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Caps flew and tassles were airborn as 41 members of the Ellsworth High School Class of 2023 graduated Sunday.“As we leave Ellsworth High School, we’re all headed in different directions,” senior Aleyna Womelsdorf said.“Some of us will go on to college, some to trade school and some the workforce.

WILSON — The City of Wilson has selected a candidate to be its new police chief.At Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council, approval was given to offer James Reagan the full-time police chief job at a pay rate of $22 per hour.

KANOPOLIS — Brian Pruitt was sworn in as a new council member during the May 8 Kanopolis City Council meeting.Lead pipes within city limits again came up during discussion with maintenance supervisor Mike Bunch.

The costly possibility of renovating and expanding the Ellsworth County Jail is once again on the plates of the Ellsworth County commissioners to consider.

Supporters of Wilson Jr./ Sr. High School filed a petition Tuesday to move forward with a vote to dissolve the USD 112 Central Plains school district.“Our kids have been hurting this year,” Wilson resident Kenny Beneda said. “This school board does not care about those kids.

This is the time of year Ellsworth City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh keeps one eye on the sky and the other on streamflow in the Smoky Hill River — and hopes for rain.At Monday night’s regular meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, Stambaugh offered a brief update on the city’s water situation.

The USD 327 Ellsworth Kanopolis-Geneseo board of education addressed several aspects of transportation during Monday night’s meeting.“The insulation needs to be replaced,” Transportation Diretor P.J. Weinhold said of the district’s bus barn.

DORRANCE — Kansas State University extension specialists and agents will host a field day May 17 in Dorrance, focusing on using cover crops to meet forage needs and to complement rangelands, especially during drought. The free event will begin at 4:30 p.m.

WILSON — After 54 years as a teacher at Wilson Jr./ Sr. High School, Alice Peterka was asked to resign.“The message from Mr.

Three public observances of the National Day of Prayer take place in Ellsworth.The first is at 10:30 a.m. at The Pines, 811 Elizabeth. The second is at noon on the front steps of the Ellsworth County Courthouse with speaker Brian Bontrager and the Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School Quartet.