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Sarah-Kate Splichal has been in Girl Scouts for 11 years now and is currently focusing on her Gold Award, which is the highest possible award for Girl Scouts and is equivalent to the Boy Scouts Eagle award. This award is only an option for high school girls and Sarah-Kate states "this award is taken very seriously." There are seven steps that must be taken to receive the Gold Award. Step one is to identify an issue, which in Sarah-Kate's project is promoting exercising using the local trails....
Cheyenne County of Chamber will hold two meetings in October to go over budget items to finalize its 2017 budget. Members were encouraged to get their budget items into the finance committee as soon as possible. A new objective was brought to the table to try to get younger individuals more active in the community, similar to the previous group Young Professionals. A focus was also mentioned that research is also done on how to get the most information regarding Sidney tourism opportunities to travelers on Interstate 80. Chamber Director...
Not long ago Brayden Butts had a normal life with his family here in Sidney. That was until he rolled out of bed in the middle of the night on February 29. Early that morning his mother, Mindy Butts, said that she did not have a good feeling with how hard Brayden hit his head. It was in the emergency room at Sidney Regional Medical center that the Butts family's lives were flipped upside down when they received new that Brayden had a brain tumor located behind his eyes. Brayden has officially...
There have recently been many negative images in the United States involving law enforcement. Although Sidney has not been on the news, Sidney officers are still feeling the sting at times. The Sun-Telegraph recently spent an evening with Sidney police officers, learning more about their approach to citizen interaction. According to Officer Jennifer Woodis, she has not noticed a major change in the way local citizens view the local police department but she has had people from other states that...
It's no secret there are many houses for sale in Sidney. It is almost impossible to drive down a street and not see a for sale sign from a realtor or for sale by owner sign. According to realtor Jim Slama, there are more than 200 homes for sale in Sidney. This is a dramatic increase from last year around this time, when around 35 homes were for sale in Sidney and a couple of houses for sale in surrounding towns. Slama, operating out of Potter, is in charge of selling The Ranch development locate...