Stories from Saturday, December 20, 2008

Offenders/inmates from the Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook will no longer be able to work for McCook Public Schools, or on any other school grounds or college campuses. MPS Superintendent Dave Schley said during a school board meeting Dec. 8 that it is a very unfortunate turn of events, that the school district has benefitted greatly from the labor provided by the work camp's offenders/inmates...

Everyone has perspectives and opinions about bars in general and certain bars in particular, even though you may have never been there before. Sometimes the opinion isn't a favorable one. Those who don't frequent bars often believe they are dens of iniquity, filled with drunk people who talk too loud, talk too profane, and love to fight. On occasion that's true, but most of the time it's not...