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Cheyenne County Sheriff’s deputies spent Thursday night and part of the day Friday assisting with the search for an escapee who had been spotted in Morrill County Thursday. According to reports, 42-year-old Troy O’Brien of Indiana escaped from the Lincoln County Detention Center in North Platte mid-afternoon Thursday and was alledged to have stolen a detention center employee’s vehicle in the process. O’Brien, believed to be traveling with a 27 year old woman, Melissa L. Sancillo, also of Indi...
DALTON - Leyton controlled Garden County in three sets to open its volleyball season Thursday, winning 25-8, 25-14, 22-12. Madelyn Watchorn opened the season with an ace serve, and the Lady Warriors never looked back, rolling out to a 10-point lead, 14-4 by mid-set in the opener. Senior Hope Dykman contributed five service points to the run, three of them aces. The closest Garden County came to the Lady Warriors all evening was early in the second set, trailing by just one point, 5-4. But...
OGALLALA - Sidney’s Lady Raiders split matches in their season debut Thursday, losing to Ogallala, then defeating North Platte in triangular play. Sidney fought to the finish in its opening set before Ogallala took a 25-22 win, then Ogallala got the upper hand and stayed in control of the second set on the way to a 25-16 win. Peyton Jung and Maddi Porter led the Lady Raiders in the opening match, Jung boosting the offense with 12 kills, while Porter had 10 kills and two ace blocks. Sidney C...
Sidney football players make their first, and longest, road trip during the regular season today, travelling to Aurora to meet the Huskies. Sidney enters the game coming off a 49-7 win over Lexington, while Aurora is 0-1 after dropping its first game to Class B powerhouse McCook last week. In its first outing, Sidney's offense produced 406 rushing yards and six touchdowns between five players. Derek Robb and Cade Lewis led the Raider ground attack, with 120 and 106 yards, respectively. Last week...
Sidney High School's cross country team gets into action today, competing in the Gering Invite beginning at 1 p.m. The meet marks Sidney's re-entry into Class B competition, after qualifying for state in Class C in both the boys and girls divisions last year. Sidney's boys bring back four runners from that state-qualifying squad and earlier this season Coach Ryan Plummer said he was excited to see what the team will be able to accomplish with their athleticism and experience. On the girls side,...
Veterans and an organization working on their behalf will benefit from a show featuring one of the nation's top Elvis Presley impersonators. Joseph Hall, from Branson, Missouri, was a top 10 finalist on America's Got Talent and in 2014 was named Branson male entertainer of the year and had the Branson tribute show of the year. He brings his Elvis Rock 'N' Remember Tribute to the stage at the Sidney Elk's Lodge #1895 Saturday, Sept. 10 for a the Elks Tribute to Veterans. The show is part of...
Sidney’s City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday at noon set its tax levies for the general, street department and debt services funds. The special meeting is needed after council needed more information following its regular meeting last week due to uncertainty on bonding for debt payments coming due in December. The city has been working with bonding agencies to see what rates it might need to pay for the bonds. Council will review two options as it works to provide for the c...
Sidney's Red Raiders opened their football season in a big way, scoring in nearly every way possible on the way to a 49-7 win over Lexington Friday at Weymouth Field. In the most improbable start possible, the Raiders put their first points on the board with two defensive rushes into the Minutemen backfield, scoring two safeties and a 4-0 lead after three and half minutes of play. Following the second safety, Sidney scored its first touchdown of the night when junior Coby Haas ran the ensuing...
Sidney’s city council members continue to wrestle with funding concerns in preparation for setting its mil levy. At its regular meeting Tuesday, as council prepared to set its property tax levy, discussion turned to a couple of items of uncertainty remaining in the budget and how those items might affect the city’s ability to meet its obligations under different scenarios. The biggest of those challenges is the question of upcoming bond needs. The city is preparing to seek bonds against up to...
Sidney High School is in line with a growing trend when it comes to student privacy in the shower room. The Accociated Press reports open showers in school locker rooms are going by the wayside as Nebraska schools build more private stalls. The trend of phasing out gang-style showers began decades ago, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Today, it could ease privacy concerns of critics who oppose allowing transgender students to use the locker rooms of their choice. Sidney Public Schools...
Local employers and bookkeeping professionals were invited to an informational workshop Wednesday, where they were given a rundown on new overtime rules that will go into effect in December. Sponsored by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Sidney Regional Medical Center, the event gave employers a look at new provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). The changes are the result of a 2014 order by President Obama to the Labor Department to revise federal overtime...
Senator Deb Fischer visited with a dozen Sidney area residents at the Coffee Corner Monday afternoon, giving them an update on key activities on Capitol Hill and hearing concerns from those in attendance. Sen. Fischer turned to a practice she developed when she served in the Nebraska Legislature, telling those in the gathering that while she would review legislative issues, her main focus was for the gathering to be a "listening session," preferring to hear constituents' concerns. Farm prices...
