Stories from Thursday, June 18, 2026

A former Region IX championship men’s basketball player and former Region IX Women’s Coach of the year has been named McCook Community College’s next men’s basketball coach. At a news conference Wednesday, Taylor Shaffer was introduced as MCC’s new men’s coach. Shaffer led Otero College to the NJCAA Elite Eight as a player and earned top coaching honors for the Otero women’s team. He spent the past four years as a men’s coach at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas...

McCOOK, Neb. — As Ruby Stock of McCook prepares to celebrate her 102nd birthday in July, she remains quick with a joke about her remarkable longevity...

McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County Fair will be here in just over a month, and acts are already lined up for fairgoers to dance the night away...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Chamber of Commerce Board met on Wednesday, June 17, where plans were still underway for upcoming community events...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Tri Valley Medical Foundation recently awarded scholarships totaling $14,750 to 20 area students who are pursuing careers in nursing and other medical fields...

McCook, Neb. — McCook Post Office celebrated its McCook Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting Wednesday,...

Donald Leroy Nelsen Jan. 3, 1956 - May 30, 2026 SANGER, Texas — Donald Leroy Nelsen of Sanger died May 30, 2026, at his home in Sanger. He was born Jan. 3, 1956 to Leroy and Velma Nelsen of Curtis, Nebraska. He grew up in Frontier County going to school at Curtis Elementary and Medicine Valley Junior-Senior High School, graduating in 1974. ...