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At the end of their regular meeting on Tuesday, November 28th, the Rooks County Commissioners voted to hire county employee Eric Biggs as the new road and bridge department supervisor to begin his duties on Friday, December 1st. Biggs has worked for the county as head mechanic since March of 2022.

You get to vote on new design As an update to a story in last week’s Sentinel concerning the state’s new license plate, Governor Laura Kelly announced Tuesday, November 28, that the Kansas Department of Revenue will pause production on the license plate design recently revealed and create a process...

It’s the 39th annual Parade of Christmas Trees at the Stockton Public Library! This year many of the decorations for the trees took their inspiration from Stockton’s Olde Tyme Christmas On Gingerbread Lane.

At the regular meeting of the Stockton City Commission on Tuesday, November 21st, the commissioners started the session by approving the Solomon Valley Manor hand checks to Parkway Construction.

Even though Governor Laura Kelly was to make the official appointment until later in the week, during the Rooks County Commission meeting on Tuesday, November 14th, commissioners Tim Berland and John Ruder were informed that the Republican Party had recommended Jake Prockish to fill the unexpired...

Clerk Laura Montgomery swore in Jake Prockish as the new Rooks County Commissioner at the start of the meeting on Tuesday, November 21st. Governor Laura Kelly officially appointed Prockish to fill the vacancy left by Kayla Hilbrink after she accepted the position of the City of Stockton’s manager/...

The Rooks County Historical Society and Museum in Stockton (921 South Cedar) cordially invites the community to join them in a fun afternoon of poetry reading, refreshments, music, and friends on Sunday, December 10th, at 2:00 p.m.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has revealed a new license plate design that will be available starting in the spring of 2024. The new plate has a wheatyellow color in the background with black and midnight blue text.

At the special meeting of the Stockton Unified School District No. 271 Board of Education held Tuesday, November 20th, the members present voted to approve the Ratification of the Negotiated Agreement for the 2023-2024 school year.

Loren and Clarene Goodheart have called Stockton their home for over 50 years, but they are now looking toward their next adventure when they move to Wind Crest in Highlands Ranch, a suburb of Denver, within the next few months.