Lions bean feed Thursday

It is time once again for the annual Columbus Lions Club Bean and Vegetable Soup feed. Held again this year at the St. Rose Parish Hall.

Smith performs musical pieces for PEO

A special musical program was presented to the Baxter Springs Chapter BT of the P.E.O. Sisterhood Monday, February 26. The group met in the Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church in Baxter Springs. The program was given by Mary Beth Smith.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

March 1 Justin CheneyBetty Lou CrosslandCindy GleasonTerry HilderbrandGeorgia MesserDale RowtonPam TeetzelTamra Thacker March 2 Jenny EasterlyRocky OvermanNancy Reed March 3 Kelly DuffinChuck DusahJessica JarrettAndrew SchoechPat SimpsonDiane Yurk March 4 Bryan BurksKerry ClarkRandy FroebeBen...

Happy Anniversary

March 1 Martin and Cindy White March 4 Bill and Linda EadsDan and Lilly Reeves

Card shower planned for John Hiller

A 90th birthday open house and card shower will be held for John Hiller March 9 at the McCune Community Center.Friends and family of Hiller are invited to attend from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. to help celebrate his 90th birthday.

Columbus Bass Club begins 2024 fishing season

Members of the Columbus Bass Club started the 2024 season with their first event February 24.Warm and sunny with temps in the high 60s, it was a beautiful day for bass fishing, bringing in 20 teams and 38 anglers from Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.After drawing for a pit, #22 North “Power line” was...

Cherokee County Jail Report

Jeffery Allen Jones, 49, was arrested Wednesday by Columbus Police officers on charges of failure to appear and is being held in lieu of $995 bail.Ryan Anthony Hall, 35, was arrested Wednesday by Quapaw Marshals on charges of failure to appear and is being held in lieu of $2,500 bail.Sandra Lee...

Area Accident reports

A one-vehicle accident occurred February 14 at approximately 6:12 p.m. near Van Buren Rd and N. Mineral St. in Galena.A 2022 Chevrolet Express driven by Tanner Botkin, 21, Galena, was traveling west on Van Buren Road when the passenger side tires left the roadway.

Southeast School District 247 Breakfast & Lunch Menus

Southeast School District USD 247, breakfast and lunch menus for Monday, March 4 through Friday, March 8.

COLUMBUS USD 493 Schol Menu

Columbus Unified Schools USD 493, breakfast and lunch menus for March 4 to March 8.Prices: Breakfast $2; Grades (K-6) lunch $2.80; Grades (7-12) $3. Breakfast is served with choice of 100 percent juice and choice of milk.