Team places 8 in top 4 at regional competition
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.
An update pointing to a possible solution to the 117-year-old ax murders of the Showman family on the outskirts of Ellsworth was given Sunday during the annual meeting of the Ellsworth County Historical Society.
Career and technical education has more than doubled at Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High school in the past three years.
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.
An update pointing to a possible solution to the 117-year-old ax murders of the Showman family on the outskirts of Ellsworth was given Sunday during the annual meeting of the Ellsworth County Historical Society.
The Ellsworth Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 Board of Education discussed, but took no action on, acquiring land via a land transfer from Central Plains USD 112 during Monday night’s meeting.
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.
CLAFLIN — The USD 112 Board of Education voted 5-1 to close Wilson Elementary School at the end of the current school year during a special meeting Feb. 23. The meeting was held at the Central Plains Jr./Sr. High School gym.
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.
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.
Team places 8 in top 4 at regional competition
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.
School district boundaries have opportunity for a refresh
