The Board of Directors of the Kansas Association of Elementary School Principals (KAESP) has announced the 2020 National Distinguished Principal Honoree. Mrs. Stacey Green, Stock ton’s Elementary Principal, has been chosen to represent the State of Kansas as this year’s National Distinguished Principal. Stacey was surprised with the announcement when Stockton Superintendent Bill Lowry asked her come to the District Office on Friday, April 10th. Little did she know that her family was there to celebrate with her when the KAESP Board of Directors held a Zoom meeting announcing the honor! Mrs. Green will now be invited to

Cody Dix is not unlike most cattlemen’s sons — ambitious with a strong work ethic. But he has set himself apart from the rest, by not only finding a new business model for himself and his dad, Jeff, but also rapidly gaining popularity for his product across the nation. He’s only 32 years old.

Stockton High School Senior Class Sponsor Bobbi Basart announced this Friday morning the SHS Class of 2020 graduation ceremony, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 11th, at 7:30 p.m., has been moved from Tiger Stadium to the Stockton High School Gym.

Triple-digit temperatures are being forecast from Thursday to Sunday next week, which precipitated the change.

Hand sanitizer and social distancing will be used. The school asks the public to wear masks.

Rooks County has a total of six cases of COVID-19 at this time. This new case, reported on April 25, is related to another case. The current count is as follows: New Cases 1, Active Cases 4, Recovered Cases 1, Total Cases 6.

Active cases: As determined by the local health department. Patients are currently in isolation, have had continuous communication with the local health department.