Colleges plan new degree courses in Sidney
Chadron State College and Nebraska Western College at Scottsbluff will offer off campus courses in Sidney that lead to degrees. A criminal justice sequence will begin in January with CSC providing third and fourth year work and NWC the first two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Marshall
Western Nebraska
Chadron State College
Nebraska
Western College At
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Western Nebraska Technical College
Chadron State
NWC
Charles D. Michael
WNTC
Michael
Nebraska Western College
Green
CSC
Scottsbluff College
Chadron Institution
Don Poffenberger
Los Angeles
Inois
Poffenberger
William Taylor
Chadron
Justin
Taylor
Jean Rankin
Sidney High School
Bill Kelley
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Oliver Dam rehabilitation moves forward in South Platte NRD
South Platte NRD directors in Sidney agreed to begin land acquisitions and seek funding for a $1 million Oliver Dam remodeling. A 715,806 dollar feasibility and cost study by Nickel firm found rehabilitation feasible, with land costs to be raised from the Resource Development Fund, BOR, and local sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Marshall
Oliver Dam
Kimball
South Platte Natural Resources District
Sidney
Brownson
Harold Edwards
iNebraska Game and Parks Commission
Soil Conservation Service
Chappell Lake
Stephen H. Nickel
Hoskins-Western-Sonderegger, Inc
Lincoln
Nickel
Bob Hahn
South Platte Nrd
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Resources Development Fund
Hahn
Southern
Panhandle
NRC
Bob Nickel
Kimball Teens Die in Plane Crash Investigated
Three Kimball County High School seniors died when a single engine Piper Comanche crashed near Kimball after a party. Investigators from the FAA found the throttle wide open amid hazy icing conditions, with alcohol seen as a possible factor. Pilot Wesley Brothers Jr. held a student license and had flown before, with no airport attendant on duty at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Federal Aviation Administration
Steve Evans
Nebraska State Patrol
Evans
Wesley Brothers Jr
Russ Moore
Joy Evelyn
Kimball County High School
Kimball County
Jack Myers
Scottsbluff
Brothers
Jim Maxwell
Myers
Maxwell
Darby Donner
Evelyn
Donner
Arrest in Nebraska murder case linked to LA suspect
One person, Jacqueline Simpson Brick, has been arrested in Los Angeles on first degree murder and robbery charges in the death of Frederick J. Skiba found along I 80 near Sidney. A second suspect, Jerry Simpson, faces a Cheyenne County Court warrant for first degree murder and robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Skiba
Sidney
Los Angeles
Jacqueline Simpson Brick
Cheyenne
Cheyenne County
Tom Sonntag
Kimball
Skiba
Mrs. Brick
Simpson
Associated Press
Nebraska State Patrol
Scottsbluff
California
Sonntag
Robinson
Oren Cox
Ken State of
State Patrol
Omaha
Reno
Nev
I-80
Pearl Harbor Remembered by Survivors During 1941 Attack
Testimonies from Gerald Niblock and others recall Dec 7 1941 as Pearl Harbor attack vivid in memory. Radioman Bob Osborn, shipboard chaos, KP private Ken Frandsen and hospital mother Mildred Wilson describe fear, blackout drills, and the day’s impact on families and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg Psburn
Gerald Niblock
Lodgepole
Bob Osborn
Sidney
Ken Frandsen
San Lewis Obespo
Calif
Mildred Wilson
Taylor Hospital
Hull Cook
Darold Hendee
Pearl Harbor
Niblock
Lmne
Osborn
Nebraska
Frandsen
Long Beach
Wilson
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Telegraph
Toledo
Sidney Sterns
Charles Singleton
Dix
Singleton
Bernard Tomich
Alfred Forsling
George Runge
Vern Souders
Scottsbluff A Conservation and Survey
Souders
Edwards
NRD
Game Commission
Uss Hovey
Hendee
Hawaii
United States
John Kennedy
Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Lodgepole Farmer
Guadacanal
Sidney Telegraph
New Britain Island
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Korea
Alsa
America
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