The summer seems to fly by as fast as the corn grows. The season starts one week, and the next week fireworks stands start popping up in rural Douglas County, Baldwin City, Eudora and Lecompton. That’s a sign the Fourth of July is here and that summer is half over, at least as measured by ...
Sometimes communities celebrate history in ways other than denoting significant sites or remembering important people. Eudora will celebrate history today, Friday and Saturday by enjoying the 116th CPA Picnic. CPA is short for Cattleman’s Protection Association, a group of vigilant stockmen ...
The Eudora Community Museum completed its $100,000 renovation and expansion with a day to spare. Ben Terwilliger, executive director of the Eudora Area Historical Society, said the final touches on the project of trimming out a utility closet were finished Thursday. Then on Friday morning, 20 ...
The Baldwin City Council voted Tuesday to cancel a scheduled Aug. 1 referendum on a half-cent sales tax that if approved would have provided $202,000 annually for 25 years to finance part of a $3.95 million community center. The action came three weeks after the Baldwin City school board voted ...
With permanent smiles, Thomas the Tank Engine and his friend Percy are patiently waiting at Baldwin City’s Santa Fe Depot for the arrival of fans. The Midlland Railway’s Day Out with Thomas events annually draw about 20,000 to Baldwin City. Allen Kinsley, Midland Railway treasurer, said ...
Leaders of Douglas County’s three smaller communities have made clear their intentions of remaining in office. The mayors of Eudora and Lecompton made their re-election bids official in the last week by filing with the Douglas County Clerk’s Office, while Baldwin City Mayor Marilyn ...