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Above, Kanopolis Middle School students Sage Gray, left, and Layken Beckman, right, show off their six grade science projects May 12 during the annual science fair. Gray placed third in the science fair, with Beckman and Kiya Schultz tying for fourth place. Below, Bryson Ohl with his science fair project where he tested electrolytes. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
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The old saying “you can’t go home again” doesn’t apply to Alan Whitley. After 37 years in education, with 30 at Ellsworth Elementary School, Whitley is ending his career where his education began.
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When Rep. Steven Johnson (R-Assaria) decided to run for Kansas State Treasurer, his seat for the Kansas House district opened up.
Read moreWILSON — About 10 residents from Wilson and Dorrance gathered May 10 at Wilson School for coffee and conversation with superintendent Greg Clark.
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Ellsworth Elementary School’s new principal is ready to go.
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Editor’s note: Mark Inman Seitz worked for the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter for many years. He was a journalist, sports writer and all round funny guy. He passed away May 12, 2022. In memory, the I-R is republishing excerpts of the popular HindSeitz columns, originally published in the I-R in 2007.
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In the fall of 1862 the U.S. fleet operated relatively unopposed in the Confederate-held territory on the Mississippi River, and the river’s larger tributaries. In response, Confederate Major General Theophiles H. Holmes, commander of the Department of the Trans-Mississippi, ordered the construction of fortifications at Arkansas Post near the confluence of the Arkansas and White Rivers. Arkansas Post had been a seat of commerce since being established for frontier trade by the French in 1686. Designated Fort Hindman, the installation suffered humiliating defeat when under heavy bombardment. Nearly a third of Confederate troops serving in Arkansas were captured when the post was surrendered on Jan. 11, 1863.
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