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INDIANOLA, Neb. — A helicopter flew a Cambridge woman to a hospital in Kearney Monday following a two-vehicle accident at 3:30 p.m. approximately a mile east of Indianola on Highway 6&34. Indianola's ambulance transported the drivers of the two vehicles from the accident scene to Community Hospital in McCook...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Not a moment of hesitation. Not one single player, nor family from the 11-and-under McCook Cardinals’ baseball team showed any hesitation when the idea was proposed to attend a one-day baseball tournament in Memphis, Tennessee, over Easter...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sheri Ord hopes she killed the mosquito responsible for her battle with West Nile disease. "One stupid mosquito … " Sheri said recently. " … little booger anyway." Sheri doesn't know which mosquito was responsible for her contracting West Nile fever, so she really has no idea if she killed that one particular mosquito. She says, "I don't know that I did, but I sure hope I swatted him and killed him."...

SUTHERLAND, Neb. — The “Different Strokes” pool team from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook will advance to the American Poolplayers Association (APA) Masters Championship in Las Vegas this August after winning the Western Nebraska Masters Regional Championship at Longhorn Bar recently...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Like a birthday or Christmas, people wait all year long for the Red Willow County Fair to roll around. Sure, the farm animals, carnival rides and the rodeo are big draws during the week. But for some, they spend 360 days looking forward to one thing: the homemade church pies...

CLAREMORE, Okla. — As “2019 National Miniature Hereford Queen” Cameron Lashley of rural McCook helped with the opening ceremonies and the royalty corn hole tournament at the Miniature Hereford Association's "Junior Nationals" June 25-30 in Claremore, Okla...

McCOOK, Neb. -- “Nice. That’s a great word to describe McCook,” according to Steve Hulsebus of Omaha and a regular visitor to Southwest Nebraska. As this series has progressed, people have reached out about why they think McCook should be named among the “Nicest Places in America” by Reader’s Digest. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Every day, Matt and Shelly Sehnert make decisions affecting their local business, Sehnert’s Bakery and Bieroc Cafe in McCook, from how many employees to hire to the number of apple fritters and creme horns to make. The answer to the last one: There can never be too many...

McCOOK, Neb. -- While McCook may have its fast-food restaurants and chain stores which can be found across the country, it’s the little, unique things which truly set McCook apart - which are “Only in McCook.” It’s those “Only in McCook” tidbits which have helped McCook and Sehnert’s Bakery earn the Nebraska nomination for “Nicest Place in America” from Reader’s Digest...

McCOOK, Neb. — It couldn’t have happened at a worse time: A rendering truck spilled refuse on B Street Friday night, right before the Crazy Days Cruise Night. The accident occurred on the 600 block of B Street and city employees were quickly on the scene, diverting traffic and cleaning up the offal...

We’ve made, and heard, all the arguments for legalization of marijuana, medical or otherwise. It’s useful for relief of pain and anxiety. It’s no worse than, and probably less harmful than alcohol. It’s a relatively harmless drug that doesn’t justify the dollars we spend to prosecute or imprison offenders, nor the stigma that comes with a felony conviction...