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At the regular meeting of the Stockton City Commission held on Tuesday, April 19th, Solomon Valley Manor Administrator Amanda Atkisson met with the commissioners to ask about submitting for the Paycheck Protection Program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

THE UNKNOWN GOD. Polytheism (belief in many gods) inundated the Roman Empire. In fact, they attributed their standing as the world's powerhouse to maintaining good relations with ALL of "the gods." That makes Paul's comment in Acts 17:23 interesting indeed.

Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt encourawges Kansas consumers to visit with their auto insurers about potential discounts, rebates or reductions in premiums during the COVID-19 crisis.

Caleigh Iwanski, a 2020 graduate of Stockton High School, was recently awarded a scholarship from The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for the 2020-21 academic year.

As part of her administration’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Laura Kelly issued Executive Order #20-24 Thursday, April 16, which extends the duration of the state’s Stay-At-Home order established in E.O. #20-16 to expire on midnight May 3.

Congressman Roger Marshall, M.D., received an update from U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin on the implementation of the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Ila Belle Hoar, Plainville: “I sure appreciate your ‘new’ newspaper, and it was so newsy last week.”

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If your life was a book, how would it read? That is the question Pastor Brian asked this week in our video service from Chapter 12 of The Story. Would your book be a story of commitment, a story of failed promises, a story of comebacks, or a story of change?

At the April Stockton USD 271 Board meeting, it was announced that grade school teacher Jen Kesler and high school teacher Shane Austin were nominated to represent Stockton for the 2021 Kansas Teacher of the Year Program.