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Get ready for the Spring Into Stockton Jubilee!

3 years ago By News Staff

The Spring Into Stockton Jubilee will be here before you know it! The Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to enjoy the family fun at the event on Saturday, April 22nd, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

St. Thomas Quilters still sewing for those in need

3 years ago By Virgi Laska

For the past 24 years the Saint Thomas Quilters have been working to make a difference. Their mission is to show God's love through the comfort of a quilt.

THE LADIES quilting this past Monday were (from left) Karen Reed, Barb Record (sitting), and Barb Williams. The ladies quilt every Monday morning in the St. Thomas Church basement, cutting, sewing, and tying their way into Heaven “one piece of fabric at a time.”

Plainville Fire Department requesting aid from Stockton

3 years ago By News Staff

The Stockton Fire Department was paged early this evening, at about 6:40.

Plainville Fire Department requests a brush truck for an alfalfa field on fire at 20 & Z Road, approximately 2.25 miles east and two miles south of Plainville.

If anyone is in or near this vicinity, please be on the lookout for emergency responders.

Former Stockton man sentenced to prison for decades

3 years ago By News Staff

Former Stockton man, Andrew Casad, was recently sentenced to four to six decades in prison for sexually assaulting four girls in Lincoln, Nebraska. Casad, 65, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree sexual assault of a child.

Commissioners review sick leave policy

3 years ago By Virgi Laska

At the regular meeting of the Rooks County Commission held on Tuesday, March 28th, commissioners Kayla Hilbrink, Tim Berland, and John Ruder reviewed the County’s sick leave policy. They went over how sick leave is used and how it is paid out according to the County policy as written to road and bridge supervisor Rich Bouchey and department secretary Sadie Look. Road and bridge supervisor Rich Bouchey had brought

New binocular scope at Webster Lake in memory of Kent Townley

3 years ago By Virgi Laska

Kent Townley enjoyed camping at Webster Lake, so what better way to celebrate his life than to combine the things he loved to do in a memorial at his favorite campground, Goose Flats, located on the south side of the lake?

STANDING NEXTTOTHE BINOCULAR SCOPE in memory of Kent Townley are his son, Mike, and his wife, Janese. The scope is at the Goose Flats Campground, a favorite camping spot of the Townley family. Kent loved camping, skiing, and bird watching at Webster Lake, and this addition by the water’s edge is a perfect tribute to him.

Sentinel entertains educational visit from third graders

3 years ago By Susan Schneider

Stockton Grade School students from the third-grade classes of Ms. Brooke Werner and Mrs. Martha Fleck walked down to the Stockton Sentinel on a windy, Friday afternoon last week. The students were on an educational outing, hoping to learn more about informational writing from the Sentinel staff.

EDUCATIONAL TRIP—The third-grade classes from Stockton Grade School went to the Stockton Sentinel last Friday where they learned about writing informational articles. Those making the trip included, front row, from left: Madalyn Swaney, Brynn Earl, Madilyn Kephart, Adelynn Johnston, and Gabriel Kuhlmann; middle row: Ms. Brooke Werner, Zoey Toll, Emma Freeman, Naraya Kuhlmann, Alexandria Eck, Adalyn McNulty, Ava Armstrong, Raineigh Huenergarde, and Mrs. Martha Fleck; and back row, Amberleigh Jurgens, Bryah S

Former city manager of Stockton retired Friday, March 31

3 years ago By News Staff

After serving for a total of 43 years as a city manager in the state of Kansas, Richard Nienstedt retired last Friday, March 31st. Nienstedt was city manager in Stockton from March 1983 to December 1989. For the past 16 years, he and his wife, Rita, have called Ottawa home. “Stockton and Ottawa are two of our very favorite places,” said Nienstedt.

Elizabeth Busonic and Chevy Bouchey crowned Prom Queen & King

3 years ago By News Staff

ELIZABETH BUSONIC AND CHEVY BOUCHEY.

Topeka angler sets new Kansas record for crappie

3 years ago By News Staff

SHAWNEE – Topeka resident, Bobby Parkhurst, was fishing at Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 2 when the catch-of-a-lifetime came into contact with his lure. Little did Parkhurst know that what loomed beneath the surface, ready to strike, would break a Kansas state record set the same month, nearly 60 years prior.