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The Sidney High School One-Act Play Team placed fourth at the Class B-6 District Play Production Contest hosted by Sidney High School on Saturday, December 7th. Ogallala was the district champion, Chadron was runner-up and Gordon-Rushville finished third. Rounding our the bottom four were McCook in fifth place, followed by Alliance, Valentine, and Mitchell. Nine cast members of Sidney's comedy production of "A Simple Task," were awarded outstanding performance certificates for their acting.... Full story
Sid Dinsdale claims to be different than other Republican candidates running for a Nebraska seat in the U.S. Senate next year. “My resume is a lot longer and wider and deeper,” Dinsdale said. He spent 37 years working in community banking and agriculture and is still involved in agriculture, cattle feeding, ethanol and community banking. “I’m an unconventional person running for the United States Senate,” Dinsdale said. “People say we don’t have any political experience and I take that as an asset, because I have dealt with regulations,...
On Monday afternoon Sidney police recovered the city truck stolen over the weekend. It was located in a pasture near power lines north of town. The 2004 Chevrolet 4x4 with a flatbed was parked next to hay bales and had been disguised. Wind partially uncovered the vehicle. “We suspect the intent was to revisit the truck,” police chief B.J. Wilkinson said. The truck suffered minor cosmetic damage, but was otherwise intact. Police recovered physical evidence and have developed several leads, but the investigation is continuing. City street dep...
The owners of Parlor Skin Art had the official ribbon cutting for their custom tattoo business located at 1442 Illinois St. on Monday afternoon.... Full story
The candidates for Sidney High School's Cotillion King and Queen have been announced. From left, Calder Rosdail, Andrew Phelps and Brendan Holly.... Full story
The candidates for Sidney High School's Cotillion King and Queen have been announced. From left, Rachel Petik, Katelin Cole and Karson Langley.... Full story
Les Flohr, age 69 of Sidney, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center Extended Care. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., Thurs., Dec. 12th in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Leon “Bud” Gillespie officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Dalton Cemetery. Cremation has taken place. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday to sign Les’ register book and drop off condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be made in Les’ name to the Sid... Full story
Creek Valley Senior High Students who wish to change their schedule for the second semester may do so Dec. 11-13. This will be the only time students will be allowed to change their schedules for the second semester. The procedure is as follows: - Student contacts Mrs. Ford, who will give them a Class Schedule Change form. - Student gets the teacher’s signature of class to be dropped. - Student gets the teacher’s signature of class to be added. - Parent/Guardian signs the form giving permission for this course of action. - Mrs. Ford signs the... Full story
Thursday, December 12, Sam and Louie’s Pizza in downtown Sidney will be hosting a fundraiser for the Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska (CAPWN). CAPWN is the parent company of the Head Start program. Sam and Louie’s will donate 10 percent of the day’s proceeds to CAPWN. Employees from CAPWN will be on site to answer questions about the innovative work they do. Lunch will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., dinner from 5 to 9 p.m., and there will be a 50/50 raffle.... Full story
Over the weekend, match ups were determined for one of the greatest—or at least the most egalitarian—contests in the world. No, not the NCAA football bowl selection farce. Rather I’m referring to the FA Cup and its all-important third round draw. For those unfamiliar, FA stands for the Football Association, the body governing soccer clubs in England. Most people are familiar with the big name teams, such as Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal. As a United supporter, I cannot bring myself to mention the other Premier League squad...
The Sidney freshmen girls team continued their strong early season play, toppling the Kimball Longhorns 57-13 at the Cabela's Athletic Facility Monday evening. For the Raiders it was their third win in as many games. Last week Sidney went 2-0 in a tournament at MItchell, which included a one-point victory over Chadron (24-23) and a blowout win over Scottsbluff. "This is a good group of girls we have here and we've had a nice week," said Raiders Coach Dan Dorwart. "Sometimes we have games when...
With a balanced scoring attack the Red Raiders freshmen boys basketball team advanced its record to 2-1 with a 34-30 victory over the Kimball Longhorns at the Cabela's Athletic Facility on Monday night. Alex Linneman paced the Sidney attack with 12 points while Kyler Cole added 8. Yeager Price and Zach Means dropped in 7 points each. While the Raiders held the lead much of the contest the largest advantage they could manage was 7 points, on two occassions early in the second half. The Longhorns...
The 39th edition of the Bobby Mills 1,000-Yard Club is an annual compilation of all the high school running backs in Nebraska to reach the 1,000-yard plateau in rushing. The 2013 list includes 90 players including two from Sidney, senior Logan Lewis and junior Chance Anglin. The list of 90 players inlcudes student-athletes from all distrcts and classes from Class A to Six Man. This years club inlcudes 58 seniors, 29 juniors and three sophomores. With 2,053 yards, Logan Lewis is 8th on the list while Anglin’s 1,296 places him 40th. Among C...
