State News

  • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett said even though the stock market is soaring, prices appear reasonable, and stocks would be a better investment than bonds for most people.

  • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The use of video replay will be expanded at next month's College World Series to give umpires the ability to take a second look at a ball hit down an outfield line to determine if it's fair or foul.

  • FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) — Rodney Vandenberg was the first to greet Republican Sen. Deb Fischer when she dropped by the Falls City's Chamber of Commerce office last week. He wasted no time bracing her about immigration, an issue that a Senate committee takes up Thursday in the form of sweeping overhaul legislation.

  • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett said even though the stock market is soaring, prices appear reasonable, and stocks would be a better investment than bonds for most people.

  • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett says he doesn't like owning bonds right now, and he doesn't think average investors should either.

South Western Nebraska

Farmers in the Republican River Basin could get paid by the state if Nebraska cuts off their access to surface water, under a bill that won first-round approval from lawmakers...
The McCook CIty Council met last night during the bi-weekly meeting. Click HERE to listen to the full meeting recap.
Governor Dave Heineman announced his appointment today for the 11th Judicial District County Court seat. 44-year-old Jeffrey Wightman was appointed by the governor to cover th...
Four names have been passed along to Governor Dave Heineman for his consideration for the filling of the 11th Judicial District County Court Judge. The Judicial Nominating Com...

National News

  • They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards.

  • DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.

  • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

  • BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said.

SW NE Sports

 Interviews Arapahoe Girls 4X100 McCook Boys 4X100 Molly Sughroue  MHS 400 & 800 Winner Kyle Stewart MHS PV Winner Austin Blume Hit Cou 800 Winner Roc...
Audio Reports from Burke Stadium in Omaha   10am Report 11am Report 12p Report 1p Report 2p Report 3p Report 4p Report  5p Report 6p Report 7p Report 8p ...
Megan Ruppert became the third McCook Bison softball player to sign with the MCC Indians.  Ruppert joins Madison Chitwood and Brittany Broomfield on the lady Indian roste...
At the Region IX Tournament in McCook, Neb., it was announced that freshman Shelby Baertsch and sophomore Kelsey Gillen received 1st Team All Region IX s...

Ag News

  • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.

  • GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt (AP) — In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo.

  • WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.

  • Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82.

Business News

  • WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.

  • ROME (AP) — A union of Italian metal workers has led thousands of people in a march through the heart of Rome to press the new government for measures to spur job creation.

  • NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.

  • BERLIN (AP) — Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved.

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