Headlines
Aug 5, 2020 - 19:43
(Steve Sabato emailed the Stockton Sentinel the SmartAsset information to pass on to the public due to the fact that Rooks County was in one of the Top Ten…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
The Rooks County Commissioners met with road and bridge supervisor Rich Bouchey at their regular weekly meeting on Tuesday, July 28th. Bouchey presented the…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
The Rooks County 4-H/FFA Fair is this week and the members of the county’s 4-H groups and FFA organizations came out in full force! There are goats, pigs, cows…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
The Rooks County Health Center Auxiliary has awarded the following Memorial Scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year.
Mary Ann Graf, Woodston, $500 to…
What's Happening
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
This past spring Carmen Bray-George was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. She has completed all the chemotherapy treatments and is waiting to meet with her…
Jul 7, 2020 - 21:42
The monthly Stockton PRIDE meeting will be held at Stockton City Hall during the noon hour on Tuesday, July 14th. The Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce’s…
Jul 1, 2020 - 06:59
July is National Parks and Recreation Month and Stockton PRIDE is once again encouraging people to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors! So, PRIDE is…
Jul 1, 2020 - 06:59
In appreciation to all the First Responders for the tireless work they do, a First Responders Appreciation Day will be held on the Nina Desaire farm located at…
Sports
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
The fall sports activities will begin as scheduled for the 2020-21 school year, following action by the Kansas State High School Activities Association…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
THE SWIM LEAGUE had cancelled the swim meets for the season due to COVID-19, but the Stockton Tiger Sharks went ahead and held practices for seven weeks…
Jul 29, 2020 - 08:33
MEMBERS OF THE 2020 WESTERN KANSAS BASEBALL TEAM are front row (l to r): Zeke Balthazor, Haden Hahn, Kolt Kuhlmann and Joseph Cockrell; and back row: Coach…
Jul 1, 2020 - 06:59
The new scoreboard has been installed at the Legion Field down at the Stockton City Park courtesy of a grant from Heartland Community Foundation to help with…
Courts
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
On July 7, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Tammy Lynn Schroeder, 44, of Hill City, was traveling west on K-18 Highway near 16 Road when she struck a deer. The 2005…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
The call log for the Rooks County Sheriff’s Office for the week of July 27th through August 2nd reads as follows: Administrative Calls 332, 9-1-1 Calls 21, Non…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
(If the Stockton Sentinel is ever inaccurate in its reporting of District Court news, we will gladly print a retraction and correction.)
The following traffic…
Jul 29, 2020 - 08:33
The call log for the Rooks County Sheriff’s Office for the week of August 20th through August 26th reads as follows: Administrative Calls 260, 9-1-1 Calls 37,…
Kansas Klips
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
Police make 4 arrests after drug busts in Great Bend
GREAT BEND — Law enforcement authorities are investigating four suspects on drug charges after police…
Jul 29, 2020 - 08:33
Deputy saved a life after car falls on victim
JACKSON COUNTY — Authorities are crediting a Kansas sheriff’s deputy with saving a man’s life on Saturday, July…
Jul 21, 2020 - 19:44
Sixth generation wraps up wheat harvest
HAVILAND — Sixth generation farmers, Cletus and Jeana Clark, and their son Denton and wife Kadie Clark, wrapped up the…
Jul 14, 2020 - 18:36
Two deaths reported in Logan Manor virus outbreak
LOGAN — As Kansas health care officials seek to gain control of a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 at the Logan…
Opinion
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
* With the Rooks County Free Fair going to just a 4-H Fair this year due to COVID-19, I wanted to give a nod to the many notable musicians, entertainers,…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
Here we are, entering the sixth month of a global pandemic, and in many places, conditions are getting worse rather than better. I don’t think anyone wants to…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
Dear Friends:
Enclosed is a check for the note about Edna’s 104th. We appreciate your help.
The paper is still GREAT! (as always).
Have a good summer.
Best…
Jul 29, 2020 - 08:33
THIS AND THAT
* One afternoon while I was playing superhero with my sweet Trent, he started getting out his Marvel action figures, which include Captain…
Community
Aug 5, 2020 - 16:46
GEORGE JENKINS, a member of Helpful Hands 4-H, will be showing his goat, Carmel, at this year’s Rooks County F-H Fair.
Aug 5, 2020 - 16:44
RIVVER AND RAVEN LONG pose with some of the chickens they will be showing at this year’s 4-H Fair. Rivver (right) is holding, Picasso, a paint chicken and…
Aug 5, 2020 - 16:12
MARCIA DUNCAN made her voice known at the primary election held on Tuesday, August 4th when she cast her ballot at Stockton City Hall.
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
The menus for the week beginning Monday, August 10th, are as follows: Monday—Swiss steak with tomatoes, rice, mixed vegetables, bread, apricots. Tuesday—Turkey…
Yesteryear
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
* And So They Say: Jess Riffe: “This weather keeps me hopping, from air-conditioner to air-conditioner.” Erma Jean Price: “If anyone were to try to put a water…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
The 127th Rooks County Free Fair was set to kick off on Sunday, August 13, 2006, with a Free Hamburger Feed, followed by a concert featuring Roger Cooper, an “…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
The primary election was participated in by more people in Rooks County than in any former year, thereby fulfilling in a large degree the purpose of its…
Obituaries
Aug 7, 2020 - 10:04
Gladys Marcum, age 83, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at Wilson Care and Rehabilitation in Wilson, KS.
She was born on January 26, 1937 in Hoisington…
Aug 6, 2020 - 15:57
Paul Jeffrey Page, age 55, Garden City, passed away July 31, 2020, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City.
Jeff was born in Plainville, KS,…
Aug 6, 2020 - 14:31
Erma Maxine Carmicheal, age 91, of Plainville, passed peacefully at her home surrounded by her children on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
She was born on July 9,…
Aug 6, 2020 - 11:45
Wilbur Perry Cotten, age 99, died August 4, 2020, at Medicalodges, Great Bend, Kansas.
He was born April 3, 1921, in Woodston, Kansas, the son of Perry J. and…
Extension News & Insight
Aug 5, 2020 - 20:26
It’s hot and dry out, so must be fair time. Baking for the fair was always a challenge. Each time I would bake my favorite food, and it always seemed to fail.…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
Our family’s summer vacation plans changed three times over the course of the past few months. Initially my wife and I planned on taking our college senior…
Aug 5, 2020 - 07:21
Unsolicited Packages of Seed
The Kansas Department of Agriculture has been notified that several Kansas residents have received unsolicited packages…
Jul 29, 2020 - 08:33
Judging by my mailbox, TV and social media, we are in the silly season of politics. Yes, the August primary is drawing near and the last, final and, in some…
Legislative News
Mar 30, 2020 - 20:19
Hello from Agra. Everyday continues to bring new information and new challenges to all of us. I did not issue a report last week, as there was so much…
Mar 26, 2020 - 11:33
Hello from Topeka! Yes, as of the time I am writing this column we are still in session. The Kansas House moved quickly late last week to prioritize a basic…
Mar 26, 2020 - 11:25
2020 SENATE SCENE WEEK TEN
SENATE HIGHLIGHTS
Week Ten of our 2020 Legislature has concluded with a two weeks early First Adjournment due to the COVID-19…