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Owners of Ellsworth County barber shops and hair and nail salons can welcome customers again, according to a new executive order signed by Gov. Laura Kelly; however, the way is less clear for summer activities.
Read moreWILSON — Updates on city board of health cases involving vehicles on properties in violation of city ordinances dominated Monday’s remote meeting of the Wilson City Council.
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From the files of the March 22, 1984 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter.
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John Bunyan once said, “Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will make a man cease from prayer.” Some of the hardest words in the English language to say are, “I have sinned”. None of us like to admit it. It is easier to blame someone else or to just pretend it never happened. That is exactly the setting in Psalm 51. David has committed terrible sin and will not admit it for almost nine months. Finally, David prays and confesses his sin to God.
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Next Monday, Memorial Day, is the date set aside to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their nation’s freedom. Although U.S. Army Major Kris
Read moreThe frogs won’t jump this summer in Kanopolis. The volleyball court will be empty. In short, don’t look for the crowd that normally packs the city park the second weekend in July as part of the Fort Harker Days celebration.
Read moreA discussion during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners on a county travel quarantine order morphed into a heated exchange between commissioner Dennis Rolfs and Keith Haberer, emergency management director for both Ellsworth and Russell counties.
Read moreMembers of Lloyd J. Schroeder American Legion Post 200 met for years in the building at the edge of downtown. They also shared their home — with families celebrating a wedding or birthday or anniversary, and seniors who visited the building for their noon meals and other services.
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