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GODDARD – MJ, the first Indian rhino ever born in Kansas – and the first rhino calf born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park – has officially moved to his new home at Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park in Michigan.

GARDEN PLAIN – Main Street in Garden Plain will be closed midday this Thursday for a school event. Garden Plain Elementary is hosting its Careers on Wheels event.

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

Kansas Reflector Gov. Laura Kelly signed several bipartisan bills, including House Bill 2107, which offers Kansans a process to recover damages from wildfires and fires caused by electric public utilities.

HAYSVILLE – Sterling Gaston-Chapman of Wichita, a Campus High School graduate, was one of three players on the Angelo State University Rams basketball team to earn All-Lone Star Conference awards for the 2024-25 season.

Three local high school students have been named as Prairie Schooner Mates for the 2025 Riverest in Wichita. The students are Avery Kassman from Campus High School, Madeline Watson from Eisenhower High School, and Brody Cole from Goddard High School.

A weed commonly found in Kansas lawns can sure make homeowners feel pretty crabby this time of year. But applying an herbicide at the right time can help alleviate crabgrass problems, said Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini.

A man from Goddard died last Friday after being struck on a highway in Wichita. Joel Troyer, age 69, was driving south on Interstate 135 when he apparently lost some cargo and stopped in traffic to get it.

GARDEN PLAIN – Entries are being accepted for the Garden Plain Chamber of Commerce’s Fourth of July button design contest. The deadline for the contest is next Wednesday, April 16.

CHENEY – Cheney High School has named its members for the 20025 football cheer squad and the 2025-26 basketball cheer squad. The football cheer member are Addison Bearley, Landyn Meyer, Ashlyn Satterlee, Kenadi Thome, Brynn Wyatt, Lyndie Burdick, Ella Gregory, Carter Pipkin, Aubrie Webster, Emmerson Bearley, Tori Rosenhagen and Presley Young, and alternate Ruby Meyer.