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Ellsworth County Commissioners meet at 9 a.m. at the courthouse meeting room. Info: (785) 472-4161
Read moreMarch. It comes in like a lion. So far, we haven’t been disappointed.
Read moreRailroad fever spread like a wild prairie fire across the Kansas plains in the early part of 1870. The Kansas Pacific Railway had just crossed the entire state from the Missouri River to the western border and was about to reach Denver. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, building toward southwest Kansas, had temporarily halted a few miles north of Osage City. A new supply of iron rails was all they needed to reach Emporia while the summer was yet young.
Read moreHOISINGTON — The girls’ basketball team’s season came to a close when they faced a crushing loss to the Haven Wildcats 48-39 March 2 in the sub-state championship at Hoisington.
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