(Courtesy of South Platte Sentinel) Sam & Louie’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria is set to open in the heart of downtown Sterling. Mike and Denise Schaefer are renovating the building at 310 Main St., which is across from the Logan County Courthouse Square, for the new restaurant. The target opening date is spring of 2016. The restaurant will feature dine-in, carry-out and catering options. Food offerings will range from pasta dishes, calzones, stromboli, pizza, salads and sandwiches. There will also be gluten-free options. The upscale sports bar area will include an antique...

Prepare to be scared. Or plan for a fun family outing. Whichever way you want to observe Halloween – and the days leading up to it – you will find plenty of things to do in Sterling! Do clowns frighten you a little bit? Do their painted-on gruesome grins send chills up your spine? Do clowns give you the creeps? If you want to feel the fear of the freaks make sure you check out “Under the Big Top: Freak Show!” Presented by the Sterling Miracle Players, this haunted house is located at 326 Front Street in Sterling. Ghouls and goosebumps, witches and wailing, spooks...

“The Sterling Rest Area & Tourist Information Center not only offers travelers a safe and convenient place to refresh; it also provides visitors an important resource for information about this scenic part of our state.” Tom Norton, Executive Director (former) Colorado Department of Transportation The Sterling Tourist Information Center has been available for travelers since October 16, 2000. The Center is run by a full-time coordinator, two part-time assistants and 32 volunteers. Travelers and visitors stop in for free material, free coffee, free cookies and free advice...

Although Sugar Beet Days and Pedal the Plains riders have pedaled down the final stretch of the black, asphalt road, we still have plenty of temporary ‘visitors’ around town not wishing to take the yellow brick road to home—because they are already home! The first annual Sterling Scarecrow Project by the Logan County Marketing Committee is still in full force.  You may have seen the Super Hero-like ‘crow on the corner of Fourth Street and Main, or the Yoga-ish ‘crow on the corner of Third Street and Main.  Maybe you have even seen the bicycle parts ‘crows outside businesses on Sixth and...