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A child abuse pediatrician who headed the team that worked to determine the cause of the alleged victim’s injuries testified during day four of the State of Nebraska vs. Nancy Gipfert. Gipfert is charged with one count of child abuse causing serious bodily injury, a felony for her part in the incidences allegedly causing the two-month-old baby’s seizures and brain injuries in Sept. 2011. Expert witness for the prosecution, Dr. Lisa Griss out of Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children where the boy was hospitalized from Sept. 13-Oct. 4, shared her...
At the Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, the body approved a Government Leasing Contract for Motorola MIP5000 Console System. The console is intended for use by the Cheyenne County Emergency Communications Center. The Communications Center board earlier took votes on purchasing or leasing the new system. Purchasing would come to a total of $74,000, with installation included. The equipment could also be leased for up to five years and paid either monthly or in installments. In this case, installation would still run... Full story
Kelly Mata helps pour concrete in front of Sidney's Chamber of Commerce building on Tuesday. He was part of a crew setting a new sidewalk leading into the facility.... Full story
The Nebraska State Patrol will join law enforcement agencies across the nation in a Thanksgiving holiday campaign designed to save lives by enforcing seat belt usage. Beginning Monday, Nov. 25, through Sunday, Dec. 1, troopers and communication specialists will put in extra hours as part of the “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign. A more than $20,000 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety (NOHS), will help to pay for the additional enforcement. “It really is very simple,” said Colonel David Sankey, Superintendent of the Nebrask... Full story
Phyllis Jo (Phid) Groshart Shunk 1923 to 2013 Phyllis Jo (Phid) Groshart Shunk -- lover of poetry, theater, and literature -- died Sunday, Nov. 17, just six days after her beloved husband Delwyn (Del) E. Shunk passed away. She was 90 years old. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wed., Nov. 20, 2013 at the United Methodist Church in Chappell with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery. Friends and family may visit with the family at the Holechek... Full story
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Chappell will be holding its Annual Fall Bazaar on Thursday, Nov. 21st from 4:30 to 7 p.m. They will be serving chicken and noodle soup, chili, chicken salad sandwiches, ham salad sandwiches, pie and beverages. There will also be a raffle, a bake sale, and a country store, where you may want to do some Christmas shopping. This year’s raffle will include many prizes. These include: 2 quarters of beef, $300 cash, $100 gift certificate to Chappell Super Foods, $100 gift certificate to Cabela’s Furniture, 2 bags of h... Full story
It startles you the first time. You are driving down Elm St. toward the point where the towering blocks of downtown fizzle to an end when the realization comes. That is the Texas Schoolbook Depository building. That is the Grassy Knoll. This is Dealey Plaza, where the world stopped for a moment, where a new generation was cast adrift, where the imagined America began to unravel. On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy—America’s youngest president—was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. It was 50 years ago, yet the sights and sound...
Morgan Wolff, left, and Brooke Glass go through a defensive drill at the Potter-Dix High School gym.... Full story
Eddie Detner puts the finishing touches on the driveway leading into the new Sonic in Sidney on Tuesday morning.... Full story
