The Republican is asking all area The new hometown restaurant will feature a fresh and modern design, as well as the addition of WingStreet Wings to the menu. Doug Vander Linden, the technology Information and a first draft of a random drug testing policy were presented to the Burlington USD 244 Board of Education at its regular monthly meeting Monday, Feb. 11. The tournament will feature teams from Hartford, Lebo, Southern Coffey County, Waverly, Burlingame, Madison, Marais des Cygnes Valley and Olpe high schools. Yes 1,812 brought in nearly $1,000 in donations. In the Class 1A Division I substate tournament to be held at St. Paul, the SCC Titans earned the No. The tournament will be held Monday and Tuesday, May 14-15, and will begin with two quarterfinal games May 14. Department of Commerce Southeast County Commissioners took on a There was an addition in 1992 and another in 2008. Monday morning. locally, beginning next R - Gwen R. Birk - 1,780, County Attorney Whittington retires from Lyon-Coffey Electric. WICHITA Coffey County A.J. BURLINGTON Coffey County landowners who do not fence their sewer lagoons could find themselves in district court with the possibility of paying up to a $200 per day fine, if convicted. Adding to the excitement and fun of the Festival will be a pair of new featured entertainers, the Vogts Sisters and the Konza Swamp Band; new events, including the Little Giant Pony Pull and Wings of Love; and a new layout for activities at Kelley Park. Skillman Construction as one of four years at Clifton-Clyde. They attended a mock car crash assembly at Memorial Stadium in Kelley Park. am proud to live where I live, and to The move will not affect and middle school principal. Denise Christy, 47, Burlington, is charged with one count of embezzlement, six counts of making false bank entries, six counts of filing false tax returns and 10 counts of money laundering. The 2015 budget, totaling $10.7 million, will raise $614,790 through ad valorem tax, which is $7,125 more than this year. BURLINGTON A Christmas Eve accident southwest of Burlington killed one man and injured two others, one seriously. Candidates for city offices are featured in todays newspaper. regular May 21 meeting were Mayor 2 Sabetha and Class 4A Division II No. Also planned for the three-day celebration are new events such as the Gravel Grind, an alumni ceremony, Kansas Mud Boggers Mudrun, a talent show and a dancing fairies pageant. one ticket went unclaimed. . Sheriff Randy Rogers recently Host team Burlington (6-2) is the No. at Kelley Park, at the 11th annual 1 seed with a 23-8 record. Helpful Links. LeROY From a quilt show to a greased pig contest, the 64th annual LeRoy Homecoming will offer something for everyone this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. continuous and permanent annual work zone. District Judge Phillip M. Fromme ordered Anthony R. Chenoweth, 24, to serve 19 months in the custody of the Kansas Secretary of Corrections as a result of violating the terms of his probation that was imposed at his original sentencing on Sept. 23, 2010. BURLINGTON Two Burlington men have combined their distinctively different talents to create unique, one-of-a-kind art pieces that welcome visitors to Burlington. Coffey County Health Administrator Lindsay Payer and Coffey County Housing Authority Director Ronda Gilbert initiated the discussion after The storm, called Winter Storm Isaiah, was brewing for several days before it impacted Kansas. the alert classification at 3:42 p.m. COFFEY COUNTY Not a day goes by that former Coffey Countian Von Kopfman doesnt think of the son he lost in a tragic accident about 1 years ago. Award winners as part of Business A handful of candidates have filed came after the board met for 15 minutes News 691: Obituaries 208: Education 176: Local 79: Finance 55: Lifestyle 19: Columns 18: Health 16: Tags. Chief Judge Taylor J. Check out the updated tournament brackets in the link below, and head to Emporia Thursday, Friday and Saturday to support your favorite team and take in some exciting basketball. Wolf Creek exited ; Terry Emmons (D), Pleasant Twp. including various Embankment Road (see map on page The students returned to Germany on Tuesday. Accompanying the veterans were 24 student guardians and seven adult volunteers. The storm formed well to the north and traveled south, largely along U.S. 75. Children sell toys for handicapped classmate. The board hired Brad Harzman as AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill helping Sleezer on road to recovery. the Senior Honors Banquet, landfill fees for structures located on Courts in Coffey County maintain records on everything that occurs during the legal process for future reference, including appeals. is expected to be flowing to customers ; Wayne Bolen (R), LeRoy Twp. Gov. in of a new county commissioner Under the quiet sod or rolling waves their bodies sleep in peace but their destinies as Veterans and in our memories their souls go marching on. annual banquet When the board met Wednesday, Jan. 8, it formally accepted the resignation of CEO Karen Smith, effective Jan. 24, who served two years as CEO and previously as chief financial officer for three years. The tournament will begin Monday, May 13, with the quarterfinal round. the local community. Coffey County Attorney Christopher Phelan filed four criminal charges Thursday against John Scott Massoth, 53, Burlington. 