Ron Davis Jr. was recently named the Athletic Director of the Year for District 1 by the Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
Ron Davis Jr. was recently named the Athletic Director of the Year for District 1 by the Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
The Ellsworth girls’ basketball team played against the Goodland Cowboys in first-round substate semifinal play Thursday, March 6, losing 45-26 and knocking them out of the tournament.
BELOIT — The Ellsworth boys’ basketball team played the Beloit Trojans Friday, Feb. 28, on the road, losing 43-40.
HOLYROOD — It may have been a bright, sunny Friday morning in Holyrood, but not for students at Central Plains Elementary School, who were abruptly plunged into the darkness of a night sky, all in the comfort of the school’s gymnasium.
The Ellsworth girls’ basketball team played against the Sacred Heart Knights Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Ellsworth’s Senior Night, and won 38-25. With the win, the team nabbed the NCAA League title, marking their first league championship since 1998. The Bearcats share the League title with Southeast of Saline.
Ron Davis Jr. was recently named the Athletic Director of the Year for District 1 by the Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
Responding to emergency calls at Kanopolis Lake for Ellsworth County EMS will change, thanks to the bridge closure on Kansas Highway 141.
HOLYROOD — It may have been a bright, sunny Friday morning in Holyrood, but not for students at Central Plains Elementary School, who were abruptly plunged into the darkness of a night sky, all in the comfort of the school’s gymnasium.
After 47 years, husband- and-wife team Terry and Debbie Whitmer, two anchors of Ellsworth County EMS, are retiring. Combined, the couple has a served the community for more than eight decades.
At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, approval was given to Option 1 of the 2025 proposed fee schedule for the Ellsworth Swimming Pool.
Anew activity bus will be rolling into town. On Monday night, the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 Board of Education approved purchasing a a 2012 MCI J4500 Motor Coach.
Shellie L. Hennings, 46, passed away Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at her home in Ellsworth, Kan. She was born July 6, 1978, in Clear Lake City, Texas, to David Spence and Gloria Sutton.
Larry Wendell Werner, age 76, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Feb. 4, 2025, in Claremore, Okla., after a long, difficult battle with cancer. He was born in Nashville, Kan., on July 20, 1948, to E. Glenn and Maurine E. Werner.
Charline (Padlasek) Stoppel, 94, of Wilson, Kan., passed away on Feb. 11, 2025, at the Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth, Kan. She was born on Oct. 8, 1930, to Charles and Irma (Pecival) Padlasek in Ellsworth County.
Callie M. (Murphy) Reber, 89, of Concordia, Kan., formerly Ellsworth, Kan., and McPherson, Kan., went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
The Ellsworth girls’ basketball team played against the Goodland Cowboys in first-round substate semifinal play Thursday, March 6, losing 45-26 and knocking them out of the tournament.
Urbanek places second
Idrove my kids to school one morning a few weeks ago. As we drove to town, we passed a farm pond that had the remains of a homemade hockey rink pulled onto the wheat surrounding the pond. This particular pond has had many days this winter where the ice has been so thick that hockey games and ice skating has been a common sight for passersby. Now, the ice on the pond has melted and been replaced by an impressive number of geese floating on the water.
Kanopolis water tower: It’s about time
Editor/ Publisher
As I think back over the first two months of 2025, I have witnessed so many moments of people helping others. This has brought to mind the words of Martin Luther King Jr., whose enduring legacy is honored each January as a federal holiday and National Day of Service: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?”
