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Although Nebraska has fallen behind the rest of the nation in cutting back on youth incarceration numbers, recent policy changes put the state on a path toward significant improvement over the coming years. According to a recent report from the National Juvenile Justice Network and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, the number of youths currently detained in state and county facilities nationwide declined sharply in 2011, due to reforms in many states. In the ten years between 2001-2011, the number of young people in detention facilities dropp...
When the Table of Grace food pantry's elevator broke down this week, the Sidney men's basketball team stepped in to load the food at Walmart which donates the items, deliver it to Holy Trinity Lutheran church where the pantry is located and to unload it. Table of Grace is a mobile food pantry that moves throughout the area. The pantry receives food from Walmart two times per week. Table of Grace holds six mobile food pantries every month, which serves the Sidney area as well as Leyton, Dalton... Full story
I read an article that was on the front page of the Sun-Telegraph about a month ago. The story spoke about a local man and his battle with his drug addiction to methamphetamine. As I read the article I found myself being able to identify with the things that he spoke of all too well. I am a recovery methamphetamine addict of almost seven years. As I went through the article my heart became heavy many different times, for I could understand all too well how this gentleman felt. He spoke of all... Full story
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Monday Dec. 23, 2013 before the Honorable Randin R. Roland: Luke Rauner, age 33 of Sidney, appeared for entry of plea on a charge of DUI 1st Offense: High Test, a class W misdemeanor. He pled not guilty. Aaron Cook, age 26 of Sidney, appeared for a pre-trial conference on a charge of DUI 1st Offense: High Test. This is a class W misdemeanor. His pre-trial conference has been continued to Jan. 27 at 9 a.m. Robert Linebeck, age 52 of Sidney, appeared for a pre-trial conference on a charge... Full story
Bill Sergent 1947 to 2013 Bill Sergent, 66, a 30 year resident of Arnold, Md. died on Mon., Dec. 30, 2013 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. Bill Sergent was born on Feb. 5, 1947 in Sidney, was raised in Lodgepole, and graduated from Lodgepole High School and the University of Nebraska. He earned his Bachelors in Psychology and Chemistry and Masters in Business Administration. He also lived in Lincoln prior to moving to Arnold. Bill worked for Air Products and Chemicals, MG Industries,... Full story
Shirley L. Minshall 1928 to 2013 Shirley L. Minshall, 85 of Sidney, passed away Friday morning, December 27, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Fri., Jan. 3rd in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Services will conclude at the church with cremation to follow. Inurnment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery at a later date. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. Memorial contribution... Full story
In a scene from “The Andy Griffith Show,” Deputy Barney Fife showed an inkblot to Otis Campbell, Mayberry’s town drunk, and asked him what he saw. Otis said he saw a bat, but Barney objected and said that the inkblot represented a butterfly. Next, Barney showed Sheriff Andy Taylor the same inkblot, and he too said it was a bat. Barney rolled his eyes and refused to accept that answer. You see a bat, but I see a butterfly. I see a butterfly, but you see a bat. Perspective is everything. Early...
Many of us take the opportunity for a fresh beginning at the start of the new year. Even though we could make changes in our lives at any point we desire, for some reason, when that calendar roles over we’re inclined to make drastic resolutions to which I’m sure most of us know ourselves well enough to realize that we won’t be keeping. Some of us might have even broken them before coming back to work this morning. I’m sure that wishful alcoholics who made resolutions to stop drinking as much and to be more responsible probably failed miserab...
If it were not for the Jewish fugitive tucked in the family’s basement and the spectacle of entire personal libraries erupting into bonfires, cheered on by crowds under scarlet banners, much of the soul-sapping experience of life in Nazi Germany could easily be lost to a more inspiring coming-of-age story. But let’s face it—Markus Zusak’s novel “The Book Thief” covers some difficult territory. In adapting it to film, director Brian Percival, along with writer Michael Petroni, had to temper the desire for broad strokes while keeping a wary accou...
Hopefully by now the effects of tryptofan, heavy gravy and overspending have worn off and we can all get back to some sports. Most of all I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday and Happy New Year. As for sports, the holiday period is somewhat extended by the Cabela’s Holiday Shootout, which begins Thursday afternoon. The venues are Cabela’s Athletic Facility and the Sidney Middle School gym. Sixteen teams, including eight boys and girls teams, will compete. The host teams take center stage at the High School Thursday night. The...
Jake Sager (44) bangs the boards against Chase County.... Full story
