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Total state tax collections for February were $502.5 million. That is $18.7 million, or 3.9%, more than the February estimate. Those collections are also $46.6 million, or 10.2%, more than February 2021.

This story about the Cooper Barber Shop, that served the men and boys of Stockton for 48 years, was written by Jeral G. Cooper, a Stockton alumnus who lives in Tonganoxie.

STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS are from left: Addie Struckhoff, Melissa Ard, Madison Moffet, Olivia Dix, Delanee Bedore, Tierra Yohon, Claire Plumer, Cappi Hoeting, Ruthie Voss, Rylan Basart, Max Moffet, Camden Iwanski, Garrett Billinger and Coryn Hahn.

This year a total of 17 teams from the Rooks County schools competed at the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge event, which was held at the Stockton High School on Wednesday, March 2nd.

The Stockton third grade students of Ms. Tricia Hemphill and Mrs. Martha Fleck recently learned about communities in their respective classrooms. The Project Based Learning (PBL) umbrella question was “How do the services in our community make our community a better place to live?”

Caleb Scheller, a student at Olathe East High School and grandson of Sandy Folsom, Stockton, had a frightening experience last week that he probably will never forget. As Caleb was going to one of his classes, he happened to pass by the principal’s office and heard a lot of commotion.

The Stockton USD 271 Board of Education met on Tuesday, March 1st for a special meeting.