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Legion baseball players and fans from across the state will converge on Sidney this weekend to see the state's best 13-16 year old players compete for the Class B American Legion State Junior Tournament crown. The tournament, and five others across the state, will cap the 91st year of Legion Baseball in Nebraska. In all, more than 4,000 Nebraska baseball players have played in the Legion program this summer on more than 290 teams. State tournaments are held for both Junior and Senior teams in...
When Sidney's baseball team hits the field in American Legion Junior State Tournament play this weekend, they likely aren't the favorites to win the tournament, but Coach Ray Witt believes his team could turn a lot of heads. "We can hit with any of them," Witt said when asked about how his team might shape up against the competition. "But to be competitive we've got to make sure to play good defense." Witt doesn't hold his team up as the dark horse, either. He just wants to see the members of hi...
New Assistant City Manger Dawn Martin was introduced to the Sidney City Concil at its first regular June meeting Tuesday evening before quickly dispatching a short, routine agenda. Martin, who who worked as an environmental assistance coordinator with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) in Lincoln, began her sting as assistant city manager last week. During the public comments portion of the meeting, council members heard from two Sidney citizens who gave opposing opinions...
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market reached another milestone Tuesday as the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high. A day earlier, the broader Standard & Poor's 500, a widely used benchmark for index funds, also reached a record-high close. Both indexes beat peaks set in May 2015. The Dow, which is made up of just 30 stocks, is an older and better-known barometer of the market than the S&P 500, but professional investors generally pay much closer attention to the S&P 500. The Dow...
ALLIANCE - Sidney's Junior Legion baseball team opened district tournament play here last Friday with one of its best overall games this season. "We played good, solid baseball," Junior Coach Ray Witt said of Sidney's 10-2 win over Chadron. "We hit the ball well, we played good defense, it was just a good game." Sidney's potential continued to show through its first three games and despite a 6-3 loss to number two seed Alliance in the second round, the Juniors bounced back hard with a 21-3 drubb...
Wheat harvest 2016 is underway. After a few test cuts early last week, combines began rolling in earnest over the weekend. While some pockets of wheat were ripe enough to harvest mid-week, hot days allowed many farmers to begin Friday, with the biggest push Saturday. Scoular Grain reported test weights are about average, with most around 59 or 60 pounds. Some, officials said, is lower, but the bulk matches the 60 pound per bushel standard. Saturday deliveries at Crossroads Coop in Sidney average...
Sidney's Cal Ripken baseball team came through its bracket the hard way over the weekend, but emerged as state champions on its way to the 11-and-under regional baseball tournament in Council Grove, Kan. July 24. Sidney opened tournament play Friday afternoon with a 10-5 over Gering, then was sent to the bottom half of the double elimination bracket later in the day with a 10-6 loss to Chadron. Battling back through the bracket, Sidney clipped Gering again, 5-2, and edged Scottsbluff 7-6...
Sidney's 10 and under Cal Ripken league baseball team came up short in state tournament play, but will still represent local baseball at the regional tournament in Scottsbluff July 24. Sidney opened tournament play Friday with an 18-0 win over North Platte. Scottsbluff downed Sidney 12-2 Saturday, but the young team bounced back with a 15-5 win over Alliance. Scottsbluff, which opened its tournament with a 10-0 win over Alliance prior to defeating Sidney, remained in control in the championship...
Jake Olson, 9, spent time this week picking cherries and visiting with his neighbor and former principal, Brent Jeffers....
A brief but intense weather system rolled through southwest Cheyenne County Thursday evening, producing high winds, heavy rains and the report of a brief land spout tornado. A meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Cheyenne confirmed NWS had received a report from a trained weather spotter that a land spot tornado briefly touched down west of Lorenzo. Responding to the report were Cheyenne County Sheriff John Jensen and Region 21 Emergency Management Director Ron Leal. Sheriff...
Fresh fruits, vegetables and other goodies are coming to Sidney throughout the summer via the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. Beginning this weekend, the Chamber’s Hickiory Street Square Produce & Pickers Farmer’s Market hosts vendors from all corners of the county and one returning produce farm from Bridgeport. This is the second year the Chamber has hosted the Market, taking over when the Ladies’ Chamber disbanded two years ago. “This was something the Chamber felt was something it want...
With one change to the overall program, Sidney’s City Council this week approved an energy savings program that will provide rebates to city electrical customers. Sidney City Manager Ed Sadler presented the program to council at its final June meeting Tuesday. In his program summary, Sadler expressed that with there is little electrical systems and COOP’s can do to affect prices charged for electricity. Sadler’s presentation stated that such providers are subject to large electrical compa...
