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Seventh grade students at Southeast Middle School participated in a day of service April 8. Gavin Potts, Kylee Emerson, and Kinzey Mitchell were cleaning headstones at Cherokee Cemetery. Students also picked up litter on Highway 7. Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution assisted with supplies explained historical preservation techniques. Courtesy photo.

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Seventh grade students at Southeast Middle School

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Southeast seventh grade students participated in a day of service April 8. Groups picked up trash along Highway 7 and cleaned headstones in the Cherokee Cemetery and completed other grounds maintenance. Courtesy photo.

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Author to speak at Compass Academy Network event

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Compass Academy Network (CAN) has announced they will be hosting a conversation and book discussion with acclaimed author, cartoonist and comic artist Grant Snider April 12 at 10 a.m.11:30 a.m. at Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin, Mo.

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Cherokee County Court Docket

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

This is the schedule of the District Court Room with Judge Maradeth Frederick presiding. All of the hearings, conferences, arraignments, dismissals, appearances and trials are open to the public. They are also subject to change or cancellation without notice.

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Cherokee County Jail Report

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Ashley Fawn Mc-Clearen, 44, was arrested Thursday by Wyandotte Nation on charges of possession of certain illegal drugs, use or possess drug paraphernalia for use in the human body, distribution of certain illegal drugs and criminal carrying of a weapon; concealed firearm and is being held in lieu...

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Labette County Jail Report

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Chaz Lee Herd, 24, was arrested Tuesday by Chetopa Police officers on charges of domestic battery and was released on $600 bail.

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Area Accident reports

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

A one-vehicle accident occurred Monday, April 7 at approximately 10:50 p.m. A 2020 Polaris ATV driven by Leslie L. Greninger, 75, Galena was traveling east on Southeast Wyandotte Road. Greninger lost control and was ejected.He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo.

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Columbus City Council minutes

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

The following persons are scheduled to appear before Judge John Bullard in Columbus Municipal Court Monday, April 14 at 4 p.m.Teresa Marie Ballard, 63, Columbus, is scheduled for an initial appearance on charges of vicious animal and running at large.

Riverton Unified Schools USD 404

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Riverton Unified Schools USD 404

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Riverton Unified Schools USD 404, breakfast and lunch menus for through Monday, April 14 through Friday, April 18. Prices: Breakfast: Pre-K-12 $2.55, Adult, $3.10; Lunch, PreK-fifth, $3.30, 6-8, $3.40, 9-12, $3.50, Adult $5.

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Johnston Public Library Hours

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Mondays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays 9 a.m.-. 5 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. - Noon 210 W. 10th, Baxter Springs.

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KFB President speaks at dinner

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Monday, April 7, 2025

“We continually have to work with Third District Congresswoman Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, but she does not vote for us,” president of Kansas Farm Bureau Joe Newland told the Cherokee County Farm Bureau at their annual meeting Saturday evening.

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