George Albert Pywell passed away on April 30, 2021 at his home in Zurich at the age of 83.

A tragic accident took the life of a Plainville teen just after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28th, approximately three miles west of Plainville on Highway K-18.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Chevy Silverado driven by Zebulun Thomas Cole, age 20, Stockton, was westbound on Kansas 18 and struck a 1997 GMC Jimmy that was disabled on the shoulder of the highway. Sixteen-year-old Carole L. Adamson of Plainville was standing outside of the GMC at the time of the collision. She was pronounced dead at the scene. She was transported to Brock’s North Hill Chapel.

Dog found in trash can recovering

SALINA — A group of disc golfers at Thomas Park in Salina on Saturday, March 27, made a sad and strange discovery when they heard sounds coming from a trash can. The group thought it might be an opossum or raccoon, but they discovered a dog wrapped in a plastic shopping sack. One of the disc-golfers called the Salina Police who dispatched the Salina Animal Services to assist in the animal rescue.

THE WIZARD OF OZ

In this 1939 classic a tornado rips through Kansas whisking Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, to the magical Land of Oz. There they follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard. Enroute the two meet a Scarecrow, a Tin Man and a Cowardly Lion. Together the group has to bring back the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West to earn the Wizard’s help. This all-star cast includes Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton, Billie