Wilson News

Shawnee County Treasurer Larry Wilson is scheduled Thursday to present county commissioners an annual financial report required by state law.

Wrecks lead to injuries, death By The News staff Law enforcement officials continued to file reports from storm-related weekend accidents, including the death of a Wichita woman killed on Interstate 70 and an injury accident in Reno County.

Icy roads put several motorists in the ditch on Sunday, and were responsible for a fatal accident in Ellsworth County.

Ellsworth Christmas Celebration 11:00 AM Ellsworth City Hall The soup supper will be followed by Santa Claus photographs from 2 to 3 p.m., an organ concert at Village Mall from 3 to 4 p.m. and a parade at 5 p.m. Information: 472-4071. Sunday Dec.

Smoky Hill Development Corp. Open House 4:00 PM Corporation office, 114 1/2 N. Douglas Ave., Ellsworth Monthly board meeting to follow.

Depot fundraiser 5:00 PM Holyrood Fire Department community room Money from the spaghetti dinner will go to the Holyrood Santa Fe Depot restoration committee.

Soup Feed 11:00 AM Community Shop Building The P.Y.W. E.H.U. of Dorrance members will serve homemade chicken and noodle soup, chili, vegetable soup, sandwiches, pie, cake and drinks will be served.

A five-member committee from the Kansas County Treasurer's Association conducted a "peer review" Thursday and Friday of the office of Shawnee County Treasurer Larry Wilson, who has been a subject of criticism in recent months from the county commission.

Grain growers in eastern Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state's five grain commodity commissions--corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat or sunflowers--should be gathering petition signatures now to meet the Nov.

Shawnee County has finished reconciling its bank statements for the last five months of 2008, county commissioners learned Monday.

Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. at the VFW post home in downtown Ellsworth. Free will donation.

Firefighters continue their work Friday morning at the scene of a fire in Wilson that destroyed three buildings including the Wilson Opera House, a doctors office and an auto garage.

By day, the basement of the historic Wilson Opera House had been home for soon-to-be 80-year-old Libbie Sebesta, cataloging the history of the Czech Capital of Kansas.

A fire this morning in the Ellsworth County town of Wilson has damaged several buildings on the town's main street, and destroyed an historic opera house.

This was the scene in Wilson early Friday as firefighters from around the area worked to stop a fire that engulfed several downtown buildings, including the historic Wilson Opera House.

Shawnee County Commission Chairman Vic Miller questioned Monday if Treasurer Larry Wilson's office is following a state law that prohibits it from issuing vehicle license tags to people who owe the county personal property taxes.

In a move targeted at improving communication about finances, Shawnee County Treasurer Larry Wilson is asking county commissioners to require all county departments to submit receipts for their financial transactions on a daily basis to the treasurer's office.

Money for Wilson, Marion and Kanopolis lakes was included in the Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report for Fiscal Year 2010.

Gifford and Elfrieda Spaugh, Hays, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Oct.

By coincidence, all four feature winners in their respective divisions Friday evening, August 21, at RPM Speedway in Hays, KS, were first time winners in 2009 at the 3/8-mile oval.