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A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight, last Friday night, May 10.

Did you get to see the Northern Lights Friday night? I forgot about them Friday night, until Saturday morning when I saw pictures on Facebook. I kept an eye out Saturday night for them, but there really wasn’t much to see.

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Mayor Richard Clark called the April 15 Howard City Council meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. with council members Martin Hunter, Shilo Crupper, Gary Harrod, Derek Cookson and Jerrad Pope present. Also present was Sarah Evans and Clerk Joanna Hunter.

For more than four decades, Brenda Fox has been educating students in the Hamilton USD 390 district. This month, Fox will close her chapter of teaching Tigers at Hamilton and retire from the education field. She began teaching fourth-eighth grade math in Hamilton 44 years ago. The next 43 years, she would spend teaching third and fourth graders that graced the halls of Hamilton Elementary School. She also coached high school volleyball for 10 years, high school basketball, junior high track and junior high volleyball for one year each.

(not dismissed) for cases heard/paid between April 1- May 8, 2024

Law enforcement professionals are in the business of keeping people safe and secure. Statista reports that, in 2022, there were 70,566 police officers across Canada and 708,001 officer employed in the United States.

Governor Laura Kelly has sent a letter to FEMA asking for an extension to submit a request for a major disaster. The letter asks for an extension to July 29, 2024, to submit for the public assistance program for severe thunderstorms that impacted the state April 25-30, accompanied by large hail, damaging straight linewinds, tornadoes, and tor-rential rainfall resulting in flooding.

(Editor’s Note: Office staff gathers weekly court news from the 13th District Public Access Portal. For more information on a case listed below or any case within the 13th Judicial District visit www.kscourts.org.