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The stilling basin at Webster Reservoir near Stockton will be closed to all activities beginning April 19, 2021. This popular fishing location will be closed for approximately 3 years to allow completion of a large construction project.

For those of you who did not read the entire article in our April 1st issue about the Sentinel closing for a week so the staff could go on vacations, April Fools twice over! We loved dreaming up our wonderful vacations and playing an April Fool’s joke on our readers!

A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just after 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 25th, in Phillips County.

This spring, the Kansas Honor Scholars Program, which marks its 50th anniversary as a tradition of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment, honored more than 3,600 high school seniors throughout Kansas for their academic excellence and achievement.

(Due to a large part of this story being omitted in last week’s issue, we are rerunning this article in its entirety.

At the regular meeting of the Rooks County Commission held on Tuesday, March 23rd, the commissioners opened the two furnace bids they had received for the Water Resources building that the County owns.

The Sentinel is only required by the Kansas Press Association to publish 50 weeks a year. In the 32+ years of the Sentinel’s existence, the staff has never taken a week off from publishing a paper— that is until now. The staff will be taking next week off to enjoy some rest and relaxation.

A special meeting of the USD No. 271 Board of Education was held on Thursday, March 18th for the purpose of reviewing the COVID-19 health protocols the District passed at the start of the year.

In an email to students, faculty, and staff sent earlier last week, FHSU President Tisa Mason shared the university’s intention to resume on-campus operations for the fall 2021 semester.

(The following article is taken in part from the unapproved minutes of the Stockton USD 271 Board of Education special meting held on Monday, March 22nd.) The Stockton USD No. 271 Board of Education accepted the resignation from Gary McCown as the high school principal at the end of the 2020-2021...