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The staff of the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter has collectively earned 31 awards in the 2024 Kansas Press Association Awards of Excellence contest. The staff was honored to receive 14 first place awards, 12 second place awards and five third place awards.
Read moreWILSON — A bit of fireworks at Monday night’s Wilson City Council meeting eventually led to an expulsion.
Read moreThe grand opening of the Ellsworth FFA Greenhouse is from 3-6 p.m. at Ellsworth High School, 211 West 11th Street.
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Photojournalism was my path into the newspaper world.
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When the end-of-trail cattle towns are recalled, the names of Abilene and Dodge City lead the conversation. Newton, Ellsworth and Wichita were all busy cattle centers, but there were other cattle towns that are rarely recognized. The onslaught of settlement and a westward moving state ban against the open movement of Texas cattle had closed the Ellsworth market. Seventy-seven miles to the west Ellis was selected by the Kansas Pacific Railway to inherit the cattle trade in 1876.
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Teams compete at historically difficult Smoky Valley meet
Read moreMINNEAPOLIS — At the Minneapolis meet April 9, the golf team found success, earning a third place finish and new individual medals.
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