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Shelley Peterson lights a candle at the ninth annual non-denominational Worldwide Candle Lighting Ceremony held on Sunday evening at St. Patrick's Church. This event was held by The Compassionate Friends Sidney Chapter in honor of local children who have passed....
Kane Taylor of Sidney pins Gothenburg's Chad Schmeitt in the wrestling opener....
The city's only remaining men's clothing store and a Sidney institution, Larry's Clothing, will soon close its doors for the last time. Larry's Clothing opened almost 18 years ago on April 17, 1995. Owner Larry Fraas decided to start the business because he believed it would fill demand in the growing town. "I thought Sidney needed a men's store," Fraas said. He previously worked at Greenlee's, another clothing store in Sidney, which closed around seven or eight years before Larry's opened....
In addition to its continued growth in the Sidney area, with plans for both an expansion of its corporate campus and a housing development to serve employees new and old planned for the next few years, Cabela’s is also growing its brand throughout the rest of the country. Last week Cabela’s announced plans to open another outpost store in Bowling Green, Ky. This 42,000 foot facility, which the company plans to open in fall 2014, will be the company’s second in Kentucky, joining one in Louisville. Cabela’s plans to hire around 90 employe...
Sidney Police are searching for a missing city vehicle as well as a significant amount of city property after a weekend break in at the street department building. City street department employees discovered the vehicle was missing when they arrived at work Monday morning. In addition to the stolen vehicle, other items taken include hand and power tools, laptop computers and a portable welder. Officers are currently working the case. The stolen city vehicle is a 2004 Chevrolet 4X4 truck with a white cab and a blue flatbed, which had city of...
OSHKOSH, Neb. (AP) — A Wyoming man is facing charges after a car accident in western Nebraska that killed one woman and injured another. The Nebraska State Patrol says 45-year-old Edward Hood of Sheridan, Wyo., was arrested after the Saturday afternoon crash. Authorities say Hood's vehicle crossed the center line of U.S. Highway 26 and struck another vehicle about five miles west of Oshkosh. The driver of the other vehicle, 62-year-old Terry Hofer of Ogallala, died. Her passenger, 62-year-old Claudia Weinbender of Dix, was hospitalized in S...
Les Flohr, 69 of Sidney, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center Extended Care. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Les’ care and funeral arrangements....
Helen M. Closson 1948 to 2013 Helen M. Closson, 65 of Sidney, passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 9 a.m., Mountain Time, Wed., Dec. 11th in the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel. Burial will follow at 2 p.m., Central Time, Wednesday afternoon in the Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell, Neb. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Tuesday to sign Helen's register book and drop off condolences for...
Donald L. Moore 1920 to 2013 Donald L. Moore, 93 of Gurley, formerly of Gering, passed away December 7th at the Sidney Regional Medical Center, after suffering a stroke on Thanksgiving eve. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., Thurs., Dec. 12, 2013 in the First Christian Church in Sidney with Pastor Mark Zalesky officiating. Inurnment with military rites will be in the West Lawn Cemetery in Gering at 2 p.m. Thursday. Memorials have been established to the First Christian Church in Sidney....
The following person appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Friday, Dec. 6, before the Honorable Randin Roland: Roger Stuart, age 51 of Potter, appeared for a preliminary hearing on a charge of Distribution of Oxycontin, a class III felony. He waived the preliminary hearing. Arraignment has been scheduled for Jan. 8, 2014 at 9 a.m....
Back in October when we were getting started combining our dry land corn crop I visited with a neighbor about the value of wheat residues and residue height in dry land corn production. My neighbor thought he should purchase a stripper head for combining his winter wheat crop to leave more standing residue. The year before he had combined his dry land wheat with a conventional head and had baled the straw for his cattle. He then planted his dry land corn into the wheat residue left in the field. Right beside his dry land corn field was a field...
It was nearly quiet enough in the Scottsbluff High School Gym on Friday afternoon that, had somebody dropped a penny on the floor, anyone in the sparse crowd could have heard it. A similar scene took place at the Western Nebraska Junior College gym the following morning. Despite uninspiring atmosphere of early tip times, the Sidney girls basketball team swept their final two games of the Western Conference Invitational over the weekend. After a slow start, the Raiders (2-1) dispatched Alliance...
