Love's Travel Center, IHop Express open doors at I-80

Without fanfare, the newest addition to the Sidney business community quietly opened its doors Thursday morning. At 6:30 a.m., Love’s Travel Center and IHop Express restaurant officially opened following months of planning and construction.

Being a new offering along the interstate, the travel center didn’t have the traffic Thursday that more established stops have exhibited – yet by 9 p.m., more than 50 big rigs were on the property. Several truckers were filling large diesel tanks at the fuel islands, while others were parked in the massive parking lot to the west of the main set of...