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Harold LeRoy “Pete” Peterson, 95, of Mound Valley, passed away and went to his farm in Heaven at 1:44 p.m., Thursday, May 7, ...

morning at around 4:30 a.m. due to cancer.

John Michael “Mike” Baze, 83, of Celina, Texas, and a native of Parsons, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on April 22, 2026. He was born in Parsons on March 14, 1943 to John D.

John C. Foreman Jr., 76, of Parsons, passed away at 7:48 a.m., Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at the Parsons Presbyterian Manor. He ...

James “Jim” Joseph Dent, 81, of Walnut, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at Prairie Mission Retirement Village at St.

Charles W. “Charlie” Smith, Jr., 80, of Parsons, passed away at 4:55 a.m., Thursday, April 23, 2026 at his home. He was born ...

TOPEKA – In accordance with Executive Order #20-30, Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday directed flags be flown at half-staff on all state buildings, grounds, and facilities from sunup to sundown on Aug. 11 in ...

Shayla Reliford, Jobs for American Graduates (JAG) sponsor at PHS attended a recent Lions Club meeting to tell members about the JAG program at the high school. She brought the president and the ...

ST. PAUL — Suffering three lopsided losses at the Mark Terlip Classic in St. Paul, the Chetopa Green Hornets boys fell to 0-4 on Saturday with a 61-6 loss to Plaza Heights Christian Academy. “It was ...

TOPEKA — The consistent, dramatic decline in Kansas’ wild turkey population prompted the state in 2023 to forbid hunting them in the fall. Simultaneously, an influx of funding and research is ...