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Sidney players and fans celebrate while stunned Lexington players look on in disbelief early Saturday evening after Cutter O'Connell's 3-pointer banked into the basket to give the Raiders a 58-56 win at the buzzer. The Raiders remained perfect at 15-0 after the win. See a write up of the game on page 10A....
A fire that began in the kitchen of a home in north Sidney caused extensive damage on Friday evening. Sidney Volunteer Fire Department Chief Keith Stone said the fire was ignited on the stove and quickly flashed up. Crews responded to the residence at about 5:30 p.m. While they were on scene for about 1 1/2 hours, Stone said the fire was brought under control within 15 minutes. No injuries were reported. According to Stone, there was quite a bit of damage from the fire to the kitchen and smoke...
The City of Sidney is reminding residents of a municipal ordinance requiring sidewalks to be cleared with 24 hours of a snow fall. Joe Aikens, Sidney assistant police chief, said the reminder is being issued because of falls a few residents had last week while walking on sidewalks that hadn’t been cleared. “When we start having people falling on the sidewalk, we try to big this to attention,” he said. According to the ordinance, if snow is found on a sidewalk, the owner or occupant “contiguous to such sidewalk” shall be notified to clear the...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 0.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.88 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.90 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Areas nearby Nebraska and their current gas price climate: Lincoln - $2.02 per gallon, down 2.9 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.05 per gallon. South Dakota - $1.82 per gal...
Volunteers served about 1,000 pancakes on Saturday morning during a benefit breakfast for a Deuel County sheriff's deputy shot four times in the line of duty last month. As groups of diners filed into the warmth of a building at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds to eat, 65 runners and walkers were covering 5 kilometers on the sunny but brisk morning. Between both events, $7,400 was raised to help Deuel County Deputy Mike Hutchinson as he continues to recover from his injuries. "I was very pleased...
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on Jan. 13 before the Honorable Derek Weimer: Valente Acosta-Simental, 54, of Sidney, appeared for a status on a charge of distribution of methamphetamine, which is a Class II felony. Pursuant to a plea agreement, he pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted distribution of methamphetamine, which is a Class IIA felony. Nicholas Reinhart, 25, of Sidney, appeared for a bond review on amended charges of obstruction and resisting arrest. Bond was lowered to $5,000 with 10...
Tuesday, Jan 19 The Jr. Friends of the Library will be meeting Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Sidney Public Library. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. and welcomes youth 6th through 12th grade. The emphasis of this organization is community involvement by doing for others. For more information, please call the library at (308) 254-3110 and or visit our next meeting. … Thursday, Jan. 21 Cheyenne County Genealogical Society will meet at the Sidney Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. in the Virginia Smith Room. Visitors are always welcome. … F...
I’ve been busy building my PowerPoint presentations for the No till On The Plains and High Plains No till winter conferences. I’ve been asked to speak about water conservation at each of these conferences. I’ve always thought that our limited groundwater supply would be a driving force in the adoption of continuous no till crop production practices in our region on irrigated acres. Surface water irrigation is a moving target as the levels of surface water fluctuate with the snowfall in the mountains and precipitation during the growing seaso...
Potter-Dix got off to a slow start Friday night, but kicked things into high gear in the second quarter and went on to roll past cross-county rival Leyton, 47-32. The Lady Warriors (6-4) opened with a 5-0 lead as the Lady Coyotes (9-1) struggled, before Payge Hoffman's layup with 5:53 left in the first quarter ended the scoring drought. Leyton kept Potter-Dix at bay for most of the first quarter, getting a pair of Diedra Waite foul shots and an Abbe Draper jumper for a 10-6 lead with 2:49 left...
Zach Hellie scored 27 points as Leyton used a strong second quarter to defeat cross-county rival Potter-Dix, 54-41, on Friday night. Hellie led the Warriors (5-5) on both sides of the floor with a double-double. Offensively, he shot 10-of-19 from the field, including 1-of-2 from behind the arc. He also hit six free throws. He also grabbed 13 rebounds on the night, added two assists and had a steal. The game was back-and-forth throughout the first quarter. Potter-Dix (4-6) went up 6-4 on Coby...
The Sidney wrestling team had a pair of first place finishes as it took third as a team Saturday at the Chase County Tournament. Trey Arellano (106) and Kaden Vowers (113) each won their respective weight classes for the Raiders. Arellano topped Evan Nordhausen of Wauneta-Palisade by fall in 43 seconds in the quarterfinal match, took out Matthew Wissink of Dundy County-Stratton by fall in 1:29, and then won in the finals by fall in 3:36 over Zach Janousek of Hitchcock County. After a first round bye, Vowers topped Trent Hilburn of Dundy...
BASKETBALL Monday, Jan. 18 Leyton at Potter-Dix (boys only) 6:30 p.m. Banner County at Creek Valley (boys only) 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 Sedgwick County (Colo.) at Peetz (Colo.) 4 p.m. Minatare at Potter-Dix (girls only) 6:30 p.m. Garden County at Creek Valley (girls only) 6:30 p.m. Banner County at Leyton (girls only) 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 MAC boys semifinal 1 (at Sidney Middle School) 3 p.m. MAC girls semifinal 1 (at Sidney Middle School) 4:45 p.m. MAC boys semifinal 2 (at Sidney Middle School) 6:30 p.m. MAC girls semifinal 2 (at...
7 - Trey Arellano - finished first Quarterfinals - Trey Arellano (Sidney) over Evan Nordhausen (Wauneta-Palisade) (Fall 0:43) Semifinals - Trey Arellano (Sidney) over Matthew Wissink (Dundy County-Stratton) (Fall 1:29) First Place Match - Trey Arellano (Sidney) over Zach Janousek (Hitchcock County) (Fall 3:36) 113 - Kaden Vowers - finished first Round 1 - Kaden Vowers (Sidney) received a bye Round 2 - Kaden Vowers (Sidney) over Trent Hilburn (Dundy County-Stratton) (Fall 0:46) Round 3 - Kaden Vowers (Sidney) over Kyle Jackson (Hershey) (Fall...
Cutter O'Connell doesn't usually celebrate banking in a 3-pointer - but he did Saturday, and he had a lot of help with that celebration. O'Connell's banked-in trey as time expired lifted Sidney to a 58-56 win over visiting Lexington at Cabela's Athletic Facility early Saturday evening. The last-second win keeps the Raiders unbeaten at 15-0. "I've banked a three in before. Usually I don't get excited for those, but this one is a different occasion, I guess," O'Connell said. "I got pretty...
Sidney had the advantage for most of the game, but had to hold off a tough rally from Lexington in the final minutes of the game to win, 56-50, Saturday night at Cabela's Athletic Facility. "It was good for our team to be in a tough spot and get out of there with the win," Sidney coach Tyler Shaw said. "Last week in McCook we found ourselves in a similar spot and didn't get the job done. We were happy with the effort and plays the girls made down the stretch to come out on top." The Lady...
