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When spring is in full swing, the air is always full of excitement for our students, staff and community. I love seeing everyone in our schools packing in all the learning, growth and fun this time of year. It really is a special time!
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Drury J. Warren moved his family from Arkansas to Grouse Creek south of Silverdale, Kan., in 1875. He was born in Tennessee and defended the Confederacy as 2nd Sgt. in Company H, 30th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. After the fall of Fort Donelson, Tenn., in February of 1862, he enlisted in an undisclosed cavalry unit, later finishing out his service in Anderson’s Battalion, Arkansas Cavalry. Captured by Union soldiers at Mound City, Kan., Warren was held as a prisoner-of-war at Alton, Ill., until released in a prisoner exchange at James River, Va.
Read moreEllsworth residents are being asked to voluntarily reduce water use as part of the water watch the Ellsworth City Council declared during its April 10 meeting.
Read moreRaising awareness of child abuse during April
Read moreThe countdown carries over as we also prepare to get the machines in the fields to begin spring planting.
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I get a little of my penchant for story-telling from my father, Bruce Cody Gray Jr. Riding over the countryside in the pickup, his thoughts would turn to earlier times, and, well, I was a captive audience.
Read moreEditorial results in improvements to intersection
Read moreWe give heartfelt thanks to all the Ellsworth, Rice and Lincoln County firemen and other volunteers who fought the prairie fire south of Ellsworth on Tuesday, April 4. Their heroic and Herculean efforts in stopping the fire at Avenue M kept the fire from raging north unimpeded for another 2 miles before there was a chance for another fire break and threatening many rural homes and growing in intensity, scope and breadth with the strong wind coming out of the south.
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