Survivors, afflicted and their supporters joined together in Legion Park Friday for the common cause of support for Night of Hope, an organization providing assistance to those battling cancer. "After every storm, there is a rainbow of hope," was this year's theme, and despite a forecast of rain, supporters enjoyed a near-perfect summer evening for activities. Pastor Lauri Beach opened the evening with an invocation, followed by the presentation of the U.S. flag by Boy Scout Troop 90 and the...
United States Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska is holding a Community Coffee to speak with area constituents as part of a tour reaching out to Nebraskans over the summer recess. Fischer will be at the Coffee Corner in Sidney Monday (Aug. 15) from 2:30-3:30 p.m. During the gathering, Sen. Fischer will update attendees on current senate legislation and review other items pertinant to Nebraskans and the country. A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Fischer is chairman of the Senate...
Lakota Sioux call it Wakan Tanka. Giving it a literal English translation is difficult at best, but one translation describes it as a sacred power, or sacredsness that resides in and has an effect and blessing on everything. No matter the translation, "Wakan Tanka" was the explanation a Lakota Sioux Elder, Jake Yellow Horse, gave to a group of travelers when their journey through Cheyenne County took a much different turn than expected Wednesday. The group is riding horses 350 miles from...
City employees should get better health insurance coverage, while at the same time with less cost to the city, under a plan given the go-ahead by the Sidney City Council at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. Officials from Holmes & Murphy insurance presented the company’s proposal that gives employees the same basic coverage they currently have, with additional options that haven’t been available for a couple of years. The new option, providing for a co-pay plan, has not been an option sin...
Economic development will be a big part of discussion at tonight’s Sidney City Council meeting, as members consider approval of an economic development study and marketing strategy, as well as renewal of the city’s economic development plan. In late May, the city solicited qualification information and bid proposals from economic development consultants, seeking services for evaluation of identification of potential projects fitting Sidney’s needs. Four proposals were received, and city staff...
Most shooters will tell you the offhand (standing) position is, by far, the most difficult to master. Unlike other positions, there is no additional support to steady one's aim. Offhand is the least preferred setup when in the field, and the truest challenge of skill when it has to be used. Beginning this month, Sidney's Joe Arterburn is taking the writer's equivalent of a long-distance standing shot on what he hopes will be a regular basis with an outdoor column aptly name "Offhand Shots."...
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire southeast of Lorenzo Tuesday afternoon when an attempted controlled burn got away from an area farmer. Sidney Fire Chief Keith Stone said blaze, which burned approximately 60 acres, was started when small fire was set to burn off thistle and cheat grass. Stone said the fire burned out of the landowner's control, resulting in the call for SVFD response. The call was received at 3:46 p.m. and SVFD responded with four fire fighting trucks...
Judges serving the 12th Judicial District, which includes Cheyenne County, received good marks from attorneys practicing in local court rooms. The review, held by the Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA), is a biennial poll the NSBA uses to eveluate judges across the state. "While not an absolute measure, the poll give practicing attorneys the opportunity to evaluate judges on a variety of important criteria," said Tom Maul, president of the NSBA. In a press release, the NSBA said 55 percent of...
With the completion of several road projects recently, the Sidney City Council turned its attention to long term financing at its regular meeting this week, and found its options somewhat limited. Over time, the city will need to obtain bonds for up to around $14 million, and council members wrestled not only with the size of the bonding – which is much larger than previous needs – but also concern over whether or not it can get a favorable bond rating, and the lower interest rates that suc...
Sidney and Cheyenne County have seen the benefits of storms that brewed up Wednesday evening and into Thursday, but as of Thursday morning had yet to see much damage despite the severity seen in parts of the region. Tornado sirens in Sidney blared Wednesday evening after the National Weather Service in Cheyenne detected rotation on radar - the type of rotation that NWS Meteoroligist Chad Hahn said can produce tornados. “Fortunately, this one did not,” Hahn said. The decision to issue a tornado w...
Sidney’s City Council approved a plan for city crews to demolish the Bertrun O’Conner Swimming Pool on Toledo Street, leaving the rubble in place. Under the plan, presented Tuesday evening at council’s regular meeting, City Manager Ed Sadler told council members that leaving demolished material on the pool site will be the most cost effective method, for several reasons. Sadler said if rubble were taken off site, the city would incure the additional expense of finding a place for the material, p...
Attorney General Doug Peterson’s office released a statement Tuesday saying it will not appeal a ruling by the Cheyenne County District Court overturning a decision by the Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission. In its statement, the Attorney General’s office stated that while it disagreed with the District Court, the state will not file an appeal. “The Attorney General’s office maintains that the Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission acted properly and within its authority when it approved the applica...
Cheyenne County's 130th Fair and Rodeo is in the books, and by all indications was a successful event. For the youth, 4-H members officially ended activities Saturday morning with the livestock sale, topping months of work with their animals. More than 100 animals, from rabbits to beef, went into the show ring for the last time during the sale while supporters' bids showed appreciation for 4-Hr's efforts. The sale was held in the new Livestock Pavilion, the center of activity for larger...
