Stories from Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Kayden Blaes Samyn, age 11, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday May 20, 2018 as the result of an accident. Funeral service will be 10:30 am Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Mound City First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Curry Cemetery. Visitation will be held form 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Janice K. “J.K.” Lindberg, age 55, of Piper, Kan., “went to God’s house” on Thursday, May 17, 2018. To celebrate her life, her family will receive friends at a memorial gathering from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home. Memorials contributions can be made to the Children’s Miracle Network or Habitat for Humanity and mailed to the funeral home...

These are the times that each competitor from a Tribune Area school is scheduled to compete at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium. Times for track events are approximate based on what time the first race in each event is set to begin...

Kimberlee Blethen got a second chance that could potentially affect her future. During their May 14 meeting, the USD 234 Board of Education, Curriculum Director Nicki Traul and district staff recognized Blethen, who recently completed the district’s virtual adult education program to earn her high school diploma. Blethen is the first adult education graduate who participated in the virtual program...

Residents near Eagle Road returned to the Bourbon County Commissioners Tuesday, when the status of the county’s asphalt projects was given. Eagle Road is fourth – and last – on the list of overlay projects this year. So far, the county has completed laying four inches of asphalt on a mile of 230th Street between Jayhawk and Kansas Roads, but has some “touch up work” on driveways to do...

Residents near Eagle Road returned to the Bourbon County Commissioners Tuesday, when the status of the county’s asphalt projects was given. Eagle Road is fourth – and last – on the list of overlay projects this year. So far, the county has completed laying four inches of asphalt on a mile of 230th Street between Jayhawk and Kansas Roads, but has some “touch up work” on driveways to do...