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Over the course of three days, two semi trucks were involved in separate single-vehicle crashes on Interstate 80 near Sidney. The Nebraska State Patrol led investigations into both crashes and said neither resulted in severe injuries. Troopers were dispatched on Friday at 12:43 p.m. to milepost 57 on I-80 – between the interstate's two Sidney exits – for a report that a semi truck left the road and struck power lines. Because the incident occurred in a construction zone where east- and wes...
Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer stopped in Sidney Friday afternoon as part of a listening session tour throughout the state. The event was held at Serenity Café in downtown Sidney. A small group of locals stopped by for a casual discussion with Fischer. "I know this is a commitment on your part to take off and be here to have a conversation with me, so I just really appreciate you doing that," Fischer said. "Since I was in the Legislature my first year in 2005, I have always held...
Sidney High School senior Jacob Spachek (center) worked toward earning his Eagle Scout rank Saturday at the Lodgepole Youth Valley Camp in Sidney. With the help from fellow members of Boy Scout Troop 90, chairs at the camp were reupholstered. Spachek was required to pick a project showing leadership skills in order to earn his final merit.... Full story
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 2.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.69 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 7.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.60 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 65.2 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 4.9 cents per gallon l...
Ongoing Dalton Prairie Sooner Museum open Saturday and Sundays from 1-4 p.m. for the rest of the summer. The Farmer’s Market is held on Saturdays through Oct. 10 at Hickory Street Square in Sidney from 8 -11 a.m. The Bridge Marathon will begin playing again in September. Each pair plays once a month with different opponent and keeps a cumulative score through May. There is a fee to play which is donated to the Office for Mentally Retarded for their projects. If you would like to play, call Lynn Poppen at (308) 254-0704 or Kathy Mattoon (308) 2... Full story
Dear Editor: Until this year, Nebraska’s home-grown oil and gas industry has been largely out of sight and out of mind of the public and state policymakers, and for good reason. Nebraska operators are small oil and gas companies, not giant oil companies. We are a well-regulated industry that contributes significantly to the rural economies of southwest Nebraska and the Panhandle. Ever since Nebraska’s first long-term producing oil well was drilled in Richardson County in the 1940s, Nebraska producers have been generating income for inv... Full story
My knee replacement surgery has been put on hold. I developed a bacterial lung infection prior to surgery. My doctor put me on antibiotics for a period of five days that lowered my white blood cell count, but not to normal levels. I then took another 10 days of antibiotics and I’m scheduled to go back in for more tests soon to see if I’m healthy enough for surgery. It turned out to be a blessing that my surgery was postponed as my son Jacob, who works on the farm with us, was diagnosed with pneumonia. There appears to be an unusually high incid...
In front of a sizable crowd at the Cabela's Athletic Facility on Friday night, the Sidney High volleyball team took to the court for the first time this season at the annual Gatorade Scrimmage. Decked out in tie-die shirts and big smiles, Sidney's freshmen, junior varsity and varsity squads did battle against themselves in what was most of all a light-hearted and informal practice 13 days before their season opener. The Raiders will open at home on Sept. 3 in a triangular against North Platte...
Before a crowd of several hundred, the Sidney High School football team took to the field Friday evening for its annual Gatorade scrimmage at Weymouth Field. With new Red Raiders' head coach Chris Koozer on the sidelines, Sidney first put its freshmen and junior varsity squads on display before the varsity took to the field. For the Sidney varsity team, it will attempt to return to the Class B playoffs for the third time in as many years. Despite the departure of some talented seniors who made...
