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GARDEN PLAIN – Thespians at Garden Plain High School will host a theater day camp fundraiser on July 29. The students are members of GPHS Thespian Troupe 3075.

TSnews GODDARD – The City of Goddard is moving forward with the first projects defined in its 2025-2035 Capital Improvement Program (CIP).

TSnews CHENEY – The 2026 City of Cheney budget will exceed the state’s revenue neutral rate, which means the city intends to spend more dollars in 2026 than it will in 2025.

More than 6,700 University of Nebraska- Lincoln students have been named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester of the 2024-25 academic year. Qualification for the deans’ list varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center.

The news of Dan Carney's death has been greatly exaggerated. In a recent column by Paul Rhodes, concerning a lunch meeting he had several years ago with Dan Carney, it was noted that Carney had died two years after that meeting.

TSnews Wyatt Bracken of the Ninnescah Valley 4-H club in Clearwater was named grand champion in rabbits at the Sedgwick County Fair. He is 9 years old and has been doing rabbits in 4-H for three years.

TSnews ARGONIA – Farming is a tough life. It is even more difficult when you lose your spouse and longtime partner.

TSnews A former longtime Goddard resident was critically hurt in a northwest Kansas crash that left one person dead and a total of four people injured. Dixie LaBrue, 79 and a current resident of Maize, suffered critical injuries in the crash, although her condition has since been upgraded.

TSnews Sophie McCown of Wichita has been working on a Star Wars cross-stitch for a full year. After entering it into the Sedgwick County Fair Open Class competition, she won grand champion.

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.