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NCCC appoints Bagshaw to board
At Thursday’s meeting of the Neosho County Community Board of Trustees, the vacancy created by the resignation of Basil Swalley was filled by the appointment of Craig D
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Local rescue team assists in high water
The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department conducted a rescue that started before the sun rose Thursday, and the Chanute Fire Department Swift Water Rescue Team assisted
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Chanute Christian Women to meet May 15 “Kansas Collage” is the theme of the May 15 meeting of Chanute Christian Women’s Connection, 9:30 a
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Account for Mitchell family established
The family of Sabrina Clifford has announced a fund has been set up at Bank of Commerce under the name of Chris and Mariah Mitchell and Sabrina Clifford
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Emporia State graduation May 17 EMPORIA — Emporia State University’s Welch Stadium will be buzzing with the sights and sounds of the institution’s 141st commencement Saturday, May 17
Emporia State graduation May 17 EMPORIA — Emporia State University’s Welch Stadium will be buzzing with the sights and sounds of the institution’s 141st commencement Saturday, May 17
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Looking back
25 years ago (1983) A new $197,000 project will widen and improve 14th Street from Santa Fe Avenue to the Santa Fe railroad tracks
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Agendas
The Chanute City Commission will hold a regular meeting at 7 p
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County names Road and Bridge interim
ERIE — It would seem that tensions between county employees, the public and county commissioners would have eased now that some time has passed since the trouble started
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Legislature approves penalties for late filing by public utilities
TOPEKA -- The Legislature on Thursday passed a tax package that would allow the state to penalize public utilities who do not file certain property tax returns on time
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City of St. Paul receives USDA Rural Development funding
Water system improvements to be nade ST. PAUL – USDA Rural Development State Director Chuck Banks on Thursday presented Mayor Rick Giefer of the City of St. Paul with a ceremonial check for $285,5
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Flash flood traps SEK pair on car GIRARD (AP) — A man and woman were trapped for five hours on the roof of a car by floodwaters before rescuers could get them out by boat. The water rescue Thursday
Looking back
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25 years ago (1983) A Tribune photo shows local art instructors Mary King, Bob Cross, Alicia Fickel and Rick Bushnell as they set up this year’s USD 413 art exhibit. 50 years ago (1958) New, mod
Humboldt High State journalism champs
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HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High School’s journalism students received first place at the Kansas Scholastic Press Association’s State competition at the University of Kansas on May 3. Eleven HHS studen
Flood warning issued near Erie
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The National Weather Service in Wichita said Neosho River near Erie will be under flood warning until Friday morning. At 7:25 p.m. Wednesday the river was measured at 26.8 feet. Flood stage is 29 fee
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25 years ago (1983) A feature in today’s Tribune tells of the tarantulas which Nancy Toomey keeps as pets. Toomey said tarantulas are native to the midwest, and she found one of her pets at Buffal
Area briefs
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Royster choir to perform spring concert The Royster Middle School Choir, under the direction of Lance Burnett and Russ Vallier, will perform 7 p.m. Monday, May 12, in the Memorial Auditorium in downt
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Craig Lant picks through the rubble of his parents businesses on Sunday morning, May 11, 2008 in Seneca, Mo. Craig's father, Bill Lant owned Lant's Feed Store and his mother, Jane, owned Lant's Bridal Garden located north of Seneca, Mo. Both businesses were destroyed by a tornado that swept through southwest Missouri late Saturday afternoon killing 12 people. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)AP - Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.


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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets supporters who wait in the rain outside the Anna Marie Jarvis Home in Webster, W. Va. Sunday, May 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton toured the birthplace of Mother's Day in rural West Virginia, offering Democrats a subtle reminder Sunday that her fading candidacy remains strong among women and blue-collar, white voters.


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Myanmar soldiers unload bags of supplies aid, donated by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, from a Thai military plane onto a truck at Yangon airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 11, 2008. More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Myanmar's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow Sunday when a boat laden with relief supplies — one of the first international shipments — sank on its way to the disaster zone.


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