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AKansas man serving out a life sentence for murdering three Johnson County, Kan., women in June 1989, and suspected in the killing of a Wichita woman nearly two weeks earlier, is seeking love and companionship online. And he isn’t alone.

The pungent odor of smoke still hung in the air on Douglas Avenue in downtown Ellsworth Monday morning. Yellow “do not cross” tape flapped in the gusty wind that whipped down the historic business district.

As a child, I would sit with my family on the steps of the front porch of our house on those hot summer nights. I remember looking at the brightest star in the sky, wondering if that was the Christmas star, the star that guided the shepherds and wisemen to baby Jesus.

Traffic (Note: Traffic cases resolved between April 3, 2019 to April 10, 2019. Fines include a $108 docket fee.) JUDGMENT ON PLEA OF GUILTY — Abdullah E. Hussain Alsultan, speeding, $318. Connor Mathew Armuth, speeding, $153. Shelly Dawn Arnold, speeding, $171. Richard Quy Banh, speeding, $183.

Terry Kueser of Ellsworth, a former Ellsworth County commissioner, has been reappointed to a three-year term on the Central Kansas Community Corrections Advisory Board. The reappointment was made during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners.

WILSON — Discussion of a proposed new transient guest tax dominated Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council. The proposal would increase the tax from the current .25 percent to 2 percent and include the Midland Railroad Hotel and the Simple Haven Bed and Breakfast.

KANOPOLIS — The city’s water project will include a new water tower that’s slightly bigger than the one Kanopolis has now. The news came at the council’s April 9 meeting at Kanopolis City Hall, as part of a presentation on the city’s $2.1 million water project.

Ellsworth County, like the rest of the State of Kansas, may be dominantly Republican but the Ellsworth County Democrat leadership hope that will change. Saturday, the first spring meeting of the Ellsworth County Democrats brought Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, to the Ellsworth Steakhouse.

Central Plains High School students Jennah Jeffrey, Mason Wimmer, Juan Vasquez and Kristen Watson walk to Oiler prom Saturday night at Claflin.

HOLYROOD — Sixty-four patrons of the Central Plains USD 112 school district spent a little over two hours April 11 working on long range planning recommendations for the district. The result was a set of common themes that will be presented to the board for consideration.