A lucky couple in Rooks County came to the Kansas Lottery offices in Topeka to claim a $150,000 top prize won on the $20 Extreme Crossword game! The winners chose to remain anonymous.

“We play fairly often, but we’ve never won anything like this before,” the winners said. “It’s just now sinking in that we really won!”

Lewis Marcell Stephen, age 71, of Hays, Kansas passed away Monday, June 21st.

He was born on January 3, 1950, in Stockton, Kansas to Lewis Harold Stephen and Glennys Faye (Reed) Stephen. They lived on the family farm along Bow Creek in Rooks County. He had seven other siblings: Lawrence, Loretta, Lorene, Lucille, LeRoy, Lana and Leonard.

Michael Homer Schoeller, age 74, passed away June 20, 2021, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita.

He was born May 10, 1947, to Fred and Lucy Vontrice (Clark) Schoeller, in Hays.