Cheyenne County News

A Sidney resident has been rewarded for her work toward connecting Nebraskans. The Partnership for Rural Nebraskans and the Western Nebraska Development Network have named Amy Jay of Sidney as the Western Nebraska Connecting Nebraskans award recipient.

1983 - The state closed the Commonwealth Savings Co. of Lincoln and many customers lost thousands of dollars in deposits.

A meeting in Sidney gets people thinking about the possible presence of college baseball in the panhandle town.

Two men convicted of selling methamphetamine and products used in the manufacture of the drug to undercover agents have been sentenced to prison by Cheyenne County District Court Judge Derek Weimer.

On Tuesday, Joshua Huff was given 58 60 months for assaulting the girls, who were ages 5 and 7. He was sentenced to 20 months to 60 months for an escape attempt.

A 21-year-old Scottsbluff man could spend as many as 10 years behind bars in Nebraska for sexually assaulting two little girls and trying to escape jail.

The dates are set for a series of town hall meetings designed to bring the communities in Cheyenne County closer together.

Cheyenne County residents are getting the chance to get rid of their scrap tires while reducing the number of mosquitoes in the area.

A Scottsbluff man charged with second degree murder in the death of another Scottsbluff man has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and will face trial in Scotts Bluff County District Court.

A former Sidney, Neb., Public Schools teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old boy will serve 12 months in jail.

Facility committee members, Ogallala public schools superintendent and others will be on hand to offer a presentation and to answer questions on the more than 30 million dollar school bond issue.

A couple faces charges in Nebraska in the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in 2004.

One Sidney organization has received a grant to help continue to bring the arts to Cheyenne County.

The group designed to create leaders in Cheyenne County will begin Thursday after months of planning.

After budget cuts provided less protection from the State Patrol SWAT team, the Sidney law enforcement agencies took charge.

Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub says 29-year-old Joshua Beutler also was sentenced to three years' probation.

Dr. Karla Jenkins, the new range management and cow/calf specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center, hopes her research will be useful to all the diverse cattle producers of western Nebraska.

Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer has given a man with a long criminal history in Sidney a lengthy prison term.

Natural Gas Prices Increase A Lakewood Colorado utility that supplies natural gas to 90,000 customers in central and western Nebraska wants to increase the rates it charges.

Every other summer, the population of Sidney, Neb., swells a bit for a few days in a mini-replay of the community's military boomtown years during and after World War II.