4 seed with a 15-18 record. The fireworks display will follow a parade slated for 8 p.m. in downtown Lebo. who elected him repeatedly She has the most beautiful singing voice, but she is a passionate, headstrong teenager and wants what she cannot have -- to live on land. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 8,360. The Deckers, however, will not just vacation, but plan to spend most of the winter participating in a mission project to build houses across the border in Mexico. Other council members present were Jerilyn Curtiss, Jane Griffith, Thomas Tschantz, Sharon Hall and Dallas Scothorn. Of course we couldnt grant his first wish, so we are happy to be able to make his second wish come true., Commissioners purchase tires, conduct evaluations. town sites were platted. other books to Harlequin, through Hernandez among '50 Rural Hospital CEOs to Know, BURLINGTON A national healthcare Ariz., newspaper. BURLINGTON A 3-on-3 basketball NEW STRAWN Family fun, food, free music and fireworks can be found Saturday at Strawnfest. Station ended its 20th maintenance On Thursday, District Judge Phillip Fromme found Saueressig guilty of one count of theft of property or services; value less than $1,000, a class A nonperson misdemeanor. 3 seed. through July 5. has been retired, can and her parents, Robert S. (Stan) Luke presided at the Coffey County Detention Center Inmate Roster. Candidates are evaluated on their school leadership, school improvement, dedication, professionalism and service to students. Ember arrived at 7:43 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Events and Transportation Show, will Obama (D) 884 To be eligible for the After collecting Christmas on Us tickets for three years, she not only won a prize, but she won one of the two $1,000 grand prizes. by two former A breakfast Rychlec, Colby Johnson, Nik Alfers, The kids will enjoy inflatables and mechanical rides 5-9 p.m. at Jones Park. One display The championship game will be March 2. 3 with a 9-9 record. BURLINGTON Up to $2,800 will be given away Wednesday night during the Christmas on Us grand prize drawing. organized by the Coffey County However, on June 30. Also on the tour will be the Arvonia church, school and township hall. Among the teams competing will be the Southern Coffey County Titans, Hartford Lady Jaguars and Waverly Bulldogs. Walmart director of communications. Beginning in the fall, MT Networks, Madison, will offer Internet speeds starting at 30 Mbps and ranging up to 100 Mbps. This years theme is Storybook Harvest. The seat is currently held by USD 243 Board of Education Independence, 5:45 p.m. All championship bracket games will be held at the BHS gym. and Hartford Jaguars were all scheduled on the Coffey Health System them were 14- and 15-year-old friends. Among the schools competing are Lebo and Southern Coffey County in Class 1A Division I and Hartford and Waverly in Class 1A Division II. Lynn Jenkins (R) 2,741 The primary purpose of a refueling outage is to make the necessary maintenance to provide for long-term safe and reliable plant operation and perform refueling activities. Freeman joined nine other outstanding Kansas sports figures recently enshrined in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. GRIDLEY Veterans, members of the community and students and staff of Southern Coffey County Middle School and Gridley Elementary School shared music and solemn remembrance when the students and staff of the two schools held a Veterans Day Program Thursday, Nov. 16 at SCCMS. its annual retreat. News tips? Neosho Street. of activities, kicking off with at Lebo; Don Hilliard, and Juvenile Arthritis. Those observing the meeting were Kraig Kirchner, County Treasurer Karen Maley and Illa Weeks. Teams winning in tonight's games will play for the championship at 6 p.m. (girls) and 7:30 p.m. (boys). The colorful and engaging redesign features local photography from the Capture Coffey County Photo Contest, and large, colorful buttons that make navigating the website easy. my breathing. News Releases; Events Calendar; 2022 Kansas Agriculture Celebrations; . The CHS Board of Trustees made BURLINGTON A Walmart spokesperson Phelan stated he made his decision based on his upcoming appointment as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State. Notice to Bidders: USD 244 Burlington, KS is seeking bids from interested and qualified Roofing Contractors for the Roofing Replacement at Burlington High School, 830 Cross Street, Burlington, KS. Township Trustee Governor Kelly Announces Kansas Ranked #1 in Private Investment Per Funds from the tickets sold for the tour will go toward the matching part of the grant. The state tournament will be held at Hutchinson Sports Arena at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson Wednesday, March 6, through Saturday, March 9. For teams falling in the championship semifinals, third-place games will be held at 3 p.m. (girls) and 4:30 p.m. (boys). In the Class 4A Division II regional baseball tournament to be held at Camerson Field in Wichita and hosted by Wichita Collegiate High School, the Burlington Wildcats earned the No. EMPORIA The Lyon County League basketball tournament will begin with quarterfinal games Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 21 and 22, at White Auditorium in Emporia. BURLINGTON, Kan. (KWCH) - Governor Laura Kelly announced Monday that EMP Shield, an industry leader in protecting electronic devices from destructive magnetic pulses, plans to invest $1.9 billion in a computer chip manufacturing facility in Burlington. AUSTIN, Texas Wichita State University Shocker Aaron True claimed First Team All-America honors in the mens javelin throw Wednesday, June 5, at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Mika A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. The county seat and most populous city is Burlington. 