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Ellsworth FFA members Makenna Haas, Olivia Neuman and Macey Homeier make scrambled eggs Feb. 27, during the annual FFA public breakfast in the Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School shop.
Read moreHOLYROOD — Members of the Holyrood City Council agreed Monday night to contribute up to $3,500 to repair and seal the blue floor surface on the city’s new splash pad.
Read moreEllsworth Elementary School fourth grade students Brennan Brown and Brooklyn Legette look at student art work Friday afternoon at the Ellsworth Art Gallery. March is Youth Art Month and students from EES, Ellsworth Headstart, the Precious Pals Preschool in Ellsworth, the Ellsworth Child Care and Learning Center, Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School, Kanopolis Middle School, Central Plains Elementary School in Holyrood and Central Plains Junior-Senior High School in Claflin created art which is on display at the gallery now through March 27.
Read moreFrom the files of the March 10, 1877 edition of The Kanopolis Journal.
Read moreThe first we know of him, he was called Abram, and the Lord told him, “Go from your country, and your kindred, and your father’s house to the land I will show you ...” Abram went as the Lord had told him. There was no question, no hesitation, Abram went. He obeyed, and with faith, trusted the Lord, and began his journey to the land God told him to seek. To remove any doubts, the Lord also said, “... You will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you ... and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” And so, this wandering Aramaic started a new family, a new people, who held God as their maker and the center of their lives.
Read moreRandy Fox, Wilson School principal, is all smiles as he gets his head shaved Feb. 20, to fulfill a student challenge at the school. During this past holiday season, Fox challenged his students to collect 300 non-perishable food items for the school. If they met that goal, Fox agreed to have his head shaved. Fox said the food was distributed to local families.
Read moreIn March, mailboxes across the country will bring an opportunity that only comes around once in a decade – the chance to be counted during the U.S. Census.
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