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.

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 ...

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 ...

McCOOK, Neb - McCOOK, Neb - Recent news of the impending closure of the Tyson meatpacking plant in Lexington has prompted communities across Nebraska to question whether a similar economic shock could ...

LEXINGTON, Neb. - Tyson Foods announced Friday that it will shut down operations at its beef processing plant in Lexington, a move that immediately drew strong reactions from Nebraska officials, ...

The McCook Junior High eighth-grade girls ventured into Colby, Kan., last week where they played two games in Colby 's impressive new basketball facility that has already hosted Kansas high school ...

Team Palic captured the Competitive Division champions in this year’s McCook YMCA Co-Ed Volleyball League. From left in front are Sloan Johnson, Alyson Palic, Andie Stang and Madison Stang. In back ...

While many people think volunteering is for older residents, serving your community has no age restrictions. And young people can regularly be found lending a hand or offering their services in their ...

Community Hospital Rehabilitation Center has announced that 11 members of its care team have earned Clinical Cancer Exercise Specialist (CCES) certification through the University of Northern Colorado ...

Latest from the McCook YMCA Co-Ed Volleyball League which played its season-ending tournaments Monday evening. Champion team photos are being planned to appear in an upcoming McCook Gazette.

For more than a century, communities across the Midwest and Great Plains have understood that prosperity begins at home. "Trade at home and home will trade with you" was a familiar refrain in the late ...

In August, the Trump administration began reallocating programs from the Department of Education to other federal agencies, part of a broader effort, officials say, intended to reduce federal ...