard over the final three innings to pick up the win...