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2 months ago | 
chanute.com | Ray Nolting
The Chanute USD 413 Board of Education this month heard good things from teachers about the new language arts program in the district. Last March, the school board approved Amplify: Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) program for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The reading program focuses on building foundational reading skills through phonics instruction and content- based texts that leads to decoding words effectively.
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2 months ago | 
chanute.com | Ray Nolting
The Chanute City Commission on Monday continue discussion on getting a new tenant at the Stone Creek Golf Course clubhouse to operate a restaurant. The clubhouse roof is being repaired now and should be done in March. Dalton’s Back 9 was in the restaurant for seven years and Colborn’s Kitchen was there less than a year more recently. Colborn’s signed a year lease in April 2023. Ideally, a new restaurant would be in place by April, but commissioners acknowledged the search may take longer.
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2 months ago | 
chanute.com | Ray Nolting
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce and Office of Tourism recognized Chanute businesses and individuals for their contributions to the community. The chamber honored Hi-Lo Industries, doing business as Bridgewood Cabinetry, for Business of the Year; the Chanute Community Foundation for the community investment; and David Petersen for volunteerism.
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2 months ago | 
chanute.com | Ray Nolting
ERIE — Neosho County commissioners on Tuesday interviewed an accountant about conducting a forensic audit on four departments in the county: Clerk, treasurer, county attorney and the landfill. Matt Brown, senior director of J.S. Held LLC, visited with commissioners by phone. Commissioners have been concerned about spending or accounting procedures in these departments in the recent past.
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2 months ago | 
parsonssun.com | Ray Nolting
OSWEGO — Labette County commissioners on Friday met with Sontana Johnson for a discussion on the Juneteenth holiday. Johnson is CEO of Southeast Kansas Juneteenth Foundation, a non-profit that supports and promotes the annual holiday. The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in 1863, but slaves near Galveston, Texas, didn’t hear about the proclamation until June 19, 1865.
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2 months ago | 
parsonssun.com | Ray Nolting
ERIE — Chasity Foreaker, deputy Neosho County clerk, was nominated to fill the clerk’s position last week by the county’s Republican committee. The nomination goes to Gov. Laura Kelly’s office. Dey-Leigh Umbarger was elected in August 2024 as county clerk, defeating incumbent Heather Elsworth. However, the week before Umbarger was to take office, she notified the clerk’s office that she decided against taking the position for personal reasons.
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2 months ago | 
chanute.com | Ray Nolting
ERIE — Chasity Foreaker, deputy Neosho County clerk, was nominated to fill the clerk’s position last week by the county’s Republican committee. The nomination goes to Gov. Laura Kelly’s office. Dey-Leigh Umbarger was elected in August 2024 as county clerk, defeating incumbent Heather Elsworth. However, the week before Umbarger was to take office, she notified the clerk’s office that she decided against taking the position for personal reasons.
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2 months ago | 
chanute.com | Ray Nolting
Roof repairs on the clubhouse at Stone Creek Golf Course should be done by the end of March and the search for a restaurant for that space continues, Chanute city commissioners heard this week. City Manager Todd Newman told commissioners the work would be done before golf season starts in April. Commissioners asked about the kitchen and if it would need work before a restaurant would move in the space. Newman didn’t think that would be a problem, depending on the menu the business would cater to.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
chanute.com | Ray Nolting
ERIE — Neosho County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to settle a civil lawsuit with a Fort Scott law firm over unpaid legal fees for former County Attorney Linus Thuston. The county commission agreed to pay $15,000. The Reynolds Law Firm, P.A., of Fort Scott filed the suit in Neosho County District Court in July 2024. The petition alleged that commissioners agreed to hire the law firm in 2017 to defend Thuston against disciplinary complaints. The law firm charged $250 an hour.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
chanute.com | Ray Nolting
Members of Chapter 309 of the Christian Motorcyclists Association had a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Saturday evening for the various ministries of the international organization. The event took place at the Chanute Nazarene Church. The local CMA chapter has 17 members from Chanute, Iola, Uniontown, Fort Scott and Pleasanton, holds fundraisers throughout the year. Saturday’s event was for the CMA’s Run for the Son, which is an international evangelical effort that circles the globe.
