Dr. Michael Chipps, at left, presents the award to Jon Burkey. Former school superintendent and college administrator Jon Burkey of McCook is Mid-Plains Community College's 2009 Alumni of the Year.
Southwest Public Schools board of education president Duane Teter and vice president Crinda McConville, above right, cut a two-tone blue ribbon during the grand opening Sunday afternoon of the new Southwest Junior and Senior High School in Bartley.
Several members of the National Weather Service were recently in the area searching for the "high water marks" made in 1936 by Cambridge monument maker, D. F. Neiswan-ger. The monuments were made to indicate the highest water level from the 1935 Republican River Flood.
Kristin Kometscher, above, of Lawrence shares a laugh with judges of the 2009 Miss Southwest Nebraska Rodeo Queen horsemanship competition Saturday morning.
Red Willow County commissioners, at their weekly meeting Monday morning, slashed in half the county's annual membership contribution to the McCook Economic Development Corp.