The days are getting longer, and the signs of spring are everywhere. As flowers bloom and birds chirp, it is a great time of the year to do spring cleaning of all sorts. Here are some tips on how to tidy up your home, diet and mental health during this season.

Mondays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Constanza, Dominican Republic was the destination of The Living Waters Team from John February 18-24- 2024. A clean water system was installed at Cecaine Elementary School with 380 students.

Convene Chairman Cory Moates called the regular session of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners (the Board), to order at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 2024, in the Commission Room, #109 of the Cherokee County Courthouse located at 110 W Maple St., Columbus, Kansas.

The Columbus High School Track and Field Team hosted 12 SEK and CNC League Teams for the annual Columbus Invitational Meet, Tuesday. Several Titan Athletes placed to score but in team standings, the boys were eighth with 34 team points and the girls were seventh with 23 points in their respective divisions.

The Missourians gospel singing group will be in concert at the First Baptist Church of Crestline Sunday evening, April 21 at 6 p.m. The group has dedicated themselves to excellence in the presentation of the gospel in song.

Ceramics collectors know Newcomb College for its famous pottery. From 1895 to the 1940s, students at the college, which was, at the time, Tulane University’s coordinate women’s college, decorated the ceramics that Newcomb Pottery sold.

I have added another job to the curator of the museum. It is being a detective.

Art students at Southeast High School recently attended the Three River’s League Art Fair. The event was held April 3 at Jayhawk-Linn.