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Mary Hunter, 79, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Wichita, Kan. She was born Jan. 2, 1945, in Ellsworth, Kan., to Tony and Melba (Caldwell) Svaty. She grew up in Ellsworth and had lived in Wichita since 1969.
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Club members show off projects during annual contest
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For more than two dozen years, Diane Krupp helped manage the food sale for the Ellsworth County Fair.
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In the event of a fire or medical emergency, every second counts for first responders.
Read moreThe 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris have captured much of my attention over the past week. If you were to enter our house or office at any given time, you’d likely find the television on in the background with a competition being broadcast.
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In the later part of the 19th Century, a conflict arose at the southern Kansas border that had not been seen in any other part of the west. The seed of the dispute germinated through a land grab movement by settlers who coveted the fertile Cherokee land south of Kansas. They were especially irked by a grazing lease arrangement cattlemen had negotiated with the Cherokee Nation As early as 1878, cattlemen maintained lease arrangements with the established sovereign government of the Cherokee Nation, whereby large tracts of the reservation were grazed at a per head rate.
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Just like in 1985 when New Coke was introduced to the public, this past weekend’s revamped Cowtown Days drew mixed reviews.
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