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Pilgrams Flea Market open in new location on Main
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Pilgrams Flea Market has moved into its new location at 125 W. Main. The store was started by Mike Keenan in August 2012 at 1028 S. Santa Fe. The move began into the new location March 25. Pilgrams is open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and closed Monday and Tuesday. Pilgrams is a family business. Keenan’s wife, Donna Keenan, runs the store’s daily operations. Donna Keenan said the store has a var...
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CES Denver tribute performance on Sunday
Jim Curry has created the ultimate tribute experience and has emerged as the top performer of John Denver’s music today. This Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver tribute is the first and only full-length John Denver tribute to headline in Las Vegas and has been celebrated nationally and internationally. Curry brings his tribute show to the stage at the Chanute Memorial Auditorium on Sunday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m. It is being presented by the...
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Feeback ready to take helm of CHS football
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Ever since word started to spread around the community that Jason Feeback would be taking the reins of the Blue Comet football program as head coach, he has been inundated with phone calls and social networking messages. On Tuesday morning, plenty of excited football players found their way to Feeback’s office at CHS. “I’ve had a lot of positive response and a lot of hugs,” Feeback said. “It’s humbling. It’s humbl...
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Erickson, Egner, McCoy elected to City Commission
Chanute is guaranteed to have a new mayor soon. Current Mayor Jim Chappell was the lone incumbent not re-elected to the City Commission on Tuesday. Challenger Tim Erickson received the most votes with 610, and along with incumbent Tim Egner, who received 523, will serve four-year terms. Incumbent Martha McCoy was third in the race with 522 votes and will serve a two-year term. Chappell placed fourth with 509, followed by Jeff Galemore 478 and ...
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CES sets group discount prices, next season
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter At the annual meeting on Monday of Chanute Entertainment Series, Inc., the single show ticket group discounts were officially set. Single show prices are $20 for adults and $10 for students with preschool students free. The group discount brings the amount down to $10 per person for 10 adults or more and $5 per person for six students or more. Nursing homes will receive group discounts no matter how many residen...
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21-year-old from Brazilton dies in one-vehicle accident A fatality accident involving one vehicle occurred in Crawford County on Saturday
21-year-old from Brazilton dies in one-vehicle accident A fatality accident involving one vehicle occurred in Crawford County on Saturday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Kolter M. Delange, 21, of Brazilton was eastbound on K-146 about four miles east of Walnut at about 1:01 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle drove off the roadway and into the south ditch where it overturned. The report said Delange was killed and his next of kin notified by the C...
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Fredonia students’ artwork featured
FREDONIA — The Children’s Art Month Poster Exhibit is on display at the Stone House Gallery through April 27. Tavis Squires at Lincoln Elementary taught by Mrs. Wambsganss received the Celia Harris Memorial Children’s Art Award.¬†The award was established in 2010 by the Fredonia Arts Council from memorial donations received in memory of Celia Harris, long time Lincoln teacher and avid supporter of children, the arts and creativity. The travel...
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CHS grad, former Chicago Tribune sports editor Rollow, dies at 87
The Chicago Tribune on Monday printed a tribute to Cooper Rollow, who died Friday following surgery on Thursday at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, Ill. He was 87. Born Herbert Cooper Rollow in Wichita, he graduated high school in Chanute. After high school, he served in the Army in Europe in Gen. George Patton’s 3rd Army.¬†He then attended the University of Kansas, where he edited the school paper and received a journalism degree in 19...
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Lawmakers talk fixture bill at Legislative Coffee
King: We have managed to kill 2285 Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter State Senator Jeff King, R-Independence, said House Bill 2285 (HB 2285), which seeks to change the definition of real and personal property, would not pass the Kansas Senate. During the Chanute Chamber of Commerce & Office of Tourism’s Legislative Coffee Saturday morning, King said he sided against the bill because it would inherently lead to an increase in county taxes because co...
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NCCC and Friends University sign articulation agreement
Neosho County Community College made official an articulation agreement with Friends University on Thursday. The agreement allows students to seamlessly transfer credits from NCCC to Friends University, Wichita. NCCC president Brian Inbody and Friends University President T.J. Arant signed the agreement at NCCC’s Oak Room. “We are pleased to partner with NCCC on this agreement which allows a student who completes an associate degree at NCCC t...
