The Heritage Youth of America Club

The Heritage Youth of America Club spent a recent Saturday at the farm of Ken Stultz learning about the harvesting of lumber and how it becomes boards. The followed the process from the felling of the trees, making the logs into square lumber and then cut- ting it into boards

Following the process through cutting

Following the process through cutting the raw lumber into boards. Following the wood as it was placed into the kiln for drying. The wood was cut into slabs where they will be used as clocks after the mechanism and numbers are attached.

Final bid accepted for Central School

A guaranteed maximum contract cost of just under $11-million was accepted by the USD 493 Board of Education Monday night for the construction of the new Central Elementary.

Scammon man receives 34-month KDOC sentence

A sentence of nearly three years in the Kansas Department of Corrections was handed down to Roy Turner, 36, of rural Scammon earlier this month. The prison sentence comes after Turner failed to comply with the terms of the probation he received when pleading guilty to felony drug charges in 2020.

Casino revenue increases

A total revenue of $3,605,150 was reported by the Kansas Crossing Casino for the month of February 2023. Cherokee County received $36,051.50 as their one-percent share of the casino’s revenue. The total casino revenue increased by over $188,509 between January and February 2023.

Baxter native leading artist with Federal Art Project

This is the second in a series bringing to light some members of the arts and sciences community who excelled in their chosen field and were in some way connected to Cherokee County.