Community

Body The St. Thomas Knights of Columbus Fish Fry, which was to be held this Friday, March 20th at the St. Thomas Parish Hall in Stockton, has been postponed.

Body The Kansas Department of Transportation ceremonially broke ground Friday, March 6th, on the previously delayed T-WORKS project along a portion of U.S. 281 in Russell County.

Body The Kansas Department of Agriculture has announced the result of the elections held for the state’s five grain commodity commissions—corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat—in districts four, five and six in the central region of the state.

Body Bonnie Rubottom of Woodston was among more than 110 students attending Kansas State University Online and receiving a scholarship for the spring semester. The scholarships ranged from $600 to $1,500 each and totaled $73,700.

Body Three bodies of water in Rooks County, the Plainville Lake (1st), Rooks County State Lake (2nd), and Webster Reservoir (6th) were recently named to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism’s (KDWPT) “Whatever’s Biting” list.

Body Steve Melton: “My mother used to make us practice our handwriting while we were sitting in churchf

Body The Stockton Lions Club will be hosting a St. Patty’s Day Pancake Brunch on Sunday, March 15th at the Stockton City Hall. This Free Will donation event will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Proceeds will go towards the SHS Awards Banquet and scholarships. See you there!

Body The Rooks County Historical Society will present Clarene Goodheart’s “The History of the Outhouse” at the Rooks County Historical Museum located at 921 South Cedar in Stockton at 2:00 p.m. this Sunday, March 15th.

Body The Stockton High School Anatomy class was fortunate to be able to work with Mike Lawson on a DNA transformation project.

Body The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is confirming its first presumptive-positive case of COVID-19 in Kansas. The possible case was identified March 7th with testing sent to KDHE’s Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories (KHEL).