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Marysville Main Street was received two awards at Thursday night‘s Main Street Awards of Excellence presentation, held in Independence as part of the annual Kansas Downtown Symposium. Marysville received the Community Award for the cooperation between the City of Marysville and Marysville Main Street. Marysville Main Street also received the award for excellence in fundraising for the Big Blue BBQ ... Read More »

13-year-old Cara Knapp, of rural Seneca, spelled “inselberg” to win The Topeka Capital-Journal’s 58th annual Regional Spelling Bee at Topeka West High School, 2001 S.W. Fairlawn. Her parents Curtis and Catherine Knapp, and other family members were on hand to celebrate with her. Cara is home schooled and currently in seventh grade. For those who are curious, an inselberg is ... Read More »

Washington County eighth grader Andrew Tiemeyer won the Washington county spelling bee. Second was Linn eighth grader Kendra Bargman and in third, Heather Hillert, Washington County eighth grader. Tiemeyer and Bargman qualified for the state spelling bee. Read More »

TOPEKA, KAN. – According to Melody Pfaff, she enjoys playing Bonus Crossword instant scratch tickets and scratch tickets that have a second-chance drawing. Last month, when she saw the $5 Truck & Bucks game, she decided to purchase four tickets. On the very last ticket she scratched, the Randolph resident revealed a $5,000 cash prize. “I took my tickets home ... Read More »

TOPEKA, KAN. – A Blue Rapids resident, Melvin Merrill, has “dug up” a $20,000 top prize, playing a $2 Bonus Crossword instant scratch ticket. Merrill, who works inside a gypsum mine in Blue Rapids, won the top prize by revealing all ten words on his ticket. “I take care of my mom, who is elderly, and she enjoys playing Bonus ... Read More »

The unification of USD 488 Axtell, Bern, Summerfield and USD 441 Sabetha-Wetmore school districts came one step closer to fulfillment on Wednesday when the Kansas State Board of Education easily approved the request at their regular meeting in Topeka. Superintendents at both districts said plans to consolidate began several years ago, but the recent economic downturn and cuts in state ... Read More »

(Manhattan, KS) – Cloud County Community College Crops Judging team took second place at the annual Kansas Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (KACTA) contest Friday, March 26, The contests was hosted by Kansas State University (KSU). The CCCC team placed behind KSU’s team as there were no two-year and four-year divisions. Individually, CCCC students did well. Levi Larkins, ... Read More »

Representative Sharon Swartz congratulated Kara Bruna – 1st grader at St. John’s Catholic School in Hanover, and her parents, Chad and Theresa Bruna. Her post card was selected the winner in the First Grade category. More than 630 kindergarten through sixth grade students from 22 counties across the state entered this year’s contest by designing a post card around the ... Read More »

Fort Hays State has its second indoor national champion in track and field in the last three years as senior Darcie Schmitz topped the field in the women’s long jump on Friday (Mar. 12). Schmitz set a new school record with a leap of 19-feet, 9.5-inches, beating second-place finisher Racquel Anderson of Lincoln (Mo.) by a half inch. It was ... Read More »

The Hanover Wildcats took on the Quivira Heights Thunderbirds in the 8-Man Division II State Championship game at Fischer Field in Newton on Saturday. The Wildcats controlled the game from start to finish and picked up their second straight 8-Man Division II State Title with a 66-36 victory over the Thunderbirds. Hanover got things started with a one-yard TD run ... Read More »