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Norton soldier killed during Korean War accounted for after 70+ years
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on Thursday that U.S. Army Private 1st Class Lawrence H. Williams, 22, of Norton, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Nov. 7, 2023. In August 1951, Williams was a member of Able Company, 728th Military Police Battalion,...
Hazardous Occupation Safety Training for youth on Saturday, April 27th in Hoxie
There will be a Hazardous Occupation Safety Training in Agriculture or Tractor and Farm Safety Course for youth on Saturday, April 27th, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Hoxie Implement (933 Oak Avenue). Several K-State Research and Extension Agents will teach this course covering farm and machinery safety, including...
He Tried to Buy His Late Grandma’s Pink Mustang for 20 Years
A Texas man is telling the story of how he tried for two decades to buy his late grandmother’s one-of-a-kind 1968 pink Ford Mustang—and finally succeeded. In an essay for The Wall Street Journal, wealth manager Sam McGee says his father used to reminisce about the car, with its unique black-and-white houndstooth top, but he didn’t know what happened to it after she died by suicide in 1973. In 2001, he asked his grandfather about it and learned it had been purchased by a couple in Selden, Kansas. He tracked them down; they declined to sell it, but McGee would...
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