Ellinwood News

This Memorial Day, history is bringing together a family and the entire community of Ellinwood because of one man, Captain Thomas Edward Cooney.

Since the early 1940s, the 3 Coin Club, a group of businessmen and farmers in Ellinwood has been meeting each day for coffee.

Mary Tudor, social service director at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood, holds up the plaque the facility received from the American Healers Association and Kansas Health Care Association.

Trash service in Ellinwood for the week of May 27 will be Tuesday and Thursday on the east side and Wednesday and Friday on the west side due to the Memorial Day holiday.

Janel Rose is passionate about fresh produce and getting it onto the plates of as many Barton County residents as possible.

If dry conditions persist, Barton County emergency management officials may ask the County Commission to approve a burn ban come next week, Communications Director Doug Hubbard told commissioners Monday morning.

With three players in the top 10 at a Class 2A regional golf tournament on Monday, the Ellinwood High School boys' golf team qualified for the state tournament with a third-place finish.

From June through July, the Ellinwood school district will be offering free lunches for children ages one to eighteen at Ellinwood High School commons area from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you are a registed user and would like to purchase a subscription, log in to view a list of available subscriptions.

The city of Ellinwood continues to go green with the planting of 15 blaze maple trees with the help of a $1500 donation from the Rotary Club.

Ten members of the Ellinwood High School Forensics Team competed at the KSHSAA 2A State Forensics Championships held at Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita on May 5. Ellinwood placed 6th in team sweepstakes out of 37 schools represented in the tournament.