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Local 4-Hers participated in the 4-H Livestock Judging Contest on Wednesday afternoon. Callie Brown rides a horse around the fairgrounds Thursday morning. Karter Wittrock competed in the 4-H swine show in the junior division.... Full story
A fundraising drive to support a new outdoor swimming pool in Sidney is continuing with momentum from a recent $25,000 donation from a local business. Funding for the vast majority of the $5 million project is in place, but a $250,000 challenge grant is contingent upon collecting another $299,000 in community donations. The Peter Kiewit Foundation grant would provide a quarter of a million dollars for the pool if the community raises $750,000. More than half of that sum – $451,000 – has already been secured. Megan McGown, the city’s forme...
A 30-day jail term handed down last week to Sidney Police Chief B.J. Wilkinson is on hold after a $500 appeal bond was posted. Wilkinson was sentenced last Friday to jail after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing government operations. In an e-mailed statement to The Sidney Sun-Telegraph, Sidney City Manager Gary Person said Wilkinson is on leave from his position as police chief. "Chief Wilkinson has filed an appeal on the sentence, and the City will have no further...
Vickie Morlock of the Sidney Public Library awarded Priscilla Nightingale with dinner and a movie for two on Wednesday afternoon after completing the Adult Summer Reading Program.... Full story
Anna K. Chlopek, 94 of Granite City, Ill. and former Sidney resident, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2015 at the Granite City Skilled Nursing Home in Granite City. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 27, 2015 in the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sidney. Graveside inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Anna's name to St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel to sign Anna's register book and... Full story
William C. “Bill” Jenks, 60 of Sidney, passed away at his home, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. A Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m., Friday, July 31st in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Rosary services will be at 6 p.m., Thursday evening, July 30th in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Graveside Inurnment will take place at a later date. Friends may stop in the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday until 4 p.m. to sign Bill’s register book and drop off condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be made to Sidney Regional Medical Center Hospice.... Full story
Casey Baldwin, a 2014 graduate of Sidney High School, earned a spot on the Chancellor’s List at the University of Arkansas for the spring 2015 semester. Baldwin, who just completed her freshman year, had a 4.0 grade-point average....
Dalton Prairie Sooner Museum open Saturday and Sundays from 1-4 p.m., for the rest of the summer. Farmer’s Market on Saturdays July 11 through Oct. 10 at Hickory Street Square from 8 to 11 a.m. in Sidney Friday, July 24 Pairs-N-Half-A-Pair Square Dance Club will have a Banana Split Dance at the IOOF Hall in Gering from 7 to 9 p.m. with Lucky calling. We will have PLUS dancing from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Members are asked to bring berries, toppings, nuts, whipped cream or whatever you would like to eat with a banana split. Saturday, July 25 Holy Trinity... Full story
Dear Editor, I and a lot of other people agree 100 percent with Larry Nelson’s letter from Monday, July 20 titled “Jail time for chief is way out of line.” I would venture to say every police officer in the country (including Sidney) has at one time or the other used his discretion or authority to scrap a possible citation for a friend, family member or someone of importance, or even just to give someone a break. Even judges have been known to rhow citations and charges out of court. One hundred percent enforcement of the law could get prett... Full story
Once upon a time, I could be transfixed for hours by the Baseball Encyclopedia or Baseball Almanac. Now the information once housed in those enormous volumes can be found at our fingertips on the internet. I spent some time recently scanning through all the players born in Nebraska who have played in the major leagues. It's a long list but most of them seem to be from back east – Lincoln and Omaha are well represented. The Panhandle not so much. It's a population thing of course. The odds are s...
At Scotts Bluff Country Club Boys 4th-5th grade 1st - Cael Peters 35 2nd - Luke Hiltibrand 37 3rd - Conner Wwamsley 37 Boys 6th-7th grade 1st - Joey Konz 54 2nd - Jake Hiltibrand 58 3rd - Beau Wamsley 62 Boys 8th-9th grade 1st - Braeden Strumpler 58 2nd - Blake Thyne 62 3rd - Zach Thorson 63 Boys 10th-12th grade 1st - Connor Dorman 77 2nd - Zane Anthony 79 3rd - Jordan Malm 81 Girls 6th-7th grade 1st - Emily Krzyzanowski 50 2nd - Anna Kelley 53 3rd - Payton Wise 55 Girls 8th-9th grade 1st - Haley Hiltibrand 62 2nd - Addison Mitchell 69 3rd -...
he Sidney High School cross country teams competed Thursday morning in their own version of the "Amazing Race," which concluded with a water balloon fight.... Full story
