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BREAKING NEWS

Orphan Train Rider statues at Sixth and Broadway don cold weather gear on a chilly Wednesday morning. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)

Celebrating National FFA Week

FFA members at Concordia High School have decorated hay bales in celebration of National FFA Week which is February 22-29. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)

Harold “Butch” Johnson

Harold “Butch” Johnson, 71, of Concordia, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, in Casa Grande, Arizona. He was born September 20, 1948, in Nelson, Nebraska, to Lowell and Mildred (Sprague) Johnson.

Winter Sports royalty

Karlee Wahlmeier, left, and John Tyler are crowned the Concordia High School Winter Sports queen and king Tuesday night in the Concordia High School gymnasium.

Homecoming royalty

Abby White, right, and Dylan Fry are crowned the Cloud County Community College Homecoming queen and king on Saturday afternoon. White is a sophomore from Peetz, Colo.

CCCC awarded grant for athletic facility

A $200,000 grant has been awarded to the Cloud County Community College Foundation by the Sunderland Foundation in support of the construction of a new athletic facility on the Concordia campus.

News

For the record 2-27-20

Sheriff's Dept. Report

City to close section of First Street for construction project

With work progressing on a project to widen the turning radius at the intersection of U.S.

CCCC has slight increase in enrollment

As colleges across Kansas continue to experience a decline in enrollment, the Cloud County Community College board of trustees received the good news during its regular meeting Tuesday night that t

Sports

Four Panthers to compete in 4A state tournament

SALINA — The Concordia High School wrestling team will have four wrestlers competing in the Class 4A state tournament on Friday and Saturday at the Tony's Pizza Event Center.

Thunderbirds’ season ends with 65-52 loss to Cougars

GREAT BEND — Outscored 21-6 over the final 8:05 of the game, the Cloud County Community College Thunderbirds had their season come to an end with a 65-52 loss to Barton Community College in the ope

T-Birds come up short in bid to upset Cougars, 91-85

GREAT BEND — The Cloud County Community College Thunderbirds didn't go down without a fight.

Opinion

A Closer Walk

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor," Charles Dickens. Laughter is contagious. It's catching.

By By Greg Worthen

A Closer Walk

God's ways are not the same as our ways. Neither are God's thoughts the same as our thoughts. His ways are infinitely better than our ways. Because He knows the end from the beginning.

By By Greg Worthen