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Kids tee shirt painting planned at library

Special Coloring Session for the kids will be held on September 29 from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the Columbus Public Library.The kids will have a Columbus Hot Air Balloon shirt that they will be able to color with fabric paint.If the kids wear the shirts to the Saturday of the Columbus Day Festival and...
The Mineral All-School Reunion was held Saturday evening at the Old Pirata Ballroom in Carona with a good turnout. Members of various classes visited as they had dinner.

The Mineral All-School Reunion was held Saturday evening at the Old Pirata Ballroom in Carona with a good turnout. Members of various classes visited as they had dinner.

The Mineral All-School Reunion

Revival at planned at Crestline Christian Church

Revival services will be held at Crestline Christian Church September 7-10.Services will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. Monday- Wednesday services will begin at 6:30 p.m.The speaker will be Kenny Rippel.Crestline Christian Church is located at 399 SE Highway Alternate 69.

Columbus City Council minutes

AttendanceThe City Council of Columbus, Kansas met August 18, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. presided over by Mayor Grant Spieth.

Cherokee County Jail Report

Jason Dean Osborne, 44, was arrested Wednesday by Galena Police officers on two counts of failure to appear and is being held in lieu of $1,102 bail.Macey Kayann Ashe, 18, was arrested Wednesday by Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies on charges of driving under the influence; under age 21 blood...

Real Estate transfers

Bobby L. Martin and Marjorie L. Martin, Rogers, Arkansas, conveyed a deed to the property legally described as the north half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 33, Range 22, Cherokee County, to Dax Weindorf, Bentonville, Arkansas.

Cherokee County Court Docket

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.

CALENDAR

Friday, September 5•Titan Football at Independence 7 p.m.•Cherokee Fall Festival bean feed 5 p.m. at Albert Pouch Park in Cherokee.
With the resignation of Jean Pritchett as executive director of the Columbus Chamber the search committee selected lifetime Columbus native Monica Delmont as her replacement.

With the resignation of Jean Pritchett as executive director of the Columbus Chamber the search committee selected lifetime Columbus native Monica Delmont as her replacement.

New Chamber director Monica Delmont

Following an eight month search, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors chose lifetime Columbus resident Monica Delmont to replace Jean Pritchett as the new Chamber Executive Director.“When my oldest daughter was in the Miss Columbus Pageant I saw some of what Jean did and thought this...