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After seven hours of deliberation on Thursday a jury found Nancy Gipfert guilty of negligent child abuse, a lesser charge than the one initially lodged against her. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 8, 2014. Gipfert was originally charged with one count of child abuse causing serious bodily injury, a felony, for her part in the incidences leading up the hospitalization of a two-month-old who was at her daycare prior to suffering seizures and brain injuries. Both the defense and prosecution delivered closing arguments Thursday morning, following...
Representatives from the chamber and the city watch as Safeway store manager Mike Senior cuts the ribbon during Friday morning's ceremony.... Full story
Safeway's Jay Gomez, Kevin Wehrly and Mike Senior present a $3,000 donation to Sidney Public Schools, represented by Steve Mattoon.... Full story
“I was going to lunch in Rapid City, South Dakota. I was in college. We walked across the street to the Court House and it was on the radio, and I thought ‘Oh, no, this can’t be the same person we’ve seen on TV.’ It was just – and there was just a bunch of us college people. We were all in our freshman year and it was just, just unreal. Really unreal.” -Marcia Morrison “I was getting off work. I worked at the telephone office. My dad was picking me up and we heard it on the radio. And of course, we couldn’t believe that this had happened. Not... Full story
The recording and preservation of history is usually a painstaking and meticulous endeavor involving careful documentation of events and guarded safekeeping of records to insure its availability for future generations. Too often some of the most interesting and personal aspects of historical events and day-to-day living are lost in forgotten diaries, untold stories and sometimes accidental or even deliberate disposal. Oftentimes it is by mere happenstance that important historical documents are...
COMPILED BY THE SIDNEY SUN-TELEGRAPH STAFF 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 'New Hotel In Operation' November 22, 1913 The Hotel National has been open to the public for a week and is fast getting a large share of the patronage. First everything is absolutely new with the factory scent of cleanness still upon it. The rooms have heat and electric light. Each room...
Tyler Wintholz drives the hoop against the defense of Cody Frerichs.... Full story
Ashley Stafford goes for a layup.... Full story
Lukias Higer, in white, does battle with teammate Brenton Christian.... Full story
