The Stockton High School Striders who will entertain the crowds during the halftime of the sports games for the Tigers during the 20242025 school year are Saj Snyder, Karleigh Horn, Camille Lowry, Mia Odle, Shae Yohon, Serenity Carpenter, Meredith Gasper, Aidyen Kerr, and Lyric Snyder.

The 2025-2026 Stockton Junior High School Stuco representatives have been announced. They are Harper Lowry, Corbyn Glendening, Remy Muir, Addie Dix, Tessa Look, Omree Dibble, Henry Berkley, Evelynn Hilbrink, and Bryah Stithem. Congratulations!

Come in and warm up with a good book and a hot cup of coffee. New books for adults are: • 23 Volumes of C.

St. Patrick's Day was celebrated this week. I am partial to this holiday since I was a Chapman 'Fighting Irish' graduate. I assume there was wearing of the green, drinking green beer, and planting potatoes.

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. The weather was beautiful, and the wind was blowing.

The Stockton Unified School District No. 271 Board of Education held a special meeting on Friday morning, March 8th. After an executive session, the Board voted to accept the resignations of Janet Kuhlmann as high school girls assistant basketball coach and Jesse Dunlap as high school assistant football coach. They also moved to offer Aubree Rohr the high school assistant softball coach position for the 2025 season (yes 6, BJ Hoeting, Spencer Hilbrink, Andy Muir, Jessy Maddy, Chad Sterling, Ginger Riffel (via

February 17, 2025 Abraham and Leigh Ann Pfannenstiel are proud to announce the birth of their son, Dwight Thomas Pfannenstiel on February 17, 2025. The Presidents’ Day baby weighed 7 lbs.

THE END IS NEAR. Imagine waking up tomorrow to a world transformed—an utterly perfect place. With today's turmoil and uncertainty, such a vision feels almost impossible. Yet, what would that world look like? It would be free from war, injustice, sorrow, pain, disappointment, and even death. This might sound like the plot of a sci-fi film—chaos giving way to utopia—but it's a promise rooted in reality, one that God has made to humanity.

Have you ever woke in the morning and asked yourself the question, 'I wonder what today will hold?' You may have wondered what opportunities or troubles lie ahead. We can't predict the future, so it would be just be speculation on our part.

This past February, five Fort Hays State University tourism and hospitality management students received awards at the 2025 Eta Sigma Delta (ESD) Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla. All FHSU student participants received Meritorious Paper Awards for their projects.