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The regular meeting of the City of Cottonwood Falls was called to order at 6:00 p.m., Monday, June 1, 2026 in the Municipal Meeting Room. Those present at the meeting were Mayor Buddy Sisson, Council Members: Mike Hastings, Greg Campbell, Ryan Spinden, Nick Rogers, Grant Edwards, and Stuart Symmonds, City Attorney.

Each year on July 4, many Americans are in a celebratory mood as they prepare for all the fanfare involved with Independence Day festivities. But Independence Day 2026 stands to be extra special since it marks America’s 250th birthday. Towns, cities and the entire country will be planning much more extravagant July 4 celebrations in 2026.

1976 Donna Frese and Alan Essington earn scholastic honors at the University of Kansas…Dan Cosgrove and Lois Hager enroll at Kansas State University for the fall semester… Heidi Jernigan is triple winner for Council Grove Swim Club during the 13th annual “B-C” Swimming Championships held here. 1986 Jennie Buchman, Alta Vista, named to the All-Star team and named “most valuable player” while attending the Heart of America girls basketball camp at Salina…Deryl Jimerson, Christy Adams, Sid Wilkerson and Nancy Mark among those listed as timers for the annual swimming meet here….A daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, born to Mr.

NWS confirms strength of deadly tornado SEDGWICK COUNTY (JC POST) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that the tornado that struck northern Sedgwick County early Sunday morning, killing one person, has been rated an EF2 with peak winds of 135 mph.

“Quixotry” (pronounced KWIK-suh-tree) (noun) A wild, visionary idea, unpredictable, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism. In 1976, a horrifying discovery wThere’s an orchestra made up entirely of typewriters.

1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled--The crossing point on the sector border between East Berlin and West Berlin had become obso-lete with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Today, the former checkpoint, including the famous sign stating “You are leaving the American sector”, is a tourist attraction.

KDOT says as construction progresses at the K-18/I-70 interchange in Geary County, motorists should be prepared for traffic changes beginning the week of June 22. The K-18 and I-70 intersections are located at Exit 303 on the eastern edge of Junction City, Kansas, where K-18 branches northeast off the interstate toward Ogden and Manhattan Traffic on eastbound and westbound K-18 will be reduced to one 12-foot lane for median construction with a shoulder closure continuing north about .5 mile from southbound K-18/Boller Road.

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The Morris County Commissioner meeting was called to order on Tuesday, June 9th, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Commissioners Jim Barber, David Fox and Wayne Kohler were present. Melinda Small, Deputy County Clerk, and Bill Kassebaum, County Counselor, were present.