Park Elementary Pre-K

Park Elementary Pre-K students participated in their annual Trike-a-thon recently. Each year the Pre-K classes pedal to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Members of the morning classes enjoyed spending some time riding for a cause.

New member of the Columbus Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024

New member of the Columbus Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024 was presented the award at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet on Wednesday evening by Kerry Sachetta.

Ways to create stronger family bonds

Michelle BroxtermanNurturing strong family relationships is key to the well-being and happiness of every family member. As much as we want to prioritize quality time as a family, it can easily get lost in the busyness of work, school, and other activities.

Columbus students enter projects in annual science fair

How do different colors of light affect the growth of plants? That was the basis of Phoenix Rider’s experiment for the school science fair project. He found that the color green caused the plants to grow better.

LCS dominates academic competition

Life Christian School continued to dominate the Midstates Christian League Academic Competiton last Friday with a 65-45 victory over Bethel Christian of Ottawa in the League’s Junior Division (age12 and younger), hosted by the locals.

Weir area’s first egg hunt of season

Opening the eggs Christen Cornell, with daughter Macey Cornell are opening the plastic eggs following egg hunt at the Weir Community CenterColton and Grayson Clark pose while their grandmother Kriste Wellborn takes a memory snapshot of the youngsters.

CUHS hosts CNC music festival

The Baxter Springs High School orchestra performed during the CNC Music Festival held Wednesday at Columbus High School.The Galena boys’ ensemble was warming up for their performance in the Columbus High School Library.

Young scientists compete in annual fair at Columbus High School

Testing which food will have the most Vitamin C, Eamon Wilkins proved his conclusion that frozen Broccoli had more Vitamin C than oranges. He received the runners-up award in the annual Columbus District 493 Science Fair Elementary Science Fair.

Miners Hall to host West Mineral exhibit

In keeping with the second quarterly exhibits recognizing the coal camps of the Southeast Kansas coal fields, the next installment in this series will recognize West Mineral and its mining history. The exhibit opens April 1 and will close on June 23.The host of this exhibit David R.

April railroad meeting will feature lunch

The April meeting of Heart of the Heartlands Railroad Museum will be Saturday, April 13, at 11 a.m.This meeting will feature a lunch get together for all members of Heart of the Heartlands.“The plan is to arrive around 11 a.m.