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MOSCOW – A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people. The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some elderly women declaring that the world was coming to an end. Many of the injured were cut by flying glass as they flocked to windows to see what the reason was for such an intense flash of light. The meteor – estimated to be about 10 to...
The Sidney Jaycees are holding another event aimed at community involvement and children’s personal growth. They are holding a Super Shooters Youth Basketball Competition this Saturday at the Cheyenne County Community Center. The competition starts at 9 a.m., with registration occurring before 9 upon competitors’ arrival. The individual timed basketball competition is open to any boy or girl age 6 to 13. Competitors are split up into four age groups to compete against however, according to Amber Talich, President of the Sidney Jaycees Chapter....
The court hearings for the City of Sidney’s property nuisance abatement case against Marvin O. Filsinger of Filsinger Excavating and Filsinger Emergency Services continued with the presentation of more evidence on behalf of the defendants Friday. The case is being heard before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer and there was an addition to the defense council, Lincoln Attorney Craig Dirrim. Dirrim served as co-council to the defendant alongside Sidney Attorney Don Miller. Representing the city was Ft. Collins, Colo. Attorney Charlie Cu... Full story
Jeff Teague, an independent owner operator leased to Adams & Sons Truckingwas awarded the Bowman Police Department’s Civilian Life Saving Award yesterday afternoon by Cheyenne County Sherriff John Jenson. Teague was sent the award by Bowman Chief of Police Charles Headley who regretfully could not make it to Sidney to present the award in person. “On behalf of a grateful community we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Jeff A. Teague for his keen observation and actions of ren...
Among heated debate on stray cats within Sidney city limits and recreational vehicles parked along city streets at the Sidney City Council meeting Tuesday night was also the remorseful resignation announcements of both city council member Aaron Barnes, and City of Sidney Chief of Police Mike Brown. “Due to employment changes we are relocating to California so I am sad to report that I will have to resign from Sidney City Council,” said Barnes. Members of the council thanked Barnes for running and serving his time helping the community. His res...
Written by Sonja Ehlers on how she met her Valentine, Gary Ehlers: I have the most wonderful man who is my whole world, who isn’t perfect but is perfect for me, who works hard and would do anything for me, who makes me laugh, who is my best friend, who I want to grow old with, and who I am thankful for every day!! And this is our story... Our story began 14 years ago when an unlikely couple from opposite sides of the country met and fell in love. I being a Nebraska native had found my way to N... Full story
They sparkle and shine not only in the case but on the sign, and if it’s all in a name like they say Albert’s Diamondland says it all. Barb and Rod Alberts opened their jewelry store in 1991 after several years of service to the Kirby Vacuum Company, him in sales and her as a secretary in Scottsbluff. “My husband had been with his previous company for 20 years,” Barb Alberts said, “and he wanted to be a jeweler. He was the Kirby vacuum area distributor as he had seven counties (in Nebraska)...
LINCOLN - Senators clashed with some testifiers at the General Affairs Committee meeting Feb. 11 about their knowledge of the horseracing industry and proposals to help it make more money. LB73, introduced by Sen. Beau McCoy of Omaha, would change the number of live racing days required for a racetrack. Pat Loontjer, director of Gambling With The Good Life, said she was neutral on the bill but didn’t think the racing industry is really interested in the horses and just wants to hold a gambling license and to diminish the number of live r...
LINCOLN – School superintendents would no longer be required to have two years of classroom experience if the Education Committee passes a bill it heard Tuesday. Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha presented this bill (LB539) that would allow potential superintendent candidates to be hired without any teaching experience. Nobody else testified in favor of the bill, and three testified against it. “A superintendent is not a manager. A superintendent is not a teacher. A superintendent is not a men...
Following Tuesday night’s announcement that Councilman Aaron Barnes will be resigning from the Sidney City Council on Feb. 20, the Sidney City Council chose to open up the vacancy to any registered voter living in the Sidney City limits. A vacancy will be declared following acceptance of the resignation at the Feb. 20 city council meeting. The Council asked that a letter of interest along with a resume explaining the qualifications of prospective candidates be sent or brought to the City Manager’s office. Interested applicants should send the...
LINCOLN – “I k rite,” the text message read. That text message caused a life-changing car accident for 19-year-old Cedar Rapids native Erin Smith, who testified in support of a bill during the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee hearing Monday. Sen. John Harms of Scottsbluff presented the bill (LB118) that would make texting while driving a primary offense rather than the secondary offense it is now. Drivers can be ticketed for a secondary offense only if they have stopped for some other offense. Smith was among the nine who testifi...
The Wyo-Braska fourth through sixth grade basketball league is teaching kids the rules of the game, as well as personal growth. Eight Sidney boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have been competing against teams from around the Panhandle every Saturday since the beginning of January. The league lasts approximately a month and a half, according to Kasey Kantor, the Cheyenne County Community Center Sports Director. The girls and boys teams alternate each weekend so that every parent can watch the...
