• Rezac Land & Livestock wins fall ranch rodeo

    Main, News

    Some of the state’s top ranch teams competed Sunday, Oct. 4, during the Annual Fall Ranch Rodeo in Council Grove, sponsored by the Morris County Youth Rodeo Association.

  • PUBLISHER’S PUNDITS

    Main, News

    As we observe National Newspaper Week Oct.

  • Kaw Mission Councils program is October 11

    Main, News

    The October 11, Kaw Mission Councils: 2026 Westward Expansion Lecture Series program will be Mary Ann Wilson/ de Tevis/Joseph/ Means: The First Documented Free African American Woman on the Santa F

  • Through Your Eyes

    News

    Although one of the Braves cheerleaders alerted Amber Weeks to the fact that the Bravettes were going to have an amazing beginning to their routine at the Braves game Friday night, capturing those

  • Medicare Part D Premiums Increase for ‘27

    News

    Medicare Part D is a voluntary federal program that helps cover outpatient prescription medications for more than 54 million beneficiaries.

  • Council Grove Elementary School

    Main, News

    Olivia Contreras

    News

    Men’s prayer breakfast will be

    6:30 a.m., Tuesday at the senior center. Larry Rose will be the speaker. All area men are welcome.

    The Alta Vista Mud Run, originally scheduled for Sept. 26, was postponed after rainy conditions left the grounds too wet and muddy for the event.

    The St. Anthony Fall Festival will be held Sunday, Oct. 4, at St. Anthony Hall, 602 Cottonwood St., in Strong City.

    Obituaries

    Leann Lindgren, 80, Junction City, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2026.

    She was born December 6, 1945 to Glen and Olive (Lahodny) Brown in Belleville, Kansas.

    Dale Thomas Krisman was bom on September 5, 1956, in Silver Springs, Maryland. He passed away on September 17, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer.

    Marvin Glenn “Mike” Haag, of Emporia, passed away on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at Newman Regional Health. He was 78.

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