Ellsworth, KS

Floyd Lee “Skeet” Casper was born July 12, 1926 in Lucas, Kansas, son of Clarence and Jenny (Hock) Casper. He passed away June 19, 2022 at Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital at the age of 95. On June 15, 1946, Floyd was united in marriage with Gladys Mae Pritchard...

GENESEO – While many people will be focused on fireworks and the nation’s independence this weekend, the residents of Geneseo in rural Rice County, population 236, are thinking more otherworldly. A festival is planned on Saturday outside the Geneseo Museum to mark “World UFO Day.”. All are...

Jun 29, 2022 - 09:48. Women have always been second class citizens and worse in this country. The U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v Jackson confirms that fact. Anyone doubting that assertion that can ask themselves one question: given the burden forced on women to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term, what comparable burden is forced on the father? None.

Margaret Lee Pierson (1947-2022) Margaret Lee Pierson, 74, of Kanopolis, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Ellsworth. She was born Oct. 20, 1947, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc., to Richard and Ruth (Geschke) Bates. Margaret married Larry Houk on March 9, 1963.

Pauline Fern Brown, 98, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Lincoln. She was born October 6, 1923, in Lincoln to Roxton Roy Spear and Ida Mae (Hobbs) Spear. Pauline married Albert Bird then later married Wilbur Brown after Albert’s passing. Pauline was a CNA at the Lincoln County Hospital and at Parkview Care Center nursing home in Osborne. She also provided adult and child daycare for many years while being a homemaker.

In just a few days, Lincoln, along with thousands of other towns, will resemble a war zone with a few exceptions. The sound of the gun powder will be followed immediately with colorful lights, no one will be wearing combat gear from any branch of service and the yelling will ...

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A former Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) officer was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a jury on Thursday.

The Barton County Health Department is sending out the camper for another healthy living lab in the rural parts of the county. The remote lab fair will take place in Claflin on Wednesday, June 29 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in the library parking lot. Health Director Karen Winkelman...

UPDATE 7:55 p.m. Thursday: The tornado warning has been canceled. The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a tornado warning in effect until 8:15 p.m. Thursday for:. At 7:12 p.m. CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 11 miles south of Beverly, or 12 miles northeast of Kanopolis, moving east at 20 mph.

ELLSWORTH — In wake of the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting, schools in Maine will be taking a second look at their security, having more police officers patrolling the hallways for the safety of the students and staff. You may see them stationed outside your child’s school. School resource...

Everybody loves a good snack. For 60 years, The Snack Shack in Wilson has provided lunch and ice cream options to area residents. Now under new ownership, the restaurant will celebrate its "Grand Opening" June 24-26. Sandy Robinson purchased The Snack Shack in May, just in time for the 60-year anniversary.