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Father James "Jim" Heithoff is excited to be a part of the welcoming community at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church on 14th Avenue and Jackson Street in Sidney. Heithoff moved to Sidney on July 1 from Ainsworth, a town in the eastern part of Nebraska. "I came here to share faith and to share life with this community," Heithoff said. "I really came to learn from the people of Sidney. The people are what's important." "I didn't come here to change things," Heithoff said. "The first priority is the...
Sidney Regional Medical Center will close its Ogallala satellite office for Home Health and Hospice effective March 30. Services will be available through Grant Hospital. For more than 10 years SRMC has provided home health and hospice services to families in the Ogallala and surrounding areas. “It has been our pleasure to serve the needs of these communities,” said Jason Petik, the CEO at SRMC. “This decision was not an easy one to make. However in the best interest of our organization and resources, our outreach efforts will continue to ad...
Kimball Health Services has a new affiliation. KHS announced late Monday afternoon that it has signed a joint operating agreement with Regional West Health Services of Scottsbluff. The agreement is effective immediately, according to a press release. KHS previously had a joint operating agreement with Cheyenne Regional Hospital. “We are thrilled to enter into this agreement with Regional West,” Ken Hunter, CEO of Kimball Health Services, said in a press release. “Through this operating agreement we can deliver more specialized care to our c...
A Sidney man allegedly involved in a domestic dispute with a 16-year-old has had the charges reduced in the case. Scott H. Atkins, 55, was originally charged with making terroristic threats, use of a weapon and child abuse after the incident Nov. 28 at a residence in the 1100th block of 7th Avenue. He now faces third-degree assault charges, according to Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub. According to Sidney Police and court documents, Atkins is accused of using two different knives and a small caliber handgun during the argument with the...
A 22-year-old Sidney man was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 to 60 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine. Javier Campos was sentenced Wednesday in Cheyenne County District Court by Judge Derek Weimer. Campos received the maximum sentence for the class IV felony. Previously. Campos was sentenced in March 2012 to two to four years in prison for attempted possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver. He was released on parole after serving seven months....
Ongoing Cancer survivor support group meets every third Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dorwart Cancer Care Center. Great Topics and food. Call Leslie @ 250-1113 if questions. Friday, Jan. 9 The Pairs-N-Half-Pairs Square Dance Club will have an After New Year’s Eve Dance on Friday, Jan 9th, at the IOOF Hall in Gering, with a carry-in soup supper at 6 p.m. Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10 The Sidney Public Library will host a program on financial aid and college funding on Saturday, Jan. 10 from 10 a.m.-Noon. Andrew Hunzeker, Outreach S... Full story
Dear Editor, I read the “Letter to the Editor” the other day (Jan. 6 edition) about looking back on 2014. It brought some thoughts to “my” mind! If the jury had found Nancy Gipfert “not guilty” of inflicting the damage on the boy, then the question still stands: “Who did it?” Mike Hebert Sidney... Full story
Not even three weeks have passed since my return to Sidney and much of that time was occupied by the lull of the holiday break. I haven’t seen much basketball and not until I get to Hemingford today will I see any wrestling. Nevertheless, with just a few basketball games under my belt, I have already noticed some impressive teams and performances. From the distance of the sidelines, it’s hard to tell from one season to the next how teams may suffer or benefit from the off-season changes. It’s a fact of life that players graduate and fresh...
Nine Cheyenne County officials – winners in this past November's election – were sworn in to office Thursday morning at the courthouse by District Judge Derek Weimer. They included in the front row, from left: Ben Dayton, county surveyor; Paul Schaub, county attorney; Phillip Sanders, board of commissioners; and Darrell Johnson, board of commissioners. In the back row, from left, are: John Jenson, sheriff; Debra Hume, clerk of District Court; Louella Pippitt, county assessor; Diane Scott, cou... Full story
