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 Coming to the Brown Grand 'A Taste of Ireland'
One of the world's top Irish dance shows, featuring a roster of international dance champions, is coming to the Brown Grand Theatre on Sunday, May 4. 'A Taste of Ireland' is a dance and music …
(1994) Making the Temporary, Permanent T-9 Warehouse at POW Camp Concordia moves from temporary to permanent. What a difference the years make between 1994 and 2019.
What happened to all those buildings
(This article is the final of four to celebrate the 80 th anniversary of the closing of the Camp and the 10 th anniversary of the opening of the POW Camp Concordia Museum.)   Part 4 provides …
Community Foundation announces recent grant recipients
CONCORDIA, Kan. — The Community Foundation for Cloud County recently awarded a total of $22,799.50 in grants to four area organizations. The March grants were funded through the Kansas Health …
VFW Auxiliary News
VFW #7515 Auxiliary met March 26 and April 16 at the Clyde VFW Post. Our membership is 193 members. Our program reports for 2024-2025 year were turned in by March 31, 2025. Delegates and alternates …
Attention Area Famers Market Vendors, Local Food Producers, Folks Who Love to Prepare Food and Share It!
I am reaching out to invite you to participate in the Concordia Farmers Market on Thursday evenings from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at City Park. We currently have three large produce vendors, one freeze-dried …
Cloud County Commission Minutes
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Regular session of the April meetings of the Cloud County Board of Commissioners was called to order at 9:00 a.m. on April 21, 2025, in the Commissioners’ room at 811 …
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Sports

CHS's Boone Richard pitching against Wichita East.

CHS baseball sweeps Wichita East, falls to Chapman

Hosting Wichita East in the final non-conference doubleheader of the regular season, the T-Birds got back in the win column with a pair of wins over the largest school in Kansas. In game one, …
CHS's Carter Eakins participating in the long jump at the Lions Club Invitational at Belleville.

CHS track competes at Lions Club, Abilene Invitationals

ABILENE — Matching up with teams from all across the state of Kansas, the Concordia track team competed at the 13 team Abilene Invite and finished with eight top-five finishes. 100m dash …

Panther tennis earns trio of silver medals at Marysville

MARYSVILLE — After fighting the weather at the start of the meet, the Concordia High School boys tennis team picked up a trio of silver medals at the Marysville quadruangular on Thursday. …
CHS's Kenlee Williams swinging at a Chapman pitch.

