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Staff report TSnews On Sept. 30, Social Security will be transitioning federal benefit payments to electronic distribution, with paper checks being phased out in most cases.

Space selfie On Sept. 18, 1977, the Voyager I spacecraft took the first distant photograph of Earth and its moon together.

CHENEY LAKE – The Ninnescah Sailing Association (NSA) will host an open house on Sunday to celebrate its 60th anniversary. The family-friendly event will run 2 to 6 p.m.

TSnews Men of Clearwater now have a new option available when they need to head to the barber shop. The Beard Bar is now open in Clearwater, the second site for the barber shop, which opened in 2023 on North Ridge Road in west Wichita.

TSnews The City of Garden Plain is a bit closer to finally having a city pool. The city was awarded $1.635 million in grant funding recently from the National Parks Service through the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ Land and Water Conservation Fund, which will cover a big part of the $3.2 million cost for the pool and aquatic facility.

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will began a concrete pavement rehabilitation project in Sedgwick County on Monday. The work will involve mudjacking, a technique used to lift concrete slabs, on 53 bridges throughout the county.

From September 1913 Meredith, the 5-yearold son of Dr. and Mrs.

Yesteryears 80 Years Ago The surrender of the Japanese was of secondary importance for the time being when three former buddies of the Goddard community, Clifford Gregory, Ensign Charles Means, and Gerald Champ, met in Honolulu. 60 Years Ago Bill Champ of Goddard completed two weeks of basic training with the Air National Guard at San Antonio, Texas.

8 Years Ago Haysville resident Kyle Richardson raps under the name K-Rich. He has written and recorded about 20 rap and hip-hop tracks since he started pursuing rap as a hobby in October 2015.

From April 1924 Here is an ordinance prohibiting chickens running at large in the city, and all persons are hereby notified not to let their chickens loose. Last Friday, a spelling contest was held in the grades, and four people were selected to represent at the contest.