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Levi Hallett, 25, of Sidney was arrested yesterday and charged with manufacture of child pornography, two counts of possession of child pornography and child abuse, which are all felonies, according to arrest reports. Police were tipped off to this alleged activity by Hallett's probation officer and an unnamed citizen informant. Police allegedly found evidence leading to this arrest on Hallett's cell phone.... Full story
The city's parks department hopes to build new tennis courts to replace its aging outdoor facility. Demand for updated courts picked up recently. Around the time of the Wimbledon tournament, some local high school kids put together a little tennis tournament of their own. "I was embarrassed that they didn't have a better place to play," said park superintendent Tom Von Seggern. Kasey Kantor, sports director at the Cheyenne County Community Center, where the courts are located, confirmed that the courts see a fair amount of use, with a few...
The city's collection of scrap wood is growing, and Raffelson Rock and Recycling proposed a possible solution that might save Sidney some time and money. B.J. Raffelson of Raffelson Rock and Recycling spoke with the city council on Tuesday about leasing some land from the city and the possibility of working with Sidney to ease problems with scrap wood. "I know the recycling machine Sidney had burnt down this summer," Raffelson said. "And I thought this would be a great time to maybe start... Full story
The city of Sidney plans a slight decrease in property taxes for next year, while also looking forward to some big improvements. At Tuesday's meeting, the city council filed the 2013-2014 budget with the city clerk and set the tax levies to prepare for the September 10 public budget hearing. "There'll be a slight property tax reduction in the levy," said city manager Gary Person. "Even considering that we had to be fairly aggressive this year in trying to plan for a lot of new projects, and a lot of new development in the community. I think eve... Full story
As the first visible arc of the rising sun pushed against the bounds of a dark horizon and the soft pink light of pre-dawn spread across the north Texas plains, nearly one thousand Kiowa, Comanche and Cheyenne warriors seemed to erupt from the earth. Like lava pouring from the cauldron of the blazing, morning sun they swept forward in a mass of rage and revenge against the buffalo hunters at Adobe walls. Had it not been for the cracking ridgepole in Hanrahan’s saloon, several hours earlier, t...
The Creek Valley Storm girls golf team opened its season at Chimney Rock Golf Course in Bayard yesterday with just one varsity player. On another day of sweltering heat, junior Tabetha Hayes battled the elements to card a 124. As if temperatures exceeding 90 degrees were not challenge enough, Hayes pulled a muscle in her back on the fifth hole. She nevertheless, played on to finish the round with a solid score. Since only one player teed it up for Creek Valley, the Storm had no team score. "It... Full story
Eight days before the season opener, the Red Raiders cross country teams tested their legs with an intrasquad meet at Deer Run Park Thursday night. On the line for many of the Sidney runners was placement for first meet at Gering next Friday. The most coveted spots were the six boys and six girls who would earn a place in the varisty line up. For the girls, Alli Ehler finished nearly two minutes ahead of the pack as she won the her race in 20.40. The other five that qualified for varsity were Maddie Stafford (22.36), Abby Heller (22.55),...
