10 Years Ago
April 2, 2009
The Cheney School District suspended its regular meeting for a public hearing on the possible closure of Reid Elementary, a 50-year-old school.
Cheney sixth graders competed in the 14th annual bowling tournament.
The UPS Store opened its first outlet on the West Plains in Airway Heights.
20 Years Ago
April 1, 1999
Cheney searched for solutions after finding that after years as a gas station and city shop, city-owned land at the corner of 1st and K streets had been contaminated with petroleum, postponing the city’s plan to sell it to the STA for use as a bus stop.
Cheney High School received a $1,000 donation from local telephone company CenturyTel to use for a full-page scanner for the school library.
The Cheney Fire Department informed readers that the average freight train weighs 12 million pounds and in 1996 in Washington, 11 people were killed while walking, motorcycling or snowmobiling along railroad tracks.
30 Years Ago
April 6, 1989
The city of Cheney added its name to the list of those encouraging rapid development of a West Plains Boeing Co. plant.
The Cheney School District began investigating allegations that a teacher had sexually abused a student.
The Four Lakes Stop-and-Go Drive-In, adjacent to a gas station and convenience store, was demolished to make room for the convenience store’s expansion. Both businesses were owned by the same person.
40 Years Ago
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50 Years Ago
April 3, 1969
The Cheney Free Press reported as dignitaries from all over the world visited the nation’s capital to pay their respects to late president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Allis-Chalmer Tractor and Sales & Service hosted an open house complete with Texas-style barbecue and the display of a full-size Gleanor combine brought in all the way from Independence, Mo.
Spangle’s new 4-H horse club, the Spangle Saddle Sores, elected officers for the first time.
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