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The two men who witnessed the shooting of Adam McCormick in the early morning hours of Nov. 3 2012 testified about the events of that night as the state of Nebraska vs. Jason Custer continued into its third day. Custer, 35 is charged with first degree murder, use of a firearm to commit a felony and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Custer allegedly shot McCormick after a dispute over a debt of $150. Syrus Leal, reportedly a good friend of McCormick, testified Wednesday about what led up to the shooting, as well as the shooting...
For the second consecutive year, Sidney's Salena Petluri took top honors in the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee. She will go on to compete in the Midwest Spelling Bee in Omaha, with a chance to represent Nebraska in the national event. The National Spelling Bee is held in Washington, DC and featured on television. The Cheyenne County event was more low key, yet still intense for the 24 competitors. Students from Sidney--Central, West and the Middle School--Leyton and Potter-Dix earned the right to...
Dave Domina, U.S. Senate candidate says his heart is in rural Nebraska. Although Domina is running as a Democrat, he thinks being an American and representing the interests of all Nebraskans should come before party politics. "I don't see a party system as having value when it becomes a commanding ideology," Domina said. The way the two parties go about passing laws needs to change, in his opinion. "What we need in the United States Senate is somebody who does not buy into the cliche, 'I can...
When Sidney police confronted Janetta Lenstrom last Friday morning after the robbery at Sidney Federal Saving’s & Loan, the Potter resident allegedly “broke down, stating she was either going to kill herself or rob a bank, as it was the only way she could think of to get herself out of her current situation.” Details of the confrontation were made available in an FBI affidavit attached to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court. Lenstrom was taken into protective custody on Friday. The Sidney Police Department and the Cheye...
Obviously, most of us are pretty reliant on our memories for daily function. Memory guides us to work, helps us complete tasks and look back on our lives. Many of us would probably be surprised to find that the ways in which we remember a special or even a traumatic event in our lives was not how it actually happened at all. While covering this week’s trial and listening to evidence and witness testimony, it’s clear that everyone remembers events differently. Of course, some of the people testifying in the trial could very well be lying. Set...
The dwindling number of survivors of the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz, have met this week in Warsaw, Poland and around the world commemorating the 69th anniversary of its liberation by the Russian army. Sidney’s lone Polish survivor, Benny Hochman, who passed away this last year, was liberated by a US Army Signal Corp. battalion on the same date from the death camp at Buchanwald. Benny survived the winter march from Auschwitz to Buchenwald but many of the others did not. Benny was near death when rescued but was nursed back to health by the a...
Edgar Allan Poe first saw in print his poem “The Raven” on January 29, 1845. You might recall from high school literature, that the raven visited the poet on a cold December night and would say only one word, “Nevermore,” a word that rhymed with the poet’s deceased lover, the lost Lenore. The poet shouted at the raven, wanted to know why the bird tormented him, and called it a “Prophet, a thing of evil!” The raven replied, “Nevermore.” On January 3 this year, Heather MacDonald, a writ...
The outcome of “Lone Survivor” is never in doubt. Four U.S. Navy Seals drop into a Taliban stronghold targeting a particular leader. They find themselves surrounded by hundreds of well-armed fighters and, as the title suggests, only one man lives to tell the tale. The film is based on a first-hand account by Marcus Luttrell of a failed mission in Afghanistan, played by a captivating Mark Wahlberg. Director Peter Berg (“Friday Night Lights”) reportedly kept the author and veteran handy during production. Too often, expert advice will bog a s...
For The Sun-Telegraph The Cheyenne County Art Guild has selected local artist Ann Darling as Artist of the Month. Darling is a life-long resident of Cheyenne County and a graduate of Sidney High School. Darling teaches General Art, 3D Design, Multimedia, Graphic Design and Web Design classes at Sidney Public Schools. As an adjunct instructor at WNCC-Sidney Center, she has taught Watercolor, Drawing, Design Fundamentals, Graphic Design and Elementary Art Methods. Darling has been a member of the...
When the first page of the of the 2014 calendar is torn off to reveal the second, it means the local winter sports scene will be racing towards its dramatic conclusion. With February comes the final regular-season basketball games for all schools in our area, with sub districts and districts to follow quickly thereafter. The wrestling season will end, too, and then it’s on to districts in Cozad. The wrestling state tournament is slated for Feb. 20-23 in Omaha. The Sidney boys and girls bowling teams have already earned their way to state and w...
