Columus USD 493 School Menus

Columbus Unified Schools USD 493, breakfast and lunch menus for Monday, January 30 to February 3. Prices: Student breakfast $1.75; Adult breakfast $2.35. Elementary lunch $2.60; High School $2. 80; Adult lunch $3.75 Breakfast is served with choice of 100 percent juice and choice of milk.

Training held to strengthen veteran mental health services

A Community Green Zone Advocacy Training event was held recently in Pittsburg to honor, recognize, and support Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF).

Goddard city government undergoes major upheaval

(Editor’s Note: The city of Goddard is located on US 54, 14 miles west of Wichita it has 4,344 people, 1,442 households.) Hunter Larkin is the mayor of the City of Goddard again, and his first actions as mayor prompted a flurry of changes within the city council and government.

Pray for your enemies

Hatred and resentment are powerful negative forces in our lives. Resentment often turns into obsession and becomes an open wound that refuses to heal because we keep picking at it.

Labette County Jail Report

Yanchun Zhou, 54, was arrested Wednesday by Chetopa Police officers on charges of driving while suspended and maximum speed and is being held in lieu of $663 bail.

Cherokee County Court Docket

District Court Judge Maradeth Frederick Monday, January 30 9 a.m. – In the Matter of the Marriage of John Wiley Crain, Jr vs. Courtney Ann Crain, dismissal, (domestic) 9 a.m. – In the Matter of the Marriage of Teresa A. McCoy vs. Anthony G. McCoy, final hearing, (domestic) 10 a.m. – Brynlee Tash...

Cherokee County Jail Report

Solon Michael Griffith, 55, was arrested Wednesday by Galena Police officers on charges of aggravated sexual battery; force and is being held without bail. Kiley Beth Burr, 37, was admitted to the Cherokee County Law Enforcement Center Wednesday on a court ordered commitment.

Mother, child killed in auto accident

A fatality accident occurred Monday at approximately 8:36 p.m. four miles west of U59 on U400. A 2004 Buick Park Avenue driven by Valerie M. Montgomery, 30, Parsons, was traveling east on Highway U400. A 2015 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Brian D. Brooks, 41, Thayer, was traveling west.

Brown is Baxter Mayor

After serving ten years on the Baxter Springs City Council and three years as Mayor Pro-Tem, Tuesday evening Sherry Brown became Mayor of Baxter Springs.