When Amelia Fosdick of Ellsworth decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day at The Garage Automotive Museum in Salina, she had no idea she’d end the night by acquiring a new addition to her family.
When Amelia Fosdick of Ellsworth decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day at The Garage Automotive Museum in Salina, she had no idea she’d end the night by acquiring a new addition to her family.
KANOPOLIS — Carefully, four men hoisted Christie off of her stand. The pallbearers took her out of the projection room at the Kanopolis Drive-In and nestled her in a temporary resting place, on a bed of rocks on the north side of the concession stand.
Team places 8 in top 4 at regional competition
Career and Technical Education classes at Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School take many forms, from IT to agricultural to shop to culinary and more. For people not familiar with the concept, they may seem like fluff classes, but instead, they are real-life stepping stones to career success.
Margaret “Mugs” Kepka is the Ellsworth County Historical Society’s 2025 Historian of the Year.
When Amelia Fosdick of Ellsworth decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day at The Garage Automotive Museum in Salina, she had no idea she’d end the night by acquiring a new addition to her family.
KANOPOLIS — Carefully, four men hoisted Christie off of her stand. The pallbearers took her out of the projection room at the Kanopolis Drive-In and nestled her in a temporary resting place, on a bed of rocks on the north side of the concession stand.
At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, the council unanimously approved Ordinance 3180, clearing the way to rezone for the purpose of building duplexes in Lots 1-6 and Lots 8-10 in the Canren Addition, from a singlefamily dwelling district (R-1) to a twofamily dwelling district (R-2), as requested by builder David Pyle.
Margaret “Mugs” Kepka is the Ellsworth County Historical Society’s 2025 Historian of the Year.
Ellsworth Jr./Sr.
At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County Commission, Greg Heller of the Fort Harker Guardhouse Museum Complex, Kanopolis, said a film crew will be in Kanopolis March 14 to shoot a movie.
Dixie Carol Janzen, 90, of Hays, Kan., passed away at her home Monday morning, Feb. 9, 2026.
She was born in Baxter Springs, Kan., on Oct. 17, 1935, to Otho and Mae (Jones) Wittenmyer.
Gloria Faye Cassingham, 84, of Kanopolis, Kan., passed away Feb. 12, 2026, at Good Samaritan Society, Ellsworth, Kan. She was born Dec. 27, 1941, in Elkhart, Kan., the daughter of Marion and Gladys (Perky) Webb. Gloria had resided in Ellsworth since 2013, formerly of Little River, Kan. She graduated from Elkhart High School with the class of 1959.
Warren Gail Campbell, 86, passed away Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Ellsworth, Kan. He was born Nov. 25, 1939, in Ellsworth County to Robert “Pete” and Marie (Irvine) Campbell. He married Lena Tummons in Lawrence, Kan., on Nov. 3, 1963. Warren was a lifelong cowboy, farmer and most of all, a shorthorn cattle breeder.
Sharon Kay Madden, 83, of Russell, Kan., died on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kan.
Homolka places second, Donley sixth at state
SALINA — The Ellsworth boys faced off against the Sacred Heart Knights Feb. 19. Sacred Heart ceme into the contest with a 19-2 record and was ranked No. 3 in Class 2A.
I’ve been bitten by the bug.
here are many reasons I love this time of year in our schools.
There’s a routine to spring calving season based on numbers.
Change of seasons, change of crops, the progress of technology or even physical changes as we watch our families grow and age.