Sidney's Post No. 17 Junior Legion baseball team closed a hectic week at home Thursday evening with a contest that, barring one inning, could have netted one more notch on the bat. Ogallala entered the fourth inning trailing 1-0, but took advantage of a short burst of miscues by the Sidney defense on the way to a 6-4 win. Ogallala had runners at first and third with one out in the top of the fourth when an error allowed one run to tie the game. A single to right pushed two more Ogallala runners...
Sidney’s city council gave approval Tuesday evening to move forward with engineering designs to protect developed areas in the vicinity of Parkland Drive and Fort Sidney Road from storm water runoff. Two members, Roger Gallaway and Wendall Gaston, were away with excused absences as council discussed final engineering plans for the area. City Manager Ed Sadler explained the plan is much smaller than originally developed by the Joint East Sidney Watershed Authority (JESWA), which called for m...
Ian and Brooklyn Mills ride the merry-go-round in Legion Park over the weekend. Their family has only been in Sidney for a just a week, but have already found the park to be one of their favorite places....
A slip of her goggles could not slow Karalyn Stevens in the girls 100-freestyle during the Stingrays’ meet....
Looking to move forward on protecting areas affected by a large drainage area on Sidney’s east side, the Sidney City Council will consider tonight action to give the go ahead to the Joint East Sidney Watershed Authority (JESWA) for design engineers to complete designs. Current project cost estimates are $1.2 million dollars. The city’s share, 80 percent, would be $960,000, with the rest of funding coming from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and the State Revolving Loan Fun...
Since the season opener, Sidney Junior baseball coach Ray Witt has said he really wasn't counting his Juniors' record against Legion Senior teams. With only two Senior-age players showing up for baseball at the beginning of the season, Sidney was forced to abandon the Senior program and focus on the Juniors. As such, Witt knew from the start the bulk of games played in a Senior schedule would be an uphill battle. From the start, he maintained his Juniors were a talented group of players and...
Jonathan Kruse from the Sidney Stingrays swim team digs deep during the boys 9-10 50-yard Freestyle at the Sidney Aquatic Center. Saturday's meet was the first held at the new pool and was attended by seven teams with more than 150 swimmers....
By observing the signs showing up in store fronts around town, it doesn't take long to get the idea a special event is rapidly approaching. That's the idea behind the work of artist Cindi Egging, who has spent the last couple of weeks painting those signs, announcing the impending arrival of the Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo. Since 2002, Egging has taken on the task of painting the windows of businesses showing support for the county fair. She's missed a couple of years, but has adorned the...
As July approaches, the celebration of America’s Independence comes to the forefront of many people’s thoughts. A long weekend of activity - including fishing and other water activities, picnics and fireworks shows are on tap. Not all fireworks shows are the aerial spectaculars reminding us of the battle for independence. Most are small, personal shows with bangs and pops purchased from local fireworks stands. With those activities, officials are releasing tips for safety, as well as res...
Bats ringing loudly, Sidney's Post #17 Juniors have been coming into their own this week, demonstrating the potential Coach Ray Witt has known was there all along. "We've been telling them they could play like this all year," Witt said following Sidney's 10-4 win over Scottsbluff's Westco. "Now things are coming around and they can see it." Sidney overwhelmed Hershland 23-0 in three innings on the road Tuesday, with pitcher Logan Sircy posting a no-hitter. Witt said one of the impressive...
In a ruling published Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the misdemeanor conviction and 30-day jail sentence for former Sidney Police Chief B.J. Wilkinson. In its ruling, the Supreme Court found that Wilkinson, charged with obstructing government operations, had no authority to take the actions he did. The original charge stemmed from an incident when Wilkinson pulled a citation that had been issued to Sidney’s then-public services director John Henke, keeping it from being presented t...
Sun-Telegraph Publisher Keith Hansen announced today that in response to reader input, the paper is switching to a morning edition. “We’ve had a lot of complaints since I’ve been here,” Hansen said of the Sun-Telegraph’s current publishing schedule. “People don’t like getting the paper sometimes two days after it’s published. This switch will make news more timely.” Currently, the Sun-Telegraph prints each day’s edition that same afternoon for delivery to the post office. By the time the Monday...
Heat is expected to rise thorugh much of the country over the next few days, with high temperatures triggering heat-related warnings in come areas. According to Weather Underground, a wave of low pressure will transition east southeastward over the Midwest. A warm frontal boundary associated with this system will ignite strong to severe thunderstorms across the Ohio Valley, the Appalachians and the Mid-Atlantic. Severe thunderstorms will be possible in eastern Ohio, eastern Kentucky, northeast T...
