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Following a school board meeting earlier this week in which doubts were raised over the completion of construction projects, board members issued assurances that the school year will begin as scheduled. “Across the district school will be starting on time and that includes the Middle School and West,” said Sidney Public Schools superintendent Jay Ehler. “There may still be some work going on, but it will cause little or no interference to the school day.” The issue was raised when contractors on projects upgrading windows, entryways and cli...
Brady Robb watches the flight of the ball after connecting....
Trey Douglas reaches for a blooper hit by Grand Island's Nijul Brunkhorst as catcher Brady Robb looks on....
Crews began pouring concrete footings for the new Sidney Regional Medical Center facility in east Sidney on Friday as work continued around the site....
Coloradans David and Louise Hitchcock prepare for a family gathering in Legion Park on Sunday....
Moments after the Supreme Court published its Hobby Lobby decision, a friend of mine posted a telling criticism on Facebook. “Thank you SCOTUS,” he wrote. “As a Hindu, I will now opt out of any Health Department requirement to exterminate.” My friend is not, so far as I know, a religious person. He does, however, own a couple of restaurants in Dallas. Across town, there is—or at least was, it’s been awhile since I’ve paid any notice to that city’s dining trends—a popular venue run out of a Hare Krishna temple. OK, it may have been a Buddhist t...
Anna and Bo Maldonado enjoy a turn on the merry-go-round at Legion Park. The children were visiting grandparents in Sidney for the holiday weekend. They are from Arizona....
Braxton Jones edges into the water at Legion Park's pond while Katheryn Barker maintains a safe hold on the young man. The two were trying to cool off during a sweltering Fourth of July weekend....
Friends and family of Landon Keen celebrated his ninth birthday by improvising a slip and slide in Legion Park on Sunday. Kolton Wiegand flies face first down the wet tarp as others watch....
As if to prove Sidney had shrugged of Friday night's woes, Bradey Holtz pulled off an audacious move to open Saturday's game against Hershland. The speedy leadoff hitter drew a walk in the bottom of the first. He then stole second while Hershland pitcher Jayden Foster held the ball in his hand. "I thought he made a move to first, so I went," said Holtz, who leads the team with 17 steals. "It was lucky." It was also sparked a convincing 7-2 Sidney win in the second day of the tournament. Austin...
Friday - Burton fans 9, overpowers Gordon in opener Sidney pounded out 10 runs in their home tournament opener against Gordon. Starting pitcher Kyle Burton needed just one, as he blanked the visitors over four innings. Sometimes betrayed by wildness, Burton on this afternoon was laser sharp. He struck out two in the first, two more in the third and fourth. In the second he fanned the side, catching Lane Andrews looking. Along the way, Burton allowed just two hits. He did not issue a base on...
Wednesday's sunset took on spectacular hues....
At first all seems calm and mild in the old western town of Low Humidity Chasm, which one must assume is down the line from Dry Gulch. The only speck of trouble is of a personal nature-the devious banker Rich Coldheart will foreclose on a family farm unless, of course, sweet Polly Wanda Cracker agrees to marry him. Thus begins this weekend's Potter melodrama, "How the West was Dun," which plays out on June 26-28 at the community's Legion Hall. As is so often the case in such productions,...
Universal truths are hard to come by, when you think about it. We can all agree on “thou shalt not kill,” for example—until war, hoodies, bad guys with guns or the right to choose muddy the issue. Same with that “give unto Caesar” bit, which we pummel every year with jabs about just how much really belongs to government. Even more modern bits of advice, such as “don’t do drugs,” fail scrutiny when you consider the handfuls of behavioral modification pills we pump down teenage throats every month. But I would argue the case for one sage univer...
Left to right: Steve Nelson - president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, Pete Ricketts - Republican candidate for Governor, Mark McGargue - the first vice president of the Farm Bureau's PAC , and Lavon Heidemann - the Lt. governor of Nebraska check out the Sun-Telegraph's press....
Cindi Egging began painting reminders for the Cheyenne County Fair this week. The Fair starts July 27....
The beat went on for the Post 17 nine as they recorded their seventh consecutive win, capping a doubleheader sweep over Gordon and Valentine at Gordon's Kiwanis Field on Sunday afternoon. Sidney faced little resistance in either contest, taking out both opponents via the 10-run rule in five innings. Gordon was the first victim falling 14-2 while Valentine fared no better in a 22-5 thrashing. Despite breaking camp with a young team after the loss of several veterans from the 2013 district...
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If Post 17 was at all troubled by their early 2-0 deficit to district foe Gering on Thursday night, Colton Onstott quickly put their fears to rest. The veteran catcher drove in three runs and scored twice, helping Sidney secure a 4-2 win at Legion Park. But he turned the game around with a single swing of the bat. With one gone in the bottom of the second and Jaden Sears on base after drawing a leadoff walk, Onstott drove a Brent Barge fastball over the right field wall. The two-run homer...
Kyle Burton prepares to fire to first after scooping up Quentin TImblin's tapper as Colton Onstott shouts his support....
Mothers snap photos of high school wrestlers from the Panhandle and beyond at Wednesdays exchange in Sidney....
"I'm definitely not in shape," Sidney wrestler Michael Muggli said after beating John Todd by a 9-1 decision Wednesday night. High school wrestling's regular season ended four months ago. The new schedule will not officially open until December. Yet four Raiders were in action as part of a unique summer event. Wrestlers from Sidney and Scottsbluff took on a team from Alaska at the Cabela's Athletic Facility, an dual billed as the Nebraska vs. Alaska Cultural Wrestling Exchange. Joining Muggli...
Nebraska Tourism brought a group of 20 national travel writers through Sidney this week. On Wednesday morning they met with outdoor experts at Cabela's to hear about new trends in camping and other activities. The writers contribute to such publications as The New York Times, Family Circle, National Geographic Traveler, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Barron's, The Wall Street Journal and other papers. The group will also visit Ogallala, Fort Robinson and sites along the Oregon Trail. The...
For an inning and a half at Legion Park on Tuesday night, Alliance held an advantage over Post 17. But after the home side piled on 7 runs in the bottom half of the second and another 6 in the fourth, the outcome was never in doubt. Sidney posted a lopsided 13-3 district win. The game, however, was not without moments of drama. The start was delayed by almost half an hour when one of the umpires suffered a temporary health issue. Then Sidney starter Travis Garska surrendered a long home run to...
Sidney's infielders gather on the mound to kill time--and mug for the camera--during a delay before Tuesday evening's game against Alliance. From left: Arik Doty (SS), Jaden Sears (2B), Skyler Arent (1B), Kyle Burton (3B), Travis Garska (P) and Colton Onstott (C). Sidney won 13-3....
