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John Rogler has been selected as the new executive director of Pioneer Bluffs, the Center for Flint Hills Ranching Heritage. “It feels like coming home,” he said.

Giovannie and the Hired Hands take the Washunga Days Amphitheater stage on Saturday, June 20, performing between The Highway and Austin Snell. Giovannie and The Hired Guns have built a career on a sound that does not fit neatly into one category.

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1976 Lynn Goss and James Knott among new teachers for USD 417…Val Leitch is elected president of Parkerville High School Alumni Association… Nathan Del son born to Mr. and Mrs.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Less than a week after he visited Kansas City for a free agent visit, former Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed is back in red and gold.

TOPEKA (WIBW) - Five individuals were rescued from the top of a vehicle in a “well-known flooding area” in Topeka early Tuesday morning. An officer with the Topeka Police Department witnessed a vehicle on S.E.

The families of Leonard and Natalie Brabb came together for a family gathering at the Dwight Methodist church fellowship hall on June 7. Attending were: Mark Brabb, Del Brabb, Gene and Dixie Brabb, grand children, Sami and Ivi Nichols, Rocky Ramsour, Tena and Galen Brucken, Jeff and Jenny Feldhausen, Scott and Nicole Feldhausen, Adalynn and Logan Feldhausen, Colleen Anderson, Pat Schneider, Mike and Teresa Tully, Kenton Tully, Doug and Tammi Brabb, Randy Brabb, Shandi and Castyn Andres, Kevin, Megan, Kolton, and Payton Brabb, Jan Brabb, Chelsea Brabb, Toshia Lamb and Paislee McKenna, Scott Horne, Robert and Nancy Horne, Larry and Marilyn Horne, Dawn and Clint Shoffener, and Tucker Shoffener, Linda and Ron Schultz.

(Submitted by Ken McClintock) Council Grove Junior/Senior High School was named in 1918 as Wilson High School, after then-President Woodrow Wilson. It later became Council Grove High School. When the author attended, it was Council Grove Rural High School. Under USD 417, it again became Council Grove High School, until the addition of 7th and 8th grades.

The second annual Food and Forum Picnic Potluck will be held Saturday, June 20, 2026, at the home of Ed and Marta Howe, 23224 Wildcat Hollow Road, Eskridge. The event is planned as an opportunity for residents to gather in the spirit of community, share a meal and hear from informed speakers on topics important to rural communities in northeast Kansas.

USD 417 Board of Education President Terry Powell said Thursday that the board is listening and “recalibrating” after the district’s March 3 bond proposal failed. Powell spoke during a special board meeting called to present results from community bond surveys conducted after the election.