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Josef Slezak was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment yesterday for his role in an accident that took the lives of an entire family on Interstate 80 in 2012. Family members of the victims and Slezak supporters were both present in Cheyenne County Court as Judge Derek Weimer sentenced the man on four counts of motor vehicle homicide due to recklessness and one count of motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child. Slezak was ordered to serve 60 months in prison for each of the first four counts of motor vehicle homicide, Class IIIa felonies, to be...
Tom Carlson enjoys the campaigning process of traveling throughout the state of Nebraska—except when powerful crosswinds hit his trailer. Still, he will have visited all 93 counties by year’s end. “When I tell an individual or a group who I am, what I stand for and why I should be governor, I’m getting agreement,” Carlson said. “That’s what’s important.” There are now five candidates running for governor on the Republican ticket, but Carlson is the only one calling the third Congressional dis...
On Wednesday afternoon, the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce held the Nebraska Fall Legislative Forum. The key areas of the forum revolved around taxation, affecting both businesses and individuals, economic development and labor relations (worker and unemployment compensation). President of the State Chamber, Barry Kennedy said that most would agree that they are one of the elite entities in dealing with issues of economic development and the business end of labor relations. “We call o...
As district play enters its second week, the Sidney Red Raiders will spend another week on the road, this time to meet the Gering Bulldogs. Gering, which lost to the Raiders 44-24 last season, will have more than revenge on its mind when it hosts the Raiders at 7 p.m. After falling to Scottsbluff last week 42-12, the Bulldogs (2-5, 0-1) can't afford to lose another district game. Especially to a team that hasn't lost. The Raiders (4-3, 1-0) opened their district season with a 52-42 thriller at A...
Thank you Bob Costas. You've finally helped me better understand an issue that has had me scratching my head for several months now. During the Sunday Night Football telecast on NBC between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins earlier this week, Bob Costas did his weekly soliloquy. Of course we are all fourtunate to have the benefit of his remarkable genius. Not only does he know all, but fortunately for the rest of us, he tells all. Early in Costas' remarks he said something like - as best as can be determined, only a small number...