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Starting in a little more than two months, liquor will be available in Ellsworth for purchase on Sundays. The Ellsworth City Council, with a no vote from council member Wayne Scritchfield, approved the sale Monday night at its regular meeting.

A brief update regarding concerns raised by patrons over no-touch thermometers was given at the Sept. 8 meeting of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 board of education. The district uses the devices to measure temperatures.

CLAFLIN — By a unanimous 7-0 vote Monday, the Central Plains USD 112 board of education agreed to sell the former Central Plains Middle School building at Bushton to the City of Bushton for $26,460. The vote was met with jeers from several patrons in attendance.

A request from Vyve Broadband to switch the security on computers at the Ellsworth County Noxious Weed Department from Wilson A Communications to Vyve Broadband was denied during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth county commissioners.

An Ellsworth man has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for convictions on four child sex-crime related charges, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.

Traffic (Note: Traffic cases resolved between Aug. 24, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2020. Fines include a $108 docket fee.) JUDGMENT ON PLEA OF GUILTY — Javier Antonio Aguilar Casco, speeding, $222; operating a motor vehicle without a license, $100. Hope Michelle Atz, speeding, $189.

HOLYROOD — The former Central Plains Middle School building in Bushton will be put up for sale by sealed bids. That was unanimous decision members of the Central Plains USD 112 board of education approved during an Aug. 25 special meeting in Holyrood. The bids are to be submitted by 1 p.m.

Members of the local VFW auxiliary recognized current and retired members of the Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department Aug. 20 with pop and more than a dozen pizzas. Auxiliary members said they wanted to honor the firefighters for all they do in Ellsworth and beyond. GLORIA MAREZ/Courtesy Photo