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Smoking in parks and an agreement to allow nearby villages use the services of Sidney's chief building official were hot topics at Tuesday's City Council meeting. Several complaints received through the city website about smoking in Legion Park ignited discussion from the start, before the council determined to urge residents to act responsibly. "It continues to be a subject in almost all communities," said City Manager Gary Person, referring to lighting up in public. Most of the complaints...
In the early morning hours of April 10, Misty Tyson was awakened by one of her dogs to a house engulfed in flames. She and her son Owen Schaefer, 11, escaped from the house with little more than their lives. "We got the clothes we had on and our three dogs and that's all we got," Tyson said. Misty and her husband Patrick Tyson, who was away from home working in the oil fields when the fire occurred, were leasing the house to own and didn't have renter's insurance. They lost everything. Codi Cass, Misty's mother, is holding a fundraiser for the...
Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale, traveling with his wife, Carol, made Sidney an early stop on his reelection campaign trail. The secretary, who is running for his fourth term, announced his candidacy last week. “I feel I have a rare opportunity to offer my background to the citizens.” Gale is a fifth generation Nebraskan. He spent his childhood in western Nebraska before completing high school in Omaha and a law degree at the University of Chicago. He served as a federal prosecutor, liv...
For the second time in their life together, Peggy and Loran Kramer have won the lottery. The first time came back in 2000, when the couple won $100,000 on a ticket they purchased at the co-op store. Last week, a ticket from Vince’s Corner made them millionaires. “Peggy usually goes down on Sunday and buys for the whole week,” said Loran. “It’s part of our routine.” June 13 was just another day for the Kramer family, until Peggy heard Loran from the other room after she read off the numbers fro...
How often have you been out to dinner while your friend or child ignores all conversation going on around them to stare down at the glowing light of their smart phone? We're all guilty of getting caught up in mindless reality TV shows instead of doing something more productive or getting out and being with people. Everyone knows that Facebook is addictive. Even if you're angry the entire time you're looking at it, you're still looking at it. Yelling at the computer that you don't care what your neighbor from 10 years ago is making for dinner...
Professor Silias Scavenger is a nefarious cad, intent on fleecing the good people of Buffalo Bend—and woe unto those who cross his path. The conniving evildoer travels from town to town selling snake oil to unwitting pioneers along the Union Pacific line in western Nebraska. Such is his lack of humanity he even keeps his own minions in line with a well-cracked bullwhip. But that’s not the only patch of trouble facing the stage community. Sheriff Billy Bold, the town's pillar of honesty and all...