10-gigabit backbone fiber optic system courtroom at the Franklin County Smith served as CEO for two years, after having been chief financial officer for three years. The tournament will begin at 2 p.m. with a quarterfinal match between SCC and St. Paul. 3 seed. March 21. Area Governors Scholars included Taylr Bahr, Burlington; Morgan Bolen, Hartford; Claudia Hein, Lebo; Erikah Lyons, Southern Coffey County; and Hannah Gentry, Waverly. p.m. April 19. 6-seeded Lebo Lady Wolves at 4 p.m. Monday. Saueressig, County Clerk Angie 2 Burlingame will take to the court at 5:30 p.m. and No. 1 seed with a 15-5 record, while the Waverly Bulldogs are seeded third with a 6-13 record. The boys bracket has state-ranked teams in the top three positions. survey and approved a change in a departments sponsored by the Kansas National night. The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released the brackets for Class 3A substate basketball tournaments. On Thursday, May 11, District Judge Phillip Fromme sentenced Daniel Harris to the maximum sentence of 34 months in prison for one count of involuntary manslaughter, a level five person felony, for the unintentional but reckless shooting death of his mother, Niki Harris, 61. prizes offered during the first Class 3A No. BHS Theatre stages their production Ember is the daughter of Dale Flaxbeard II and Olivia Serl, Burlington. at the June 24 board of trustees meeting. The purpose of the six executive sessions was to discuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) will implement a new program from 2023 through 2026 which will benefit the property owners of inactive fueling facilities. care business during a special meeting Family, friends and colleagues that included law enforcement, court staff and attorneys packed the Phillip M. Fromme Courtroom Friday afternoon, Feb. 16, to witness a robing ceremony and an oath administered by Justice Eric Rosen. Witteman resigned Oct. 17 to accept an appointment to the Fourth Judicial District bench. that will soon be razed. bench following a formal application Spatz entered the Army Air Corps in November of that year and became one of the 80 airmen who, under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle, flew from the U.S.S. In the Class 2-1A regional baseball tournament to be held at McDonald Stadium in El Dorado and hosted by Flinthills High School, the Lebo-Waverly Wolfdogs earned the No. Coffey County districts, the following a council members resignation and approved several personnel-related motions. another.. This is the 12th year for the promotion, which kicks off Friday. Saturday night. outlay fund. Since the end of its last refueling outage, Wolf Creek was online for 491 consecutive days, safely generating carbon-free power around the clock. He began to have health concerns 18 months ago and was treated at Childrens Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Devening became one of the first four-year letter winners in the programs history, and he served as a team captain both his junior and senior seasons. making a number of other personnel BURLINGTON Last Friday, Wolf Creek plant operators shut the unit down due to a small water leak in the cooling system. Many other Kansas communities were represented by the observers. totaling up to $3,000 to people Cliff Williams, Twenty-four veterans, 24 contract with former nuclear plant. BURLINGTON Coffey County Commissioners on Monday approved the purchase of new election equipment and approved the purchase of a component to fix an emergency communication issue. winner was a Hoovers Rewards card The signing took place during the noon hour at the Bowyer Community Center in Emporia where a reservoir advisory meeting was being held. There is no way to simulate it during the regular season because there is such a finality to it. The council accepted the resignation Laux took the helm on March 31, following Strawn filming an infomercial to promote school enrollment in Kansas, LeRoy- Not bad, considering OK Kids was competing with the Kansas State Fair, rescheduled high school football games and volleyball tournaments. BURLINGTON Coffey County Commissioners on Monday made a large contribution for a community building in Lebo, donated funds to the Southern Coffey County High School Honor Flight and further discussed the interim IT director position in executive session. BURLINGTON The Coffey Health 8 MdCV will play No. COVID-19 Information. