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On Monday, April 22, Greenwood County Commissioners were presented with information and the annual fee pertaining to storm alerts.

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She’s been Serena the Sorority Girl in Legally Blonde: the musical, Katherine in Newsies, Martha in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and, most recently Cinderella in Into the Woods.

CHADRON, Neb. Chadron State College (CSC) students and employees gathered for the ninth annual Rising Sophomore awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 17. Dr. Jim Powell, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Chadron State College, was the keynote speaker. He came to CSC in 2015 as the Dean for Assessment, Accreditation, Curriculum and Education, Human Performance, Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work. Powell, who became the Vice President for Academic Affairs in 2020, is retiring at the end of June. Grady Fox, of Severy, was among the list to receive an award, under the subject of history. He is pursuing a degree in Social Science, grades 7-12.

The week of April 22 the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) expects to start a mudjacking project that includes various locations in Allen, Bourbon, Coffey, Franklin, Greenwood, Labette, Miami, Neosho, Osage and Wilson counties.

Volunteers at the Greenwood County Historical Society take on many different roles and jobs as they contribute to the work done to benefit the museum. Joyce Bills, the volunteer of the first quarter of 2024, has been a dedicated volunteer for many years. Bills has designed displays; recommended speakers to come and make presentations for the community; worked on family research for genealogical research requests and currently keeps obituary files upto- date. She is ready to answer the phone when needed and directs museum visitors to exhibits that will interest them. Another of her projects is keeping the indexing of The Eureka Herald going, which is a very large project and very important to the Historical Society.

The Eureka Music Club met Monday, April 8, at the Eureka Christ Lutheran Church, with fourteen members present.

The Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating circumstances behind an incident that resulted in the death of a 66-year-old Derby man.

The 12th Annual Flint Hills Classic Livestock Show will be held in Eureka at the Greenwood County Fairgrounds on Sunday, April 28. This event is hosted by the Eureka FFA Booster Club. Over 400 hogs, goats, sheep and beef are shown at the Classic by FFA and 4-H members from all over Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri. There will be three show arenas for the Classic.