» Read discussion on Matthew Cooke 02/17/10 SIDNEY _ The Sidney American Legion will hold a tribute dinner Saturday to raise money for a soldier injured in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas.The dinner will be from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Legion Hall at 22 Union St. and will benefit Matthew Cooke, formerly of the Sidney area.
01/04/10 Army Spc. Matthew Cooke and his wife, Sara, said they are starting 2010 with a sense of gratitude. Matthew Cooke, formerly from the Sidney area, is recovering from four gunshot wounds suffered during a rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in November. Doctors told him he was progressing faster than expected, Cooke said Sunday.
01/02/10 KILLEEN, Texas -- As a believer in God, Matthew Cooke knows he should forgive -- eventually. The emotional and physical wounds are still too raw, two months after the former Chenango County resident was shot at point-blank range as he sat in a processing center at Fort Hood, Texas.
11/13/09 A 1998 Afton Central School graduate remained in stable condition Thursday in a Texas hospital a week after being wounded in the shootings at Fort Hood. Spc. Matthew Cooke, 30, who also attended Sidney Central School, was shot several times as he was trying to help a wounded soldier during a rampage by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, according to family members.
11/11/09 An Afton man continues to recover in a Texas hospital after being injured in last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood. 30-year-old Matthew Cooke is in fair condition according to a spokesperson for Scott and White Memorial Hospital. Cooke is a 1998 graduate of Afton Central School. Family members say Cooke was shot multiple times at point blank range during last Thursday's attack. The hospital's ...
11/09/09 Matthew Cooke, an Afton and Sidney native, was one of the soldiers injured last week in the shooting at Fort Hood.
11/08/09 A local parish is sending their prayers to 30-year-old Army Specialist Matthew Cooke. The Afton-native was wounded in Thursday's shooting rampage on Fort Hood in Texas.
11/06/09 NewsChannel 9 has learned Matthew Cooke, a 30-year-old soldier from the Chenango County town of Afton, was one of the dozens shot and hurt Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas. | 
