Santa Claus leaves the Sunflower Mercantile after stopping for a visit on Saturday during the Barnes Lighted Horse Parade festivities around town. Crowds of shoppers, below, started their gift hunt at several shops that were open in town.
The Lighted Horse Parade lit up the start of the... + continue reading
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Washington – Santa and Mrs. Claus will make their annual visit to Washington this Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Washington City Hall. Children can get their photo taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and there will be refreshments and drawings for... + continue reading
The 40th -annual Santa’s Gifts and Goodies Craft Show will be Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Washington East Elementary gym. The event opens to the public at 8:30 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. Twenty-eight vendors will be set up in the 45 spaces sold.
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Two elk were caught on Darin Rothlisberger’s gamecam near the Washington-Republic county line last year. He also heard of another bull elk south of Barnes about three weeks ago, a week before the elk was shot in Kimeo Township.
Elk have roamed throughout the Great Plains since before Euro-Americans settled the area. Their presence in what would later become Kansas was documented by Lewis and Clark in 1804, when their famous Missouri River expedition stopped on the Kansas Side of the river in Doniphan County. An academic... + continue reading
The Washington Chamber of Commerce is planning several holiday events over the next couple of weeks, including a Small Business Saturday event, a Secret Santa event, and a medallion quest.
The first event begins next week. The Washington Chamber of Commerce is encouraging people to find the... + continue reading
Emmitt Jueneman, left, and Jonah Weber take down the St. Paul running back.
Hanover scored 38 points in the first quarter of their sectionals game at St. Paul on Friday. In each of their possessions, it took less than two plays per possession to score each of their five touchdowns. They also converted four of their five two-point conversion attempts in that quarter.... + continue reading
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From William Wineinger Wakefield
Dear Editor,
I feel that I must respond to last week’s (Nov. 28) letter to the editor.... + continue reading
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Basketball season will be underway for all of the local high school teams except for Hanover this week.
Washington County will start with a long trip to Highland to play Doniphan West on Thursday... + continue reading
Members of the Clifton-Clyde High School Cheer Squad include, top row, from left, Gracie Ostermann, Marrisa Francis, Kadence Francis; middle, Brianna Afolter, Rylie Knox, Trinity Robbins; bottom, Ashton Kahrs, Christiana Bennington, Kynnedi Steinbrock, Brooklyn Stevens.
