By Jennifer McDanielFor the Ellsworth I-RThe Central Plains Oilers knew going into Friday’s game they were sitting atop the Central Prairie League standings as the only undefeated team.They also knew... + continue reading
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By LINDA MOWERY-DENNINGEllsworth County I-RWILSON — Mike Peschka considers Wilson a study in rural communities. There’s the good and then there’s limited resources to pay for improvements to the bad.“The positives and the negatives — we’re not alone,” he said Monday night. “Let’s go back and see some of the things we can focus on.”To read more... + continue reading
By LINDA MOWERY-DENNINGEllsworth County I-RBusinesses and residents in northeast Ellsworth should have the choice of another internet provider by the end of the year.Wilson Communications has started construction of a fiber optics line north of Ellsworth on Kansas Highway 14 from an existing line that services the company’s territory from Wilson... + continue reading
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Kelly takes the Democratic nomination for GovernorBy I-R staffDespite a strong showing in his old Kansas House district, Ellsworth County’s Josh Svaty lost the democratic nomination for governor in Tuesday’s primary election to state senator Laura Kelly of Topeka.At a little after 9 p.m. Kelly had almost 52 percent of the votes with the... + continue reading
By Jennifer McDanielAn Ellsworth native is awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation following a nomination this past week by President Trump to become his topranking science and technology policy adviser.Kelvin Droegemeier, a meteorologist and public official, was named as the president’s choice to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy — a... + continue reading
Lady Oiler Emily Ryan takes the ball cross court on the way to a sub-State championship for Central Plains. Photo by Mike Courson.
By The Pipeline Yearbook Staff Both Central Plains Oiler Basketball squads took the sub-state title at their home court in Claflin this past Saturday. The Lady Oilers had to defeat league opponent the Kinsley Coyotes in the semifinals and the No. 4 ranked Kiowa County Mavericks for the championship. On the boys side, the Oiler men were... + continue reading
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By Taylor HolecekFor the Ellsworth I-RThe Ellsworth Bearcats were upset Friday by the Sacred Heart Knights in a low-scoring third game of the season at the Graves Family Sports Complex in Salina.Each... + continue reading
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Sherry BrennanOthers SayGrowing up, I hated being on “food stamps.”I hated being walked into a welfare office and inspected, queried to make sure we were really our mother’s children. I hated... + continue reading
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Watch the Commerative kickoff of Ellsworth's 150th anniversary, including the National Anthem sung by Natalie Soukup and Proclamations by Mayor John Whitmer and Ellsworth County Commissioners.I-R... + continue reading
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