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Concordia residents arrested during execution of warrant

Heath Trost: memories from the front lines - Part 1

EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IS PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES THAT WILL RUN IN FRIDAY EDITIONS OF THE BLADE-EMPIRE NEWSPAPER.

Joan Lawton, winner of the Blade-Empire’s Valentine Hide and Seek Hidden Cuties Contest displays the prize basket donated by Britt’s Fountain and Gifts.

CALVING SEASON

The Tallgrass Veterinary Hospital is busy with calving season underway. In the photo Dr. Brad Robert and veterinary assistant Michelle Cottenmyre prepare to resect an umbilical infection on a newborn calf.

CALVING SEASON

The Tallgrass Veterinary Hospital is busy with calving season underway. In the photo Dr. Randall Hobrock and veterinary assistant Heath Ramsey check a cow brought to the hospital with a birthing issue. I

Brown Grand Players to present “Almost Maine”

'Almost, Maine' is coming to Concordia, Kansas. The Brown Grand Players will bring the fictional town of Almost to life in their rendition of the popular play on Friday evening, February 15, at 7 p.m. at the Brown Grand Theatre.

Winter Sports royalty

Tim Peltier, left, and Angelina Martynyuk were crowned the 2019 Concordia High School Winter sports king and queen prior to the wrestling dual against Clay Center Thursday night in the

News

Heath Trost: memories from the front lines - Part 1

EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IS PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES THAT WILL RUN IN FRIDAY EDITIONS OF THE BLADE-EMPIRE NEWSPAPER.

By By Russell Gagnon

School board approves CMAR process

A month after voting to publish a notice of intent to use an alternative method for construction services, the Concordia Unified School District 333 board of education approved the Construction Man

For the record 2-14-19

Police Dept. Report

Sports

Three Concordia wrestlers qualify for state tournament

LINDSBORG — Concordia High School sophomore Hunter Schroeder is returning to the Class 4A state wrestling tournament and will be accompanied by teammates Jordan Anguish and Sajen Kemling.

Cloud County outlasts Pirates in OT, 99-96

INDEPENDENCE — Needing wins in their final two games of the regular season to have a shot at finishing in the top four in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division and hosting a first-round game in t

CCCC men win first Region 6 title

PITTSBURG — Recording six event wins, two each by Santino Kenyi and Louis Humbert, the Cloud County Community College men’s track and field team captured its first Region 6 Indoor Championships tit

Opinion

Letter to the Editor 2-15-19

Dear editor,

A Closer Walk

We may struggle from time to time with unbelief. This is different from doubt, which likely most or all of us have on occasion. The father of a boy experiencing convulsions had unbelief.

By By Greg Worthen

A Closer Walk

Is the Old Testament important to us, as New Testament Christians, attending New Testament churches? What does the Old Testament have to do with us?

By By Greg Worthen

Lifestyle

Concert season continues with Sons of Serendip

The Concordia Concert Association 2018-19 season continues with a performance by Sons of Serendip on November 2 at 7 p.m. at the Brown Grand Theatre.

It’s Cleaning Time!!

Please Help Us Clean The Blade ..... If you recognize a photo or photos, stop by the Blade-Empire office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday and pick up the photo or photos. Thanks!

Obituaries

JOHNNIE L. MOSHER

Johnnie L. Mosher, age 100, left this earthly life on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at his family farm near Concordia, Kansas. He was born on Dec.

DAVID B. CUNNINGHAM

Glen Elder – David B. Cunningham, Glen Elder, KS passed away at Salina Regional Hospital after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer on February 9, 2019, at the age of 64.

MARILYN K. HOWARD

Marilyn K. Howard, age 64, passed away on Sat., Feb. 9, 2019 at her home in rural Jamestown, KS. She was born in Colby, KS on July 9, 1954 to Robert M. & L. Irene (Mall) Davis.