Articles from the December 21, 2018 edition
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No One Injured In Apartment Fire
Two Sidney families escaped injury early Wednesday morning when a fire broke out in adjoining apartments, gutting one. Sidney Volunteer Fire Department was called to the scene at Fort Sidney...
First Responders Fire Up Griddle for Fundraiser
Nutritionists say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It can also be the most fun when recreational cooks show off their skills with a griddle and frying pan. Cooks who enjoy creating...
The Stage Is Not Enough
She enters a room with a with a quietness that shouts "wait until you hear what I have to say." Her character is deeper than those she portrays on stage or sings about from the choir. Her world is a...
SHS Wins Heritage Competition
To appreciate where you are, you need to know where you came from, what affected society. Sidney High School students took part in the Journey Through Our Heritage program this fall at Metropolitan...
Sidney Mom Among NEST Drawing Winners
A young Sidney resident got a leg up on her college education this week, thanks to the submission of a photo taken by her mother. Sidney's Kristin Boltjes entered a picture of her daughter, Everly, wh...
In-School Shopping
Sidney High School senior Kaylie Mason assists Treager Maddox in the Central Elementary store recently. The Holiday Store is a program where inexpensive items are offered for students to buy on a...
Santa Visits Central Elementary
Santa took time to visit students at Central Elementary School last week, reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas. Students are out for Christmas break and will return on Jan. 7....
Leyton Girls Win Streak at Four
After a slow start to the season, the Leyton Lady Warriors basketball team picked up three more wins over the last week to build momentum going into the holiday break. On Friday, Leyton hosted the...
Lady Storm Loses Border Battle
Creek Valley’s Lady Storm basketball team took the short trip across the border to take on the Sedgwick County Lady Cougars in Julesburg, Colo. on Friday, and could not overcome a slow first half...
Hurting Storm Falls to Sedgwick 64-25
An injury-plagued Creek Valley Storm basketball team hobbled to Julseberg Friday night to face the Sedgwick County Cougars, and were unable to match the high-scoring home team, losing by a score of 64...
Leyton Boys Drop Two Contests
Leyton's Warrior boys basketball team traveled Saturday to take on the Hemingford Bobcats in a non-conference matchup. The Bobcat's full court trap defense proved too much for the Leyton boys, while t...
CWD Detected in Central, North Central Nebraska
LINCOLN – The presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer has been detected for the first time in central and north-central Nebraska counties of Valley and Keya Paha, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Game and Parks...
Sandra K. Reichman - Obituary
Sandra K. Reichman, age 70 of Lodgepole and lifelong resident of Cheyenne County, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018 at Lodgepole, NE. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, Decemb...
Ethal M. Valla - Obituary
Ethel M. Valla, 81, of Lodgepole, passed away Tuesday evening, December 18, 2018 at the Regional West Garden County Nursing Home in Oshkosh. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m....
Bettymae Erb - Obituary
Bettymae Erb, age 87 of North Platte, passed away Tuesday December 18, 2018 at Linden Court in North Platte. Betty was born July 2, 1931 in Chappell, NE to Lawrence and Ruth (Ommen) Miller. She...