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Ayden Blue, right, distributes gifts Dec. 20 to residents of Ellsworth’s Good Samaritan campus. Students and residents sang Christmas carols prior to opening gifts. It was all part of the Santa for Seniors program.

Ellsworth residents shouldn’t be surprised to see white smoke coming from their sewer system in the months ahead, thanks to the purchase of a smoke blower machine by the City of Ellsworth. The purchase of the smoke blower machine was approved in an amount not to exceed $2,000 at the Dec.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has executed a settlement with the Central Plains 112 Board of Education to resolve a violation of the Kansas Open Meetings Act.

Andrew Bair, chief executive officer of the Ellsworth County Medical Center, finds himself in a conundrum regarding the hospital’s continued participation in the proposed Ellsworth American Legion community building project “I feel like I’m squarely in the hot seat right now,” Bair told members of...

“We got a U.S. Senate seat up for election, so that even makes it more of a target,” Republican Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab said.“We’re not going to assume we’re safe, even though we are right now.

Teresa Shute, supervisor of the Ellsworth County noxious weed department, recycling program and landfill, is not pleased with the insurance claim settlement check she received for hail damage to her buildings after a hailstorm last year.

Is it a post or is it a rock? In central Kansas, it might be both. A unique limestone formation in central Kansas has given rise to the name Post Rock country. Now a dedicated group of community advocates has launched a new coalition to attract visitors to the Post Rock region.

Pastor’s Podium It takes 12 full days for the message to sink in; the message that this baby, and the event of his birth is different than any other birth, even though it was an ordinary birth such as all human children have. This child was a gift to his mother, certainly.