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The days of the old west will flicker back to life for a moment when the Pony Express Re-ride gallops through Sidney on June 20. Riders began their living history trek in St. Joseph, Mo., heading to Sacramento, Calif.--just as in the storied past. Volunteers on horseback will complete a 1,966 mile route, handing off their mochila as the relay progresses. The mochila is a specially designed mail pouch with four compartments. It carries commemorative letters people can purchase along the way to...
Some residents on the south and east parts of Sidney experienced short power outages yesterday morning. "We just had a bird get up in the lines and took out a substation," said Sidney electric superintendent Mike Palmer. The outages took place at around 9:45 a.m. and most were restored by 10:15 or 10:30, he said. The incident was unrelated to the city's work to move downtown power lines and meters underground. Instead, city officials point out, random incidents such as yesterday's outage are one of the reasons the Sidney decided to bury the...
Alleged burglars stole snacks to fuel up for car break-ins. James Russell, 20, was arrested June 17 for the alleged burglary of the concession stand at Legion Park and theft of coins and cash from numerous vehicles in the Sidney area over the past few weeks, according to a Cheyenne county sheriff's office affidavit. On June 16, an officer went to Russell's residence on 11th Avenue and found numerous snack items that were consistent with a burglary of the concession stand at Legion Park. The Legion Park concession stand burglary occurred June...
Marking livestock is not new in the United States. Electronic tagging, however, is a new concept. Where old fashion brands identified the origin and ear tags added new information, electronic tagging allows access to age, disease history and more, tracking the animal from birth to destination. “The ear tags do fall off,” said Jeff Elsen, a local rancher. “The implantation of a micro chip would be more effective.” Small to medium livestock producers may not find electronic tagging cost effective but for livestock owners who want to sell their a...
O'Malley's cab service maybe not be owned by an Irishman, but it serves those who enjoy a St. Patrick's Day party—or anyone else in need of a ride. O'Malley's, at 700 Hickory Street, started up in January of this year. Sidney needed a cab service because the city is growing so fast, said owner, Brad Zalesky. New people in town needed transportation that the city couldn't provide, he added. Some students at the community college also needed transportation outside of city limits and at odd hours. The company hopes to provide a public service o...
Moving is the biggest and hardest thing one can do, but to move and change careers adds the thought of “what am I doing” on top of the heap. After attending school and achieving my degree in journalism the whole task of finding a place to work became reality. I had traveled to many different places with my parents, of course, and held a career in broadcasting. But this time seemed different. I guess it was leaving good friends to start a new life. Or maybe it was the whole packing thing. They say one mans trash can be another mans gold, so eit...
With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tie game and the potential winning run on first base, Sidney third baseman Tyson Herrera stepped to the plate. In front of a home-town crowd that had endured cold, wind, lightning and rain and was now eager to go home happy, Herrera thought to himself his familiar refrain, "I've done this before." A moment later there was likely another familiar refrain uttered by the Alliance center fielder: "Oh no!" When Herrera turned on a fastball at 11:13...