CHS softball falls to Chapman

Hosting Chapman for a senior day doubleheader, the Concordia High School softball team fell to the Irish for its sixth straight loss. In game one, the Panthers lost 7-0. Chapman got on the …
Luke Donovan teeing off on hole one at the Concordia Invitational. Donovan finished with a tied third place score of 76.
Panther golf hosts Concordia Invite, earns first place as team
In the lone home golf meet of the year, the Concordia High School boys golf team took home first place as a team, with the majority of the team participating in the meet. Concordia won first …
Cloud's Joey Marino swinging at a pitch in game one of the Butler home doubleheader.
T-Birds win Butler series 3-1
In a fight for KJCCC West Division standings, the number 23-ranked Cloud County baseball team matched up with the Butler Grizzlies, with the T-Birds winning the series 3-1. In game one at home, …
CCCC softball sweeps Indy, splits with Allen County
In the second-to-last home doubleheader of the season, the Cloud County softball team swept Independence with a pair of wins. In game one, the T-birds won 12-4. After no runs in the first …
Eagle track earns seven gold medals with fourth place finishes
ST. GEORGE — Traveling out east to partake in the Rock Creek Invitational, the Clifton-Clyde track team finished fourth on the boys’ and girls’ side in the seven-team meet and took …
Clifton-Clyde golf competes at Republic County Invitational
BELLEVILLE — Participating in the second straight green-style course, the Clifton-Clyde golf team participated in the Republic County Invitational. The Eagles finished ninth as a team with …
Obituaries
Theresa Marie McGannon | December 2, 1967 - April 26, 2025
Theresa Marie McGannon
Theresa Marie McGannon, 57 years of age, of Council Grove, Kansas, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Morris County Hospital in Council Grove, Kansas. She was born on December 2, 1967, in …
Steven Ray Ediger | November 19, 1953 - April 27, 2025
Steven Ray Ediger
Steven Ray Ediger, age 71, entered into rest on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at his residence in Jamestown, Kansas.  Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2025, from 1-5 p.m. at …
Larry George Swenson | April 4, 1946 - April 17, 2025
Larry George Swenson
Larry George Swenson , 79, of Salina, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Good Shepard Hospice Home in Manhattan, Kansas.  He was born on April 4, 1946, in Concordia, Kansas, the …
Janet D. Price | December 25, 1943 - April 24, 2025
Janet D. Price
Janet D. Price, the daughter of Kenneth Lloyd Frint and Helen Marie (Morehead) Frint, was born December 25, 1943, in Belleville, Kansas, and passed away April 24, 2025, in Belleville, Kansas, at the …
Chris A. Regnier | June 9, 1962 - April 15, 2025
Chris A. Regnier
Chris A. Regnier, 62 years of age, formerly of Concordia, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at his home in Andover, Kansas.  He was born on June 9, 1962, in Concordia, Kansas, to Warren …
Jay Dee Lewis
Jay Dee Lewis, 65, of Belleville, Kansas, passed away on April 8, 2025, at the Minneapolis Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Minneapolis, KS. Jay was born April 24, 1959, in Castro Valley, …
Gary Allen Hinson | October 27, 1937 - April 16, 2025
Gary Allen Hinson
Gary Allen Hinson, 87, passed away on April 16, 2025, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born on October 27, 1937, in Concordia, Kansas, to Elbert and Helen (Strait) Hinson. On November 23, …
Michael (Zeke) Chartier | September 30, 1969 - April 15, 2025
Michael (Zeke) Chartier
Michael (Zeke) Chartier, 55 years of age, of rural Concordia, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at NCK Medical Center in Concordia, Kansas.  He was born on September 30, 1969, in …
Donald J. Olson | January 16, 1930 - March 28, 2025
Donald J. Olson
Donald J. Olson, born on January 16, 1930, in Streeter, North Dakota, passed away on March 28, 2025, in Concordia, Kansas. He was 95 years old. Donald grew up on a farm in North Dakota, where he …
Elden E. (Sonny) Suskey | October 2, 1950 - December 5, 2024
Elden E. (Sonny) Suskey
Elden E. (Sonny) Suskey, age 74, Abilene, KS, died on Thursday, December 5, 2024. He was born October 2, 1950, in Ava, MO, to Arliss and Arlena (Levan) Suskey.   They moved to Abilene in …
School News

School News - May 1, 2025

Benyshek selected as Silver Key Honorary

MANHATTAN — Kansas State University's Silver Key Sophomore Honorary, a leadership honor society emphasizing community service, has selected 41 new members for the 2025-2026 academic year. …

Concordia Early Childhood Safari

USD 333 is partnering up with several community organizations to bring the families of children (birth through preschool age) to its Third Annual Early Childhood Safari this coming Thursday, May 1, …

CES announces April Students of the Month

Congratulations to Concordia Elementary School's April Students of the Month. These students were selected by their teachers for this honor because they are great students, hard workers, and show respect, friendship, …

School News - April 24, 2025

Gropp chosen as CHS Student of the Month

Concordia Junior/Senior High School (CJSHS) selected Kaide Gropp as the April Student of the Month. The son of Lance and Lisa Gropp, Kaide is a multi-sport athlete who participates in football, …
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Mary Burns, Catherine Burns and Francis Burns were children of Bridget and Hugh Burns, immigrants from Ireland into New York City. Mary, age nine, and Francis, age eleven, were admitted into the New …
75 Years Ago—1950 The Jamestown Methodist Church, which had its beginning when the Reverend Charles Rose began preaching in a dugout in 1872, was celebrating its 78th anniversary… …
There were two tables of cards going at the Wednesday, April 23 pitch party at the Concordia Senior Center. Both first and second place ended in three-way ties. First place winners were Kathy …
100 YEAR May 7, 1925 WEDDINGS: Miss Naomi Regnier to Mr. Howard Hardesty… Frost of last Thursday and Friday did some damage to the alfalfa and some of the fruit trees. Farmers are going …
In June of 2009 four of my sisters and our husbands drove to Alaska, traveling the ALCAN Highway through Canada, a 1,700 stretch of road from the U.S. to Alaska.   We drove long days on …
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