CALENDAR

Monday, May 10 •Cherokee County Com •Cherokee County Commissioners meet in Room 109 of County Courthouse 9 a.m. This meeting will be livestreamed over citylinktv. com on the News Report Channel and archived for later viewing. This is an in person meeting only.

Baxter Springs Valedictorians

Peyton Herrenbruck Sarah Paxson Maggie Pendergraft Lindi Schmelzer Joshua Spencer Pierce Stolte Southeast Valedictorians Skylar Zortz Primoris Kade Mitchell Proximus Galena Valedictorian Riley McNemar Southeast Salutatorian Shawnelle Smith Baxter Springs Salutatorian Kennedy Krokroskia

Graduation week throughout county

Graduation season began at Southeast High School yesterday as ceremonies returned to their normal season and nearly normal programs. Last year the graduation ceremonies were postponed until later in the summer at all the high schools in the county.

Baxter Springs Kiwanis Club flag flying project

The Baxter Springs Kiwanis Club once again will be offering to display a 3-foot by 5 foot American Flag on a 10 foot pole in your front yard for you on the five important flag flying holidays this year.

Prizeweek consolation winner

The Prizeweek Puzzle continues to stump the entrants, as the grand prize of $1,000 in Columbus Chamber of Commerce Gift Certificates once again went unclaimed. Jack W. Brown, Galena, was the $10 consolation prize winner with three misses of the preferred answers.

Child abductor gets 12 year prison sentence

A Carl Junction, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court last week for transporting a Kansas minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity. Nathan Roger Belcher, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 12 years in federal prison without parole.