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, quilts may be dropped off at Sticks and Weeds for the quilt show. John BURLINGTON The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced it send an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) to the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station to review the circumstances surrounding an automatic reactor trip and loss of offsite power that occurred there on Jan. 13. R - Bill Otto 1,209 Commissioners on Monday approved She recently opened Fuga Winery, LLC to the public after more than nine months of securing the proper licenses and permits. BURLINGTON Burlington Middle Schools seventh-grader, Braden Myers, is a natural when it comes to spelling. The commission The family-oriented event, centered at John Redmond Reservoirs Riverside West, will include fishing, boat rides, a petting zoo, trap shooting, horse rides, food, magic, hayrack rides and much more, rain or shine. requests, approved the names of two candidates for district At its Aug. 11 regular monthly meeting, the board passed the budget, as published in the July 22 and July 29 issues of The Coffey County Republican. EMPORIA The Lyon County League basketball tournament will begin with first round games Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 23 and 24, at White Auditorium in Emporia. Board member George Smith opposed the motion, while Jeff Finlayson, Shane Fejfar, Dale Williams, Monique Hart and Lance Link voted in favor. The tournament will begin with the girls' quarterfinal games, including a 7 p.m. match-up between Burlington and Fredonia/Longton-Elk Valley, on Monday, Feb. 25. and boys quarterfinal games, including a 7 p.m. match-up between Burlington and La Cygne-Prairie View, on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Once completed, the engineer's office will be moved from the Coffey County Courthouse to the county shop. contest finale will be held Arlin Meats, Jim Dale, Kansas 76th District Representative Eric Smith of Burlington says growing the local job market is only part of the benefit to Coffey County and the surrounding area. Cleat Buckbee and Junior Adams, veterans from Emporia American Legion Post No. There is an entry fee per team, and games will start at 8 p.m. For more information, contact Travis Sipe at (620) 364-6819. Paula Saueressig, 59, Burlington, was originally accused of embezzling more than $80,000 from her employers, Chris and Catherine Faimon, in 522 separate incidences between Nov. 21, 2007 and Oct. 17, 2012. Killough bid $75.45 per ton and They have legally bred and raised domesticated deer on their property since 2006, and built a hunting facility at their property on Quail Lane in 2015-16, with guided hunts as one aspect of their operation. Emporia. Council member Bill Scott was absent. has plans to build a scaled-down version The semifinals and championship games will be played May 17. of the season so far, on tap to arrive Saturday, 2020 Girls' Burlington Invitational Tournament field TOPEKA Kansans from across the state joined Gov. According to Burlington USD 244 Superintendent Craig Marshall, the school board discussed the project at 1. A quick round of freezing rain and drizzle with move through portions of the area this evening and on through tonight. Judge Fromme sentenced her to 154 months in prison for the first charge of second-degree unintentional murder of her newborn son and seven months for the second charge of aggravated endangerment of a child. the way to the airport, stops Financial ; Dale Hinderliter (D), Rock Creek Twp. Harold A. 7 seed Erie (3-13) and No. Farm permits require the driver to 3 seed, and Pioneer League rival Iola (9-18) is the No. Read the story | Subscribe, LEBO The Lebo High School Class of 2012, on Sunday afternoon, May 20, had 27 students graduate from high school and 24 eighth graders promoted into high school. BURLINGTON Wolf Creek Generating Station will face additional inspections and oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, due to the evaluation of a Jan. 13 incident that resulted in a loss of off-site power. Governing body present at the Thursday, June 13 regular meeting were Mayor Mark Petterson and council members Richard Croll, Jeanne Haas, Gary Haehn, Rhonda Taylor and Quarterfinal games will be held Tuesday at the middle and high school gyms, with girls games at 3:30 and 6:40 p.m. and boys games at 5:05 and 8:15 p.m. Semifinal games will be held Friday, Jan. 19, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Games to determine seventh, fifth and third places and the championship will be held Saturday, Jan. 20, beginning at 12 p.m. Read about the teams in the Burlington Invitational Tournament team summaries in the link below, see how they line up in the official tournament bracket in the second link below, and come out for an exciting week of basketball in Burlington. Monday morning meeting on issues Sunday evening, The Victorymen, from Oronogo, Mo., will perform Southern Gospel music at a special service at 6:30 p.m., followed by refreshments and fellowship. The winners of the two matches will face off in the championship match. The Lanktons learned through the CARES program there are dogs specifically trained to detect early warning signs of extremely high or low blood sugar. In the Class 4A Division II substate tournament to be held at Garnett, the Burlington Wildcats captured the No. at Saint Lukes Mid America BURLINGTON Coffey County Treasurer Karen Maley has filed a civil suit in Coffey County District Court naming the Board of County Commissioners of Coffey County as defendants. week of the Christmas on Us After the semifinal matches, the championship match will be held and will feature the winners of the two semifinal matches.