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ArgoniaThursday, Oct. 22Grades 7-12 music concert, 7 p.m., Argonia High School.CheneyThursdayCheney Senior Center: Cards and games, 1 p.m.FridayWalking boot…
Argonia Food Pantry datesARGONIA – The Argonia Food Pantry will be open from 6 to 7 p.m. on Monday. It is located inside the Argonia United Methodist Church,…
WICHITA – U.S. Highway 54 commuters in Wichita will have to deal with an additional closure this weekend.The Kansas Department of Transportation will close…
Staff report TSnewsGODDARD – A woman of Middle Eastern heritage is suing the Goddard School District (USD 265), saying that the she was discriminated against…
TSnewsCONWAY SPRINGS – For one family, this year’s Conway Springs Fall Fest proved to be a poignant time of reflection as the family honored Michael E. Gerber,…
Until my adulthood, I always just thought of rum as something fictional pirates sang about in cartoons.Looking into it now, I know how nuanced the flavor…
TSnewsCLEARWATER – The annual Clearwater Fall Festival will take place this Friday through Sunday.Things get started on Friday night with food and fun. There…
Editor’s note: Fred Cottrell, a longtime coach and educator at Conway Springs High School, and at Douglass High School, died on Thursday, Oct. 8. He served as…
Obituaries
Garold Joseph “Gary” Smarsh, 86, passed away peacefully at the hospital on Sept. 23, 2026. He was born in Wichita to Nicholas “Chic” and Teresa Smarsh.Gary…
Fredric Ralph Cottrell, 86, formerly of Conway Springs, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at Oxford Grand Assisted Living in Wichita.Fred was born on May…
For more than six decades, Adella Harmon was a teacher, librarian, wife, mother, grandmother, and tireless supporter of her family. Whether helping establish…
Brooke Emma Hemberger, age 3, of Conway Springs, passed away Saturday, Oct 3, 2026, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.Brooke was born March 8, 2023, in Wichita…
Beverly Jane (Shinn) Mies, 89, of Wichita, formerly of Conway Springs, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, at Ascension Living Via Christi Village Ridge, Wichita…
Leora B. (Chandler) Jeffries, age 93, of Clearwater, passed away Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. with funeral service following at 10 a.m.…
With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Letha I. Saunders, a loving and loyal mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who left us on Oct. 4, 2026…
Judith “Judy” Diane (Cranmer) Plagge, 89, formerly of Wichita, died July 19, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo.She was born Jan. 10, 1937, in Conway Springs to William…
Opinions
From October 1905 Ten rural mail routes will be discontinued in Sumner County, Nov. 1, and the remaining routes will be lengthened. No routes out of…
9 Years AgoThe winner of the City of Haysville’s flag design contest will be publicly unveiled at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, at the Riggs Park bandshell. The winning…
140 Years AgoThe probability is now good that the north Ninnescah will soon be bridged at two points in the Grand River Township.100 Years AgoCheney Fall…
From October 1941There will be a free show given at the Township Hall on Hallowe’en evening, Friday, Oct. 31.This show is sponsored and paid for by the Argonia…
I first met Coach Fred Cottrell when Times-Sentinel Newspapers took over the Conway Springs Star back in January 2010.I’m not 100 percent sure when I actually…
I had a powerful experience this past week as I worked with members of the Gerber family from Conway Springs, writing a story about their brother Michael…
100 Years AgoU.L. Lansdown, 5-1/2 miles south of Cheney, reports a yield of 92 bushels of sweet clover seed from a field on his farm, or an average of nine…
Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor I got up last Friday morning, and did something I hadn’t done in seven months – I put on a pair of jeans.Yep. I needed…