Community

Body Harry and Willardene Purdum have for years made annual visits to the family grave sites in Independence, KS. and Seminole, Okla.

Body The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects in Kansas. The letting took place June 17, 2020, in Topeka.

Body In the days of the old west, if you would look and check, You’d find a cowboy would wear a bandanna ‘round his neck. It was sometimes called a wild rag, for the bright color that it brings.

Body At the regular weekly meeting of the Rooks County Commission, Sheriff Gary Knight presented commissioners Corky Hagan and Greg Balthazor with the signed law enforcement contract with the City of Stockton. The commissioners signed the contract for the 2021 year as presented.

Body U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Wednesday last week $3 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to three regions of Kansas impacted by the COVID- 19 pandemic.

Body The Kansas Department of Transportation began resurfacing work on 18 miles of K-9 in Phillips County Tuesday, July 21. Work will consist of a 1-inch mill and 2-inch overlay beginning at the Norton County line and ending at the U.S.

Body Cherry Time! In Kansas, cherries are in season during June and July. When we bought our first house there was a huge cherry tree in the back yard.

Body Stockton’s tenth annual Swing Into Summer Car Show was held on Saturday, June 20th.

Body Members of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians (KAFP) have elected officers and leaders for the 2020-21 governance year, many with local ties to Rooks County.

Body At the regular meeting of the Stockton City Commission held on Tuesday, July 7th, the commissioners discussed the health and safety concerns dealing with the solid waste department.