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Weather forecasters are predicting the area to be hard hit by a winter storm set to sweep across the area beginning today and lasting into Thursday. Blizzard Warnings now in effect starting as early...

Who says learning can't be fun? Certainly not Rick Meyer, principal at Sidney's South Elementary. Meyer delighted students and parents alike Friday when he opened the day in a fun and unusual way,...

Everyone has a story, a part of their past they would rather keep there - in the past. However, the past can also be a hearty springboard into the future. That is a lesson Justin Brown, pastor of...

Students of Sidney schools lost an asset, and friends and family want her remembered. Tammy Sherman was an integral part of the West Elementary School community, according to principal Gene Russel....

One in four girls is sexually abused before the age of 18, and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of 18. Nearly 70 percent of all reported sexual assaults, including assaults on...

Peggy J. Racek, 88, of Grand Island, formerly of Wood River died April 5, 2019, at Bickford Assisted Living in Grand Island. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 12-3 p.m. Saturday,...

Donald G. Vogler, 89, formerly of Lisco and Dalton, passed away Friday evening, April 5, 2019 at the Sunset Manor in Brush, Colorado. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday,...

Delores Ward (Sandoval), 77, of Blue Springs, MO, (formerly of Sidney, NE) ended life's journey Saturday, March 9th, 2019. She is now eternally whole with Jesus. Cremation has taken place. Funeral...

Clinton M. McCrea, age 30 of Potter, NE passed away March 31, 2019, in Potter. Memorial services were held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, April 8th at the Kimball Event Center. Cremation has taken place and...

Sidney's Red Raider boy's track team took first place at Thursday's Mitchell Invite, edging second-place Gering 106.33 to 105. While the boys took top honors in a field of 14 teams, the girl's squad...

Peetz’s Bulldog baseball team got its first win of the season, and its first tie, in a double header against the Weldon Valley Warriors in Weldona last Thursday. Senior lefty Xavier Runge was able...

Peetz’s Bulldog track and field team traveled on Saturday to compete at the Holyoke Dragon Invitational, and the boy’s varsity squad placed fifth overall with 49 points in a field of 10 teams....

Sidney's Red Raider golf team hosted the annual Sidney Invitational tournament on Friday, rescheduled from Wednesday due to weather concerns. Although Wednesday's weather was not as bad as expected,...

Sidney Public Schools' top students were recognized at the board of education meeting Monday. The student recognitions were through the Sidney Middle/Senior High School Monthly Performance Award...

Members of the Cheyenne County Farm Bureau met with more than 380 students during the week of March 18-22 for an Ag in the Classroom program. The goal was to meet with as many PreK-2nd grade students...