WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27, 2021 CALENDAR

Wednesday, January 27 •Baxter Springs Kiwanis Club meets Noon -1 p.m. at Van’s Steakhouse •Senior Exercise 10 a.m. at the Hospitality Center 516 N. Kansas. Pat Niggemann, leader. Thursday, January 28 •Central Junior High School Boys basketball will travel to Girard for a 5:30 p.m.

Musing Under the Clock Tower

So they were invited by President Trump to an Inauguration bawl.

Workers for Capital Electric

Workers for Capital Electric were replacing poles in the downtown area of Columbus this week as part of a normal replacement program. “We had around 220 poles needing replaced in the two year program,” according to Mike Evans, Liberty Utilities Senior Construction Designer.

Shooting suspect arrested

After a domestic disturbance in rural Baxter Springs Monday morning, two men were taken into custody. At around 9:30 a.m., deputies responded to a domestic disturbance after a woman had sustained injuries in a physical attack, where the alleged assailantis also suspected of discharging a firearm.

Council discusses buying multiple size trash bins

Trash talk, consumed much of the Columbus City Council work session Monday evening as the size and number of trash containers should be purchased by the city next week. In their test last year, the city bought 107 of the containers that would hold 90 pounds of trash.

Appointments made by Commissioners

Four positions which are usually appointed each year by the County Commission were left unfilled after Monday’s meeting. Cody Zook was appointed as the Road and Bridge Supervisor, Cord Mayes was re-appointed to Noxious Weed Control Director.

The Columbus City Council

The Columbus City Council is expected to decide how many of each size of the trash dumpsters to order for the next round of deliveries. Some rules are being discussed as to how many dumpsters each customer will be able to have. They had already decided extra trash containers could be purchased.