Holiday crime, accidents at a minimum

It turns out that Sidney residents were on the “good list” this holiday season, according to Sidney Police Major Joe Aikens.

Aikens said that around the holidays there tends to be a pretty prominent increase in domestic violence cases. This holiday season however there were barely any in the Sidney area.

“I don’t think we have even had one,” Aikens said. “We had a couple little disturbances at bars but nothing in the nature of serious crime.”

This year’s crime rate during the holidays has been a lot better than in previous years, he explained. Only a few minor accidents were reported as the re...