EL DORADO, KAN. - The City of Mulvane had a front seat during Butler Community College’s nurses pinning last week when two residents, Class President Jonathon Serrano-Ramsey and Class Vice President Garrett Schaar lead their fellow graduates onto the gym floor. Ramsey is a graduate of Mulvane High School, Schaar a graduate of Derby.
The Oklahoma State University chapter of the Mortar Board honor society recently named students to its annual list of Top 20 Freshmen Men and Top 20 Freshmen Women, as well as Top 10 Freshmen Men and Women for the 2021-22 class.
The December regular meeting of the Susannah French Putney Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held on December 16, 2022 at the Kansas Oil Museum in El Dorado, KS. Jean Groendes presented the Community Service Award to Judy Cole of El Dorado.
The El Dorado Working on Wellness (E-WOW) committee held their summit on December 13th and invited the public to learn what the organization has done, is doing and plans to do in the future. Additionally, they solicited input from those in attendance on ways to improve wellness opportunities for youth in the community.
Nikole Babb nbabb@cherryroad.com Before winter break began, Lori Heppler, Owner of Lori’s Emporiyum, delivered a special gift to teachers around Augusta on Monday morning. The… Login to continue reading Login…
Members of the Freya Study Club gathered for their annual Christmas luncheon on Friday, December 16, 2022. Hostesses Lauren Davis,Jo Hess,Elaine Murphy, and Marlene Rethman welcomed everyone into the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church commons area which was beautifully decorated for the season. Table decorations included whimsical snow globes set in miniature winter scenes. A delicious buffet luncheon was catered by Pear Tree Catering and Bakery. Members enjoyed visiting about plans for the upcoming holidays.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) – the lead Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science – announced more than $13 million in new funding for Kansas law enforcement in the FY2023 Appropriations Package.
Hopefully everyone stayed warm over the last few days with the sudden drop in temperature. Butler County saw temperatures as low as -5 degrees on Thursday and Friday after dropping from 32 degrees on Wednesday. The notable Kansas wind surged throughout the great state, making the wind-chill as low as -30 degrees. Not a lot of snow hit the ground during the snow squalls but there was about 2 inches throughout the county.
The oldest house and first building built in Augusta is located at 305 State St. Sitting South of Augusta, the cabin was built by two gentlemen in 1869, the cabin has been in its original location for nearly 155 years. Originally built to be used as a trading post, the building has served many different purposed over the years including being utilized as a post office, a meeting room for local organizations and even acted as Augusta’s first school room upstairs.
BATON ROUGE, LA (12/06/2022)-- Luke Holloway of Andover, Kansas, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Holloway was initiated at The University of Kansas.