Warner signs to cheer at FSCC

A full book and tuition scholarship to Fort Scott Community College will be available to Southeast senior Madison Warner of Weir. Warner has officially signed to join the FSCC game day and nationally competitive Cheer Team.

Reader seeks old school photograph

In search of a possible photo. Mark Larkin attended Park School in Columbus during the World War II years. While in the fifth grade he and a classmate named Dorothy Olney were in a program to sell defense stamps and war bonds once a week.

Cherokee County Commissioners January 10 meeting minutes

At 9 a.m. Monday January 10, 2022, Commissioner Moates called to order the regular session of the Cherokee County Commission in room #109 of the Cherokee County Courthouse located at 110 West Maple, Columbus, Kansas.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2022 CALENDAR

Wednesday, February 9 •Southeast Spelling Bee at SES 9 a.m. •Create Better Health at Extension Office 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. •Baxter Springs Kiwanis Club meets Noon - 1 p.m. at Van’s Steakhouse •Methodist Health Fund Senior Exercise 10 a.m. at the Hospitality Center 516 N. Kansas.

Columbus woman killed in car-train

High snow drifts led to a train locomotive striking a vehicle stalled on the track resulting in the death of a Columbus woman. On Friday, February 4 at approximately 6:19 p.m. An unoccupied 1999 Oldsmobile 88 was stopped on the railroad tracks on Oak Road in Asbury, Mo. Cathy A.

Commissioners talk about wind mill farms

With the operations of wind farms curtailed in Cherokee County since the Commissioners put a oneyear moratorium on activities in August, they have begun the process of gathering local opinions.

SE 90th closed for KDOT road work

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has closed SE 90th Street for the first mile south of U.S. 166 in Cherokee County. No through traffic is allowed. Local traffic can access SE 90th from the south. The road closure is part of the U.S. 166 expansion project in Cherokee County.

Book vendor space now for CDF

The Columbus Day committee is now accepting 2022 vendor space applications. Several food and craft vendors have already registered. The one thing it tells us is that vendors are ready to get out and participate in festivals.