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Health officials will dedicate the new Rector Diabetes Education and Resource Center on Nov. 17. The dedication ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. at the building, which is located on the Labette Healt...
Man waives right to preliminary hearing
A Parsons man facing burglary and drug charges waived his right to a preliminary hearing this week. The hearing was scheduled for Thursday for Dustin E. Schulze, 26, 2430 Appleton, in Labette Coun...
A Parsons man facing burglary and drug charges waived his right to a preliminary hearing this week. The hearing was scheduled for Thursday for Dustin E. Schulze, 26, 2430 Appleton, in Labette Coun...
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Project values rise in October
Construction in Parsons picked up in October compared to the previous month and to October 2008, according to a city of Parsons building permit report. The value of construction projects that bega...
Construction in Parsons picked up in October compared to the previous month and to October 2008, according to a city of Parsons building permit report. The value of construction projects that bega...
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Group works toward saving shelter
By Colleen Surridge Parsons Sun The group organizing to support the Parsons Animal Welfare Society animal shelter to prevent its future closure has a board in place and is moving forward with plan...
By Colleen Surridge Parsons Sun The group organizing to support the Parsons Animal Welfare Society animal shelter to prevent its future closure has a board in place and is moving forward with plan...
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News and Notes
Parsons on Today The Parsons Kodachrome story that will be on the NBC Today show is scheduled to air in the 8:30 to 9 a.m. half-hour block on Wednesday. It is scheduled to air in that time frame...
Parsons on Today The Parsons Kodachrome story that will be on the NBC Today show is scheduled to air in the 8:30 to 9 a.m. half-hour block on Wednesday. It is scheduled to air in that time frame...
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Balloon club is up and flying
By Jamie Willey Parsons Sun A new club in Parsons is unlike any other in the area. Spurred by the need for crew members during the hot air balloon portion of the Balloons, Bikes, Blues and BBQ e...
By Jamie Willey Parsons Sun A new club in Parsons is unlike any other in the area. Spurred by the need for crew members during the hot air balloon portion of the Balloons, Bikes, Blues and BBQ e...
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Group wants to raise $25,000 for museum
By Colleen Surridge Parsons Sun The Mound Valley Historical Society is stepping forward to lead an effort to preserve more of the history of its small town by expanding and updating the town’s mus...
By Colleen Surridge Parsons Sun The Mound Valley Historical Society is stepping forward to lead an effort to preserve more of the history of its small town by expanding and updating the town’s mus...
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VFW to honor vets next week
By Colleen Surridge Parsons Sun Members of Brown-Bishop VFW Post 704 invite the public to join them at 11 a.m. Wednesday for their annual Veteran’s Day service as they pay tribute to the massive...
By Colleen Surridge Parsons Sun Members of Brown-Bishop VFW Post 704 invite the public to join them at 11 a.m. Wednesday for their annual Veteran’s Day service as they pay tribute to the massive...
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LCHS to produce musical
The Labette County High School music and theater departments invite the public to their presentation of the classic musical “Guys and Dolls” Nov. 12-14. Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York Cit...
The Labette County High School music and theater departments invite the public to their presentation of the classic musical “Guys and Dolls” Nov. 12-14. Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York Cit...
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City explains its policy on stray pets
From The City Of Parsons In the past several weeks, sparked by the possible closure of the Parsons Animal Shelter, the city of Parsons and its contracted animal shelter, Allen Veterinary Center, h...
From The City Of Parsons In the past several weeks, sparked by the possible closure of the Parsons Animal Shelter, the city of Parsons and its contracted animal shelter, Allen Veterinary Center, h...
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By Jamie Willey Parsons Sun Parsons utility customers will begin paying higher bills in January. The Parsons City Commission adopted two ordinances during its Monday evening meeting that will ra...
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By Colleen Surridge Parsons Sun Phil Minton was an 18-year-old college freshman at Pittsburg State University in 1979 when he decided to open a sporting goods store in Pittsburg. He had always b...
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Unemployment in Kansas fell in September, although the jobless rate is still much higher than it was in September 2008, according to the Kansas Department of Labor. The unemployment trend was the ...
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The Parsons High School fine arts department invites the public to enjoy a night of music, comedy and mystery as it presents “Curtains.” The musical is hot off Broadway, and PHS co-producers Jim a...
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Street closures Main Street from 16th to 17th will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon Friday for the repair of the downtown entry element lights. Corning from 25th to 26th was closed on Wednesday for ...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled major repairs and resurfacing of the road and parking area within the Mound Valley Boat Ramp Area at Big Hill Lake. The construction work will require...
national news
AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.
Sat Nov 07 02:34:08 -0600 2009
AP - As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.
Sat Nov 07 02:47:25 -0600 2009
AP - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.
Sat Nov 07 02:48:37 -0600 2009
AP - Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.
Sat Nov 07 02:30:54 -0600 2009