WASHINGTON — Republicans charged Wednesday that President Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union address studded with tired liberal notions and campaign-style hostility and said the speech did little to ease partisan tensions over issues like gigantic budget deficits. “An opportunity to bring together the country instead became another retread of lip service and liberalism,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on the chamber floor, arguing that Obama offered little more than “gimmicks and tax hikes.” “Last night’s spe...
Just short of his second anniversary as Sidney Police Chief, David M. “Mike” Brown has submitted his resignation to Sidney City Council. He stood before the governing body to offer his official notice of leave at the Tuesday city council meeting, citing family health issues. “Family members of both me and my wife have some long-term health issues and it’s just something that had to be done.” With both families out of the state of Nebraska, Chief Brown said family, “just comes first for me and... Full story
LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman tapped former state Sen. Lavon Heidemann of Elk Creek Wednesday as his new lieutenant governor. Heidemann, a University of Nebraska regent, took the oath of office during a public ceremony at the Capitol. The 54-year-old Republican served as chairman of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee during his eight years in the Legislature. He left because of term limits. Heidemann replaces former Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy. Sheehy resigned earlier this month following news that he had made thousands of calls to w...
LINCOLN (AP) — The Nebraska attorney general says the majority of complaints his office received in 2012 dealt with mortgages, banking-related issues and scams. Attorney General Jon Bruning announced Monday the top five complaints his consumer protection division received in 2012. The office works to mediate complaints between Nebraskans and businesses. The division logged more than 3,500 complaints and recovered more than $1.1 million for Nebraskans. Mortgage complaints topped the list. Also landing on the top five consumer complaints list w...
HASTINGS (AP) — Children at Hastings Public Schools have the option to eat breakfast every day of the school week at school. The problem, according to district director of finance Jeff Schneider, is the logistics if every student chose to take advantage of the program. “We’d have to start serving breakfast at 6:30 in the morning to get everyone served,” he told the Hastings Tribune. Both Hastings and Adams Central public schools offer a breakfast program to all students, both those who pay ful...
Charges were amended Tuesday morning in two of three pending murder cases before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer. Jason W. Custer will now face first-degree murder in connection with the November shooting death of Adam E. McCormick of Sidney, while Craig A. Johnson now has a habitual criminality enhancement attached to his second-degree murder charge in the December 2011 beating death of April Smith. In addition, the county’s third accused murderer, Larry G. Martinez was also in court to be arraigned on an amended charge of f... Full story
‘Sparkles’ struts her stuff at the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. The three year old French Briard, owned by Merry Jeanne and Tommy Millner of Sidney, won best of breed over the weekend....
In the Sidney Regional Medical Center/Cheyenne County Community Center’s Get Fit Stay Fit Challenge a total of 246 pounds have been lost in the first month of the challenge, according to Ashley Houtwed, Sidney RMC director of nutrition services. Those pounds lost only account for the weight loss of 36 participants that attended the first weigh-in at the center this Feb. 6 and there are 102 total participants competing in the challenge. “The middle weigh-ins are not required but a way to see how they have progressed,” Kiersten Richards, the C...
A newer restaurant made its way into town giving residents their choice in Mexican food and service with a smile. Luna’s Mexican Restaurant, owned by Ramy Bello and Ruben Cornejo, opened almost nine months ago and offers a customer affordable authentic Mexican food; the business name coming from their 3-year-old daughter. The couple came to Sidney from Denver, but grew up in Mexico, and was in search of a nice quite place to raise their family of six. “We were looking for a small town not too...
Sidney City Council member Aaron Barnes has regretfully informed the council that he will be stepping down from his position as council member this month, with his last meeting being Jan. 20. In a letter Barnes wrote to City of Sidney Mayor Wendall Gaston he said that he must resign because of employment changes and his family’s relocation out of Sidney. Barnes said that he was honored to hold his position and that he will miss the town and the people of Sidney. “I am very honored to have bee...
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors joined Doug and Tammy Hays at the ribbon cutting ceremony for their business, Bushido Mixed Martial Arts, as the business united with the chamber yesterday at 11 a.m. The ribbon cutting took place at the Youth Center (located on 14th and King St.). Bushido Mixed Martial Arts has officially been open for business since Feb. 4. The Hays have been working in different areas of martial arts for years. Tammy said she started out learning Tai Chi, which...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday voted to approve President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary at a time of turmoil for the military with looming budget cuts, a fresh sign of North Korea's nuclear ambitions and drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The Armed Services Committee voted 14-11 to send the nomination to the full Senate, with all the panel's Democrats backing the president's choice to succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The committee's Republicans were u...
