Cherokee County 4-H Fair royalty candidates announced

Candidates running for this year’s fair royalty have been announced. Candidates include from Prairie RamblersAddison Coke is in her first year in 4-H, and she is excited to be participatingin the foods, photography, and poultry projects. Coke has a creative spirit.

Joint meeting held by PEO

The beach and ocean was the theme of the Chapter BT of Baxter Springs and Chapter AB of Galena joint meeting June 10 at noon in Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church in Baxter Springs.

Mercy Columbus Auxiliary meets

New ideas for future fundraising endeavors were discussed at the June Columbus Mercy Auxiliary meeting. A committee is in the process of being established.President Brenda Barrett called the meeting to order.

Cherokee County Court Docket

This is the schedule of the District Court Room with Judge Fred W. Johnson, Jr. presiding. All of the hearings, conferences, arraignments, dismissals, appearances and trials are open to the public.

Columbus Court Docket

The following persons are scheduled to appear before Judge John Bullard in Columbus Municipal Court Monday, June 23 at 4 p.m.Deedra Delene Doherty, 43, Columbus, is scheduled for an initial appearance on charges of maximum speed; 25 miles per hour in a 20 mile per hour zone.Jeffery Allen Jones, 51,...

Cherokee County Jail Report

Kyle James Gordon, 27, was arrested Tuesday by Wyandotte Nation on charges of interference with law enforcement; obstruct or resist, and obstructing apprehension of prosecution and was released on $1,000 bail.Levi Eugene Rickman, 33, was arrested Tuesday by Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies on...

Labette County Jail Report

Dedarius Decodiya Lee, 27, was arrested Thursday by Oswego Police officers on charges of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license and defective tail lamp and was released on $2,500 bail.The Information presented in this column is collected from the Labette County Sheriff’s Department and...

Tips for dealing with problematic pond weeds

Adaven Rohling Diversified Agriculture and Natural Resource Agent, Wildcat Extension DistrictAs the weather starts to warm up, algae and other aquatic plants will become more prevalent in ponds.

Firm invests more than $600 million in Watco

Duration Capital Partners (“Duration”) has made a minority equity investment of more than $600 million in Watco Companies, LLC. (“Watco”) with company offices located in Pittsburg is a leading transportation service and logistics company.