De Soto News

Vearl was born March 25, 1918, in Linn County to Percy Cox and Ethel Poole Cox. He was the fourth of six children.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Department says the refrigerator was abandoned in a field near the town of De Soto.

According to a press release issued by the Johnson County Sheriff's Department late Thursday, Matthew Scott Flowers, 28, has been missing from his De Soto, KS, home for two days.

Fred Bartle, the clever welterweight wrestler who has made Hutchinson his headquarters, had no difficulty in winning his match from Krnest Linn, of Manchester, Okla.

At least two dozen students from De Soto, Kan., High School were rushed to a Pennsylvania hospital with possible food poisoning Wednesday.