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Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School’s Homecoming candidates are: front row, from left — Kate Wacker, Halle Bohl, Cady Hansen, Natalie Rolfs and Nicole Haase; and back row, from left — Dayton Davis, Tucker Huseman, Justin Tully, Gavin Webber and Bradley Vopat.

The Central Plains High School Homecoming Court is: front row, from left — Madison McGuire, Riley Thompson, Shaylah Kempke, Nora VanScyoc and Kassidy Nixon and back row, from left — Denver Crenshaw, Kerrick Benavidez, Cole Lamatsch, Dawson McNeal and Hunter Green.

The 2020 Census numbers provided good news for the City of Wilson. The 2020 number of residents is 859, which is an increase of 78 over the 2010 census numbers.

As of Monday morning, Ellsworth County had 12 active cases of COVID-19.That was the beginning of an update on the virus the Ellsworth County commissioners received from Kerianne Ehrlich, county health department supervisor, and Dr. Ronald Whitmer, county health officer.Ehrlich said as of Friday,...

CLAFLIN — The Central Plains USD 112 board of education has adopted a set of COVID-19 protocols for the 2021-22 school year.The adoption, which came during Monday’s board meeting at Central Plains Junior-Senior High School in Claflin, is a multi-faceted approach involving COVID testing for students...

The Holyrood City Council voted Sept. 7 to follow other towns and establish a free land program for new housing.

The Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 board of education has taken the last formal step in its series of meetings involving the successful hiring of new superintendent, Josh Lanning.During an Aug. 30 special meeting, board members developed a set of short-term goals for Lanning — and Lanning was...

Deciding the who and how much of the American Rescue Plan Act funding for those applying for assistance from Ellsworth County has taken another step forward.At Monday’s meeting of Ellsworth County commissioners, Stacie Schmidt, executive director of Ellsworth County Economic Development, presented...

The Kansas Society Sons of the American Revolution chartered the newest chapter, the Prairie Minutemen Chapter, on Nov. 29, 2019, and after waiting more than 18 months, celebrated the accomplishment with a charter presentation ceremony on Aug. 7.Justin Engleman, Kansas Society Western vice...

Robert ‘Ben’ Murrell, DO, was one of 234 medical students who received the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Degree from Kansas City University (KCU) in Kansas City during a Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 8, 2021.He was also one of 30 KCU graduates who earned a concurrent Master of...