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CHADRON - Grady Fox of Severy earned President’s List honors at Chadron State College for the Spring 2024 semester. The President’s List consists of students with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. To qualify, students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework, be seeking their first bachelor’s degree, and have no incomplete grades during the semester. Cities, states, and countries listed are provided by the students.

TOPEKA— The Kansas Historical Society announced that applications are now available for the Kansas Rural Preservation grant program. The Kansas Historical Society received a $750,000 grant from the National Park Service's Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program and those funds are now being offered through this subgrant program to the owners of historic downtown commercial properties for repair and rehabilitation projects.

EMPORIA- Nearly 700 undergraduates were named to the Emporia State University honor roll. Students from this area on the honor roll include: Zoey Kelly and Victoria Perkins of Eureka, Bryson Turner and Laramie Walford of Hamilton, Ava Foltz, Josie Reed and Ryan Wolgram of Madison and Hondo Garcia of Virgil.

This June marks the eightieth anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, widely-referred to as D-Day, during World War II. On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in France. The Normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history and marked the culmination of planning that began in 1943. D-Day is often characterized as a success that led to the liberation of Europe from the stranglehold of the Nazis, and rightfully so. But the Allied forces paid a heavy price for the victory, as more than 9,000 soldiers lost their lives within the first 24 hours of the landings.

Chairman Jake Liebau called the May 13 regular meeting of the Elk County Commission to order at 1 p.m. Commissioner Doug Hendricks and Commissioner Perry Russell were all present as well as County Clerk Kerry Harrod, County Counselor Paul Dean, Todd Winscher, Rural Fire; Erica Cordell, EM; Chris Miller, Deputy Appraiser; Kristina Kraft, Deputy Treasurer; Don Sanders, Public Works; Shari Kaminska, Community Development; Stefni Hebb, Deputy Clerk; Stephanie Ollenborger, ROD; Kandy Dowell, Health; Ken Mitchell, EMS; Kaye Spooner, Jacob Hurla and Tyler Garst.

(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.

Throughout the year, Eureka Public Library (EPL) hosts various events to encourage patrons to visit the local library. Not only can you rent books, audiobooks and movies; but, you can also join staff for craft activities, story hours and even game nights.

out the largest train robbery in American history on June 12. The gang makes off with more than $3 million (the equivalent of roughly $54 million in 2024) after stopping mail train number 57 near Rondout, Illinois.

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