Matt Brock isn't used to turning the first page of the packet to find his name on the cross country results list. Before Saturday, his slowest 5K time of the year was 18 minutes, 17 seconds at regionals.So you can understand why the junior wasn't pleased with his time of 18:36 at Saturday's ...
Andie Jeannin's 58th place finish at this year's state meet in Wamego didn't look as good on paper as her placement last year of 41st at the state meet.Then again, the sophomore didn't run with a cast on her right arm last year either."You could easily put her in the Top 30 without that and ...
Kansas Department of Transportation officials have officially recognized their share of the rising costs of the County Road 1 improvement project in southern Leavenworth County.In a meeting with KDOT Secretary Deb Miller and other state officials Friday in Olathe, Leavenworth County ...
Like many fathers, John Hughes has spent a lot of time watching his son play youth football this fall.He's quick to mention with pride his son Nick's 16 touchdowns -- "14 rushing and two passing" -- as a member of the Lansing Middle School eighth-grade team this season.Hughes said he felt lucky ...
A visit to Tonganoxie this past week by four Russian students and their principal was their way of saying thanks for years of support of their Light of the World Christian School.The four students, Elena Bushueva, 14, Vladislav Danilycher, 14, Alexandera Pyatunina, 15, Vladimir Kotochijov, 13, ...
Services for Leland Estes Smith, 88, formerly of Kansas City, Kan., will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, Lawrence. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, with military honors by American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post 14.Mr. Smith died Saturday, Oct. 27, ...
Services for Johnny Lee Dyster, 74, Basehor, were Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, at Alden-Harrington Funeral Home with burial in Glenwood Cemetery near Basehor.Mr. Dyster died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, at his home.He was born Oct. 31, 1932, in Lenexa.Mr. Dyster was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. He ...
Services for Cleon A. Shore, 79, Leavenworth, were Saturday, Oct. 27, at Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie. Burial was in Hubbel Hill Cemetery.Mr. Shore died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, at his home.He was born Feb. 11, 1928, in Hillsboro, Wis., the son of Amasa and Ivah (Kopenhafer) Shore.Mr. ...
Services for Pauline Rose, 86, of Kansas City, Kan., will be at noon today, Oct. 31, at Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home, Kansas City, Kan. Private entombment will follow at a later date in the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.Mrs. Rose died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, at Hospice House, ...
Tonganoxie Elementary School students recently did their part to help fight illiteracy around the world.Earlier this month, LeeAnn Clark, former president of the Kansas Reading Association, picked up 10 large boxes full of books that will go to children's libraries in Ethiopia."I was thrilled ...