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Body The hot and dry temperatures that marked the start of this week are expected to continue through the holiday weekend. Thursday and Friday are forecast as mostly sunny, while Saturday into Monday should be partly cloudy.

Body TSnews Garden Plain, Goddard and Haysville have announced plans for their annual Independence Day celebrations, featuring competitions, food, music, parades and fireworks.

Body TSnews One person is dead and a Sumner County Sheriff ’s Office vehicle was ruined in flooding over the weekend.

Body TSnews CHENEY – The Sedgwick County Fair will get underway next week on Wednesday. The first 4-H animal competition kicks things off early, with the horse show at 8 a.m.

Body Editor’s note: Following are the unofficial minutes of the USD 359 Argonia Board of Education minutes from May 11. The minutes are adopted at the following regular BOE meeting, and are subject to change prior to adoption.

Body Following are next week’s menus for Friendship Meals and Meals on Wheels. The recommended cost is $5 per meal, if you are able to pay.

Body 10 Years Ago The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism recently announced that Kaps, Inc., the Cheney-based convenience store chain, will operate the marina concession at the Cheney Reservoir starting this Fourth of July weekend.

Body Many home gardeners understand a sad truth about the corn earworm: the little critter loves sweet corn just as much as humans do. It creates a yearly battle to fight back the pesky insect.

Body TSnews From her childhood in North Dakota to spending the last 27 years in Clearwater, 4-H has been a big part of Sarah Schill’s life – and so has the Sedgwick County Fair.

Body Kansas used to elect justices, but that changed after a 1950s scheme by then-Gov. Fred Hall. Now, there’s a statewide vote in August that would return to directly electing justices for the state’s highest court.