Brick bound over for trial in murder and robbery
Jacqueline Simpson Brick, 23, of Studio California, bound over to District Court after a preliminary hearing found probable cause she and her brother Jerry Simpson, 20 of Cleves Ohio, may be guilty of robbery and first degree murder in the death of Fred Skiba. Both face three to 50 years for robbery and life or death for murder. Witnesses included investigators and the victim’s wife. Brick’s bond remains at 100000 and a jail transfer move is being considered.
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Gregg Piburn
Kenneth Fritzler
Jacqueline Simpson Brick
Studio
Calif
Fred Skiba
Jerry Simpson
Cleves
Ohio
Cheyenne County Court
Skiba
Omaha
Reno
West
Sidney
Tom Sonntag
Alvin Armstrong
Scottsbluff
Nebraska State Patrol Criminal Laboratory
Lincoln
Brick
Nebraska
Jack Robinson
Los Angeles
Sonntag
Robinson
Ken State
Mark Teel
Sally Skiba
Rancho Cordova
Scotts Bluff
Gering
Simpson
Gerald Matzke
Michelle Crittenden Could Become Miss Colorado Again
The Miss Colorado Pageant board stripped Karen Land of Littleton earlier this week and Michelle Crittenden, a Breckenridge cocktail waitress who previously held Miss Sidney in 1976, may reclaim the title. Crittenden, first runner up to Land last year, has not decided whether to accept the crown amid ongoing controversy and prior reversals by the board after questions about her past titles.
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Michelle
Michelle Crittenden
Colorado
Sidney
Sterling
Karen Land of
Littleton
Miss Crittenden
Miss Crittendon
Rocky Mountain News
Lewis Crouch
Nebraska
Fort Collins
Boulder
Denver
Greeley
Montana
Miss Land
Cynthia Starr Hunter
Gayle Holden Cook
College board approves two WNTC Sidney programs
Western Nebraska Technical College received board approval for two Sidney programs the railroad freight car maintenance program and the Marathon Building remodeling project. Revenue and remodeling costs were discussed with bids anticipated and enrollment projected at 23 to 25 annually. Travel and publicity efforts to recruit students drew support from railroads and firms including PLM Inc. and Railcar Maintenance Co. who donated equipment.
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Con Marshall
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
Western Technical Community College
Scottsbluff
Marathon
Nebraska Department of Health
WNTC
Charles D Michael
Serecnse
Michael
Sidney College
Gary Green
Michael Holley
Chicago
Minneapolis
Montana
California
Texas
Louisiana
Kentucky
Green
Holley
Therogram
New York City
The
Wall Street Journal
PLM Inc
Railcar Maintenance Co
San Francisco
Multi-use trash disposal discussed in Sidney meeting
County officials and Sidney City Council members plus Gurley Lodgepole and Potter village boards explored a county or area-wide trash system. PRC staff advised studying feasibility and potential federal funding while noting EPA dump bans and new rules coming this spring.
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Sidney
PRC
Chadron
Chappell couple marks 65 years of marriage give and take
Clyde and Cecil Pulley of Chappell celebrate 65 years since their Feb 21 1912 Maywood Nebraska wedding. The couple recall hard work compromise and mutual support through the dust storms the 1930s blizzard and decades of farming. They have five children nine grandchildren eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild with a quiet anniversary planned.
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Chappell
Dave Salvi
Clyde Pulley
Maywood
Neb
Pulleys
Iowa
Pulley
Clyde
Norheast
Cecil
Fay Spear
Sidney
Charles Pulley
Denver
Wen
Closings Set for George's Birthday in Sidney
Augustine and Mary Washington of Westmoreland County had a son who became the nation’s first president. In Sidney, banks courthouses city offices and post offices will be closed Monday. The post office lobby stays open but no regular deliveries. Last mail leaves at 4 p.m. and collection boxes are picked up then. No trash service Monday.
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Augustine
Mary Washington
Westmoreland County
Sidney
Ferris Preble
Narjes tabbed for GOP post
Ed Narjes of Sidney is named vice chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party by State Chairman Anne Batchelder of Omaha. The announcement cites his western Nebraska knowledge and county government experience as assets for recruiting qualified Republicans to county and state offices.
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Ed Narjes
Sidney
Nebraska Republican Party
Anne Batchelder
Omaha
Narjes
Cheyenne County
Don Steen
Morrill
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Jacqueline Brick
Michelle May
Miss
Telegraph
Mrs
Clyde Pulley of
College Board
Russell Lovell
Lancaster County
Nebraska Association of Cosmetology Schools
State Department of Health
Lovell
Tracy Nelson
Clark Williams
Alliance
Tall Tales
Central
Paul Noetzelmann
Margaret Elwell
Ella Johnson
Maynard Dill
Kimball
Nebraska Department of Environmental Control
Julesburg
George
GOP Post
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