May 23, 2013
 Jamie Willey/Sun photo
Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas, visits with Adam Every and his mother, Diane Blackburn, both of rural Parsons, during a tour of the DaVita Parsons Dialysis Center Monday.
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 Jamie Willey/Sun photo
Kimberly Hawks of Parsons speaks to State Rep. Richard Proehl, R-Parsons, after a Parsons Chamber of Commerce legislative coffee Saturday at Labette Community College’s Cardinal Cafe.
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 Marlan Hoffman of Redemption's Call sings one of several selections during the Southeast Kansas GOP Presidential Caucus on Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
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 Jenifer Bingham, mayor of Baxter Springs, addresses the Southeast Kansas GOP Presidential Caucus Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
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 Labette County GOP Chairman Mike Howerter opened the 2012 GOP Presidential Caucus for Southeast Kansas Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium. Hundreds of Republicans from five counties participated. One of three computer stations checking in Labette County voters had tallied more than 100 people well before the 1 p.m. deadline.
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 Midwest Metal workers (from left) John Wagler, Stephen Wagler and Matt Wagler prepare to ship a metal panel. The three brothers, along with their other two brothers, Ben and Mark, started their new metal forming business last month in a shop outside Bartlett.
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 Cast members of Labette Community College’s spring musical, “Cabaret,” act out their parts in a dress rehearsal Thursday evening. LCC Performing Arts will present the show at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the college’s Thiebaud Theatre. The show has adult themes.
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 Colleen Surridge/Sun photo
Parsons Police Officer Cpl. Jeremy Capocasa went behind bars and played jailbird in an effort to help raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during its Flex For A Cure fundraising campaign at the Parsons Best Western Thursday.
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 Anthony Cook/Sun photo
Shawnee Phillips of Labette Community College comes up with a loose ball during a second-half rally over Barton Wednesday evening. The LCC women defeated the Cougars 69-63 to move into an NJCAA Region VI quarterfinal matchup with Hutchinson (30-0) on Saturday in Wichita.
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 Anthony Cook/Sun photo
Labette Community College sophomore guard Raven Taylor blocks penetration from a Barton County guard Wednesday evening. The LCC women's basketball team faced a 42-28 deficit Wednesday at home in a win-and-go-home game against the Lady Cougars. However, LCC closed the second half on a 27-13 to force overtime and eventually won 69-63 while there. LCC will take on unbeaten Hutchinson in the quarterfinals of the Region VI NJCAAA tourney Saturday in Wichita.
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