Ministerial Alliance provides food boxes to area residents

Cars lined the streets around the Fellowship Baptist Church in Baxter Springs as members of the Southeast Kansas Ministerial Alliance packed boxes full of food for the holidays for area families in need.

Holiday spending cleanup, Getting your financial house in order

The gifts have all been opened. The families are back home from their Christmas trips to Grandma’s and the sounds and sights of the holidays are starting to disappear. The hope of a new year brings new goals and a fresh start, right?

Columbus High School music department performs Christmas medley

Columbus Unified High School music department presented their Christmas concert December 16. The Concert Band performed “A Christmas Fantasy,” “With Each Winter’s Breath,” and “A Holiday Galop.

Community Christmas dinner a success

Chef Bill Jones checks the dressing during the cooking session of the annual free Christmas Dinner held last week-end at the 4-H Building. This year again was a drive through come-and-go event due to the uptick in the COVID pandemic.

LCC announces President’s, Dean’s lists honors

The following fulltime students have been honored for their academic achievements for the Fall 2021 semester at Labette Community College. Those making the President’s List include from Columbus Sydney Abram, Sarah Bigando and Jordine Moody.

- HAPPY - birthday

December 24 Teddy Garrison Sam Glover Karlene Hamilton Brent Jessee Sheila Johnson Brea Kimbrough Lenora Olson Chris Peacock Patti Roark Shiann Woods Shiann Woods December 25 McKenzie Hatfield Burns Jean Glass Sharon Hiatt Randy Kirby Randy Kirby Jackson Westervelt December...

Happy Anniversary

December 26 Frank and Janice Maxton Sherrill and Darlene Schneider

Webb to retire from American Bank

Folks have walked up to the teller’s window at Baxter Springs banking institutions for the past 52 years and found a familiar face looking back. That will be no more after this week as the familiar face of Dennis Webb will be retiring.

Waiting for Christmas

Children seem to experience the expectation of big events (such as Christmas or their birthdays) more keenly than adults. Children start hankering for Christmas before we’ve even celebrated Thanksgiving and can scarcely sleep a wink the night before Christmas.

Santa’s reasons to shop local

2021 has been a year for the record books and will long be remembered by business owners and residents. Businesses not only in Columbus, but all over have been hard hit – many being closed for several months.