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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Maserati driver who died after being peppered with gunfire from someone in a Range Rover SUV, sparking a fiery crash that killed two others, was identified Friday as an aspiring rapper originally from Northern California. The Clark County coroner confirmed that Kenneth Wayne Cherry Jr. was killed, although the cause of death was still being investigated. It wasn’t clear Friday if Cherry died of gunshots or the crash. The coroner hasn’t identified the taxi driver and his female passenger who died when the cab exploded early...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely American forces tasked with hunting down remnants of al-Qaida and helping Afghan forces with their own security. Patience with the 11-year-old war has grown thin in the U.S. and Europe, yet Washington and its allies feel they cannot pick up and leave without risking a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan after Soviet troops withdrew in 1989: Attention turned elsewhere, the T...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gusty winds and iced-over roadways made for treacherous Midwest travel Friday as a major winter storm headed east over the Great Lakes. Four deaths have been linked to the storm, including three from traffic accidents. Hundreds of flights in and out of Chicago’s two airports were canceled Friday morning, and the city was clearing about 3 inches of snow from its streets, and the Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo., airports both reopened Friday morning but had numerous can...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For a change, Michigan State and Ohio State aren’t playing for a trophy. After contesting Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles in two of their last three meetings, there’ll be no hardware up for grabs when the fourth-ranked Spartans square off with the No. 18 Buckeyes on Sunday. That does not mean there is nothing on the line. “It’s like there’s always a trophy on the line every time you play one of the top-tier teams in this conference,” Ohio State guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. said. “It’s clutch time now. It’s gu...
Cheyenne County Community Center is sponsoring a youth basketball tournament this weekend, with 58 teams from the Tri-State area taking part. Boys and girls in grades 5 through 8 will participate in the event, which began Friday night and will run through the championship rounds Sunday evening. Approximately 136 games will be played in the two and a half day tourney, with games being played in five facilities in Sidney: West Elementary, Sidney Middle School, Sidney High School, St. Patrick’s Church and at CCCC. Teams from northern Colorado, t...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The big boys brought their little girls to see NASCAR’s shining star. Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson all took their daughters to meet Danica Patrick this week at Daytona International Speedway. It was the ultimate backstage pass. Patrick dropped to one knee, wrapped her right arm around Ella Gordon’s waist and posed for pictures as the 5-year-old flashed an endless grin in Victory Lane last week. Every day since, Patrick’s crew has handed out dozens and dozens of lugnuts to little girls clamori...
PAXTON — Two Sidney pool players were among those awarded prize money for placing in the $1,500 American Poolplayers Association (APA) 9-Ball Fun & Cash Tournament held last weekend at Windy Gap, Swede’s and Ole’s in Paxton. Area players earning prize money include Howie Manchester and Scott Padilla, who both finished in fifth place. A total of 50 players from all over western Nebraska registered for the event, which was open to active APA Pool League members. The bracket format gave playe...
It’s in the news every day: Our economic problems, the growing U.S. debt, recession worries, out of control government spending, our “paying problem,” sequestration, unemployment rates, budget cuts, tax hikes, and more. As a result many people in our nation have very little trust in how our government leaders view and spend our tax dollars. That’s why we should always put our trust in God, especially when it comes to our personal finances. Here is just some of what the Bible says should be our life- guiding principles concerning money: Blessed...
This past Sunday, I paged through the Real Estate section of the paper to see if we could find a home closer to my children’s orthodontist. Most people look for an easy commute to work or want to be near good schools. The way things have been going lately, most of our time (and money) seems to be spent in trying to keep our kids from growing up to look like hillbillies or the British royal family. I have five kids, all of whom have big beautiful teeth and small cramped jaws and will need some form of orthodontia (Latin for “torture of the mou...
“In the wealthiest nation on earth,” President Obama declared in his State of the Union speech, “no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty.” Right! Way to go! Not only does his call to raise America’s minimum wage put some real pop in populism, but it could finally start putting some ethics back in our country’s much-celebrated (but rarely honored) “work ethic.” Kudos to Obama for putting good economics and good morals together — and for putting this long overdue increase on the front burner. But then came the number: $9 an hou...
These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons. 100 YEARS AGO ‘Usual Sprints’ February 22, 1913 The village had its usual two runaways last Saturday. These are getting to be so regular that citizens hardly look at a team speeding by. The first was Ray Nelson’s well-trained team. They objected to the looks of a bull tearing through the street hotly pursued by Nelse Olson and son. Roy managed to guide his runaways toward the east end of town...
Bill Schepker 1942 to 2013 Bill Schepker, 70, of Sidney, died Friday morning, Feb. 15, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyo. Graveside memorial services will be at 2 p.m.., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney with Pastor Leonard Suhr of the Church of the Nazarene officiating. Military rites will be held at the cemetery. Cremation has taken place and there is no visitation at the funeral home. Friends who wish can sign the register book...
Kyle Kathleen Jessen 1962 to 2013 Kyle Kathleen Jessen, 50, of Sidney, formally of Minden, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Celebration of Life Services will be at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26, in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Hall officiating. Private family inurnment will take place at a later date in the Minden Cemetery. According to her wishes, cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to...
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — An 18-year-old told a 911 dispatcher last fall that he kidnapped and killed a missing suburban Denver school girl and had hidden her remains in a crawl space at his mother’s home, according to a recording played by a prosecutor in court Friday. The recording was played at a preliminary hearing at which a judge decided there’s enough evidence for Austin Sigg to stand trial in both the death of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway in October and an attack on a jogger at nearby Ketner Lake in May. Sigg is charged with murder, kidna...
Landon Ferris was honored as the January 2013 Cool Kids, No Limits after school hours program student of the month at Sidney’s North Elementary School this past Monday, Feb. 18. Ferris, a kindergartner at the school, was awarded the honor in front of classmates, school staff and his family. Ferris is the son of proud parents Garth and Krista Ferris. The award is sponsored by American National Bank and is given on account of a child’s attendance, citizenship, fairness and attitude. Ferris als...
A Wednesday traffic stop resulted in the arrest of two Colorado individuals on felony drug and weapons charges in Deuel County. Adam Tuttle, 24, and Laura Goldmann, 23, no address listed, have already appeared for presentment on four charges each: Class II felony possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and Class II possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, along with two Class IV counts of possession of a controlled substance, more than a pound; and possession of a...
At the Kids Plus Organization’s annual meeting in January the members discussed their upcoming yearly activities and elected their officers for this year. Diana Sonnie was elected president, Curtis Hofrock vice president, Jordon Sukup secretary, Mary Kay Brauer treasurer and Cassie Challburg was elected director of the organization. “Our board is comprised of approximately 15 board members that serve as volunteers,” said Brauer. “We are glad to have all the help that we can get.” According...
U.S. Senator Mike Johanns and his wife Stephanie announced Monday Feb. 18 that he will not be running for reelection in 2014. Johanns and his wife wrote a message addressed to all Nebraskans after announcing their decision for him to not run for a seat in the U.S. Senate again. “Words are inadequate to fully express our appreciation for the friendship and support you have given to us over the past three decades,” they wrote. “With everything in life, there is a time and a season. At the end of this term we will have been in public servi...