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66th annual Lions’ Egg Hunt on Sunday
For the 66th year, the Chanute Lions Club is planning an Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday at Highland Park. But a new twist has been added this year. Radio Disney is scheduled to arrive with its characters at 1:30 p.m. The Egg Hunt starts at 3 p.m. with candy in every egg and “Special Eggs” with dollar coins and dimes in them. There will be two different age groups, pre-school and kindergarten, and first graders through sixth graders. “We hope all th...
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CASA director reports abuse stats to county
Physical abuse down; sexual, verbal abuse rises Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter ERIE — The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Executive Director for the 31st Judicial District Aimee Daniels reported an increase in sexual and verbal child abuse to Neosho County Commissioners Thursday. The weekly meeting was held Thursday because of Good Friday. During the meeting, Daniels told commissioners that instances of physical abuse had gone down, bu...
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CHS senior places in international reading challenge
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter A Chanute High School senior has placed in the top 89 highest scoring 12th-grade students in the nation in the third meet of this year’s WordWright Challenge. CHS senior Dalton Noakes made only one mistake in the February meet. The challenge consists of analyzing a piece of text and answering questions. The challenge is similar to the verbal SAT I, the SAT II in English Literature and the Advanced Placement test...
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City candidates participate in forum
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Six Chanute City Commission candidates addressed a variety of issues at a candidate forum Tuesday night at the Memorial Building sponsored by the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce & Office of Tourism. Three will be elected in next Tuesday’s General Election. Jonathan Johnson moderated, and nine questions were asked of the candidates: Incumbents Jim Chappell, Tim Egner and Martha McCoy and challengers Jeff Galemore,...
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Neosho County near bottom of Kansas health rankings
Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter The 2013 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps survey shows Neosho County as one of the least healthy counties in Kansas. The survey, a collaborative effort by the Robert Wood Foundation and University of Wisconsin, seeks to give a snapshot of the overall health of a community using statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (LBS), Federal Bureau of Investigations (F...
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Safari Museum receives African masks
A West African Mwana Pwo carved wooden mask is one of seven artifacts just received by the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute. The collection was donated by Dr. and Mrs. Pascal J. Imperato of Manhasset, New York. Dr. Imperato is a retired medical doctor, and honorary trustee of the museum, who practiced medicine in West Africa.¬† ¬†¬† “Dr. Imperato’s generosity is a wonderful opportunity for pieces like this to come into public o...
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NCCC Academic Excellence team preparing for state tourney
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Neosho County Community College’s Academic Excellence Challenge team is expecting to do well at state after winning the regional tournament March 9. Team Captain Haylee Merrill, a sophomore from Dallas, Texas who also plays women’s soccer at NCCC, said the competition is kind of like Jeopardy. Each round is played between two teams of students and consists of 24 “toss-up” questions, which can be answered by which ...
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Voorhees’ preliminary hearing set for April 26; Shields on the lam
At her status hearing held in Erie Tuesday, the preliminary hearing for Michelle Voorhees was scheduled for 9 a.m. April 26 in Chanute. Police are still looking for Brian Shields, 26, wanted on charges of first degree (felony) murder and aggravated burglary. Any information on Shields’ whereabouts should be directed to the Chanute Police Department at (620) 431-5768 Thirteen days after a Jan. 25 fire that resulted in a $35,000 total loss of ...
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City Commission saddles next commission with spending decisions
Resolution reduces water restrictions to Stage 1 Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter With three of five commissioners facing reelection next Tuesday, at its regular meeting Monday the current Chanute City Commission tabled the approval of bids for new police trucks and the possible purchase of $87,020 in other equipment until its next meeting April 8. Commissioner Greg Woodyard’s motion to table the bids and purchases came after Commissioner Tim Egn...
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Chanute residents have new cancer treatment option
Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter Chanute residents have a new option for cancer treatment with the opening of the Artesian Cancer Treatment Center. The recently opened center, located just west of the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center (NMRMC), offers patients state of the art cancer treatment through its linear accelerator. “It’s a machine that generates precision radiation that tar- gets most of the cancers we treat there — prostate ...
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