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CLEARWATER – A new 5-kilometer race will be held in conjunction with the Clearwater Fall Festival. The Chisholm Trail Trot 5K will take place at 8 a.m.

TSnews CONWAY SPRINGS – At one point midday Saturday, more than 50 people stood in line in the Hired Man’s Grocery & Grill parking lot, waiting to win a prize from the visiting Frankfurters who drive one of the Frankmobiles – formerly known as the Wienermobiles – around the country.

HAYSVILLE – A Haysville man pleaded guilty to money laundering in connection with a federal relief program designed to help United States business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TSnews GODDARD – There are a lot of Stroot Lockers customers who may feel the long-time business has the best meat in the state, and maybe even the country.

TSnews CLEARWATER – As reported in last week’s newspaper, voters residing in the City of Clearwater will have their say on a possible 1 percent sales tax at the end of August. This will be a special election, unrelated to next week’s primary election.

HAYSVILLE – For at least two generations, Kelly Kennedy has been the head swim coach for the Haysville Piranhas youth swim club. He was hired, fired, rehired, resigned, and came back.

Home gardeners face the problem of tomato cracking, or hard cracks on the upper part of the fruit, usually spanning from or around the stem. While the cracks do not necessarily ruin the tomato, they are unsightly, said Kansas State University horticulture expert Ward Upham.

CONWAY SPRINGS – The Conway Springs Community Theatre will stage its summer show this Saturday and Sunday. The group will present “The Marquis Crossing Ladies Society's First Attempt at Murder.” You think it's easy to write a murder? Just ask the Marquis Crossing Ladies Society for the Arts.

There will be one local race during next week’s primary election, the race for the USD 268 Cheney Board of Education. There are 13 candidates in the race for four seats, which is the minimum needed to trigger a primary election.