The Red Raiders were a little like Jekyll and Hyde over the weekend, as they split the final two games of the Western Conference Invitational in Scottsbluff. On Friday evening, Paxton Ehler led the Red Raiders (1-2) with 37 points in a 79-72 defeat of district rival Alliance. On Saturday morning Sidney struggled with its shooting touch against a Scottsbluff Bearcats team that had no such issues. Scottsbluff ran away with a 63-41 victory to even the Raiders district record at 1-1. The Omaha...
The Red Raiders wrestling team opened the season on a high note on Friday as they toppled Gothenburg on the road in a dual meet 46-32. Sidney then traveled to Cozad on Saturday, where they finished seventh in a 13-team meet. The match winners for Sidney at Gothenburg inlcuded Kane Taylor (195 lbs.), Tucker Wintholz (285), Ben Goble (120), Austin Storbeck (126), Zach Borges (138), Michael Muggli (145), Lukias Higer (152) and Ryan Nieto (160). Taylor, Wintholz, Muggli and Higer all won on pins....
Creek Valley didn’t need much to outscore Hyannis on Friday night, just two brothers and teammates willing to battle around them. Lane and Brett Godfrey combined for 41 points in the Storm’s 61-28 performance in the season opener. Seven other Creek Valley players scored, as well, while a defense led by Wyatt McMillen held the visitors to single digits in all but one quarter of play. “We’ll take a win any day,” McMillen said. “We got to get experience.” The Storm began the year with no true post up player and just one senior. But that senior—L...
The Storm weathered bouts of sloppy play and unusually timid free throw shooting to claim a 46-41 home win over Hyannis in the season opener on Friday night. “First game,” guard Jerry Straber said with a shrug. “We were getting the mistakes out of the way.” By rights, Creek Valley should have stretched their lead early. But the halftime advantage of 29-24 hid a harrowing tale: visiting Hyannis chalked up more than half of their points from the line, sinking 13 of 18 free throw attempts, compared to just 3 of 12 for the home side. “It was defin...
Come from behind wins are nothing new in high school basketball. The manner in which Saturday night's game changed in Potter-Dix's favor, however, surprised even those involved. Down 10-8 at the start of the second quarter, senior guard Bryant Knigge slapped the ball away from his Banner County counterpart. It shot toward the sideline and might have soared into the front row seats, but a referee's leg intervened. The ball careened back into play-and into the hands of Knigge, who raced all alone...
Girls Basketball Potter-Dix 49 Banner Co. 31 The Coyotes and Wildcats were clenched in a corner like boxers for three of four quarters. That Potter-Dix came away with a comfortable 49-31 home win on Saturday had much to do with a dominant second period performance, their ability to force turnovers and a quick start to the affair. In fact, the Coyotes threatened to turn the contest into a rout from the opening tip. Within seconds of the whistle, Tiffany Lewis drew a foul and hit one of two. Alexu...
In their season opener at the Bayard Invite, the Leyton Warriors spoiled the host's opener with a 42-39 victory on Friday in girls basketball action. Leyton's weekend was dampened a little the following day as they were dropped by Lingle-Fort Laramie (Wyo.) 55-20. Kaitlyn Berner was a strong force for the Warriors, with a team leading 15 points. She was backed up by 7 points by Diedra Waite, 5 from Dani McKay and 4 each by Jessica Houk and Natalie Cruise. Berner and Waite were also strong at...
The Leyton hoop team opened its season on Friday on a positive note with a 47-42 win against the hosts at the Bayard Invitational. Things didn't go as well in their second contest on Saturday when the Warriors fell to Bridgeport 61-43. In the season opener against Bayard, Cody McKay paced the Warriors on offense with 22 points, while Brennen Cruise tacked on 11. Cruise matched his point total on the boards with 11 rebounds while Dylan Brenner and Jared Westman pulled down 5 each. "We need to...
