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Labette County Sheriff's Department Detective Darren Eichinger pulls a sample of evidence from multiple meth labs found in Parsons Wednesday.
Labette County Sheriff's Department Detective Darren Eichinger pulls a sample of evidence from multiple meth labs found in Parsons Wednesday.
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Ty Walker, 7,  finishes working on an art project in his first grade classroom at Neosho Heights Elementary School in Oswego.  Ty has a medical condition known as Ectodermal Dysplasias, or Cleft Syndrome. He has already undergone 12 surgeries, but will be required to undergo 3 to 5 every year into early adulthood. Despite being disabled, Ty doesn't let the EEC slow him down. he plays soccer and taught himself how to cast his fishing pull and reel it in. A fundraiser to help the family cover expenses is planned for Sunday in Oswego.
Ty Walker, 7, finishes working on an art project in his first grade classroom at Neosho Heights Elementary School in Oswego. Ty has a medical condition known as Ectodermal Dysplasias, or Cleft Syndrome. He has already undergone 12 surgeries, but will be required to undergo 3 to 5 every year into early adulthood. Despite being disabled, Ty doesn't let the EEC slow him down. he plays soccer and taught himself how to cast his fishing pull and reel it in. A fundraiser to help the family cover expenses is planned for Sunday in Oswego.
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Parsons firefighters and Labette County Emergency Medical Services personnel spent time Monday gaining mandated night training. Monday's training, north of 10th and Main streets, consisted of trench rescue techniques. Training continues through tonight.
Parsons firefighters and Labette County Emergency Medical Services personnel spent time Monday gaining mandated night training. Monday's training, north of 10th and Main streets, consisted of trench rescue techniques. Training continues through tonight.
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Kaitlyn Pemberton, 4, the daughter of Ryan and Jaime Pemberton of Parsons, looks at an ultralight plane during the Tri-City Airport fly-in Saturday morning.
Kaitlyn Pemberton, 4, the daughter of Ryan and Jaime Pemberton of Parsons, looks at an ultralight plane during the Tri-City Airport fly-in Saturday morning.
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Brad Guhr of Dyck Arboretum in Heston helps Aubrianna Keele plant a rose vervain, one of 180 native prairie plants students planted Friday in their new pocket prairie garden on the north side of Service Valley Charter Academy.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Brad Guhr of Dyck Arboretum in Heston helps Aubrianna Keele plant a rose vervain, one of 180 native prairie plants students planted Friday in their new pocket prairie garden on the north side of Service Valley Charter Academy.
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Ruth Zimmerman decorates the front of the barn at Hickory Creek Farm, rural McCune, in preparation for the public’s arrival. The agritourism business opens Saturday.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Ruth Zimmerman decorates the front of the barn at Hickory Creek Farm, rural McCune, in preparation for the public’s arrival. The agritourism business opens Saturday.
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Country music singer Collin Raye performed an intimate set to a Parsons Municipal Auditorium crowd Thursday night. His album, “All I Can Be,” was the first of four albums released to achieve platinum certification. His 1991 hit, “Love, Me” is on that album.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Country music singer Collin Raye performed an intimate set to a Parsons Municipal Auditorium crowd Thursday night. His album, “All I Can Be,” was the first of four albums released to achieve platinum certification. His 1991 hit, “Love, Me” is on that album.
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LaForge and Budd Construction Co. workers pour concrete on Wednesday afternoon for the face of a new dam being built on the downstream side of the city’s old dam on Labette Creek for the water treatment plant. The old dam is more than 100 years old.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo LaForge and Budd Construction Co. workers pour concrete on Wednesday afternoon for the face of a new dam being built on the downstream side of the city’s old dam on Labette Creek for the water treatment plant. The old dam is more than 100 years old.
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Librarian Liz Turner, Oswego Public Library 100th anniversary committee member Heather Brown and committee chair Karyn Carpenter sort through artwork submitted by patrons that will be judged and displayed throughout the library in October.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Librarian Liz Turner, Oswego Public Library 100th anniversary committee member Heather Brown and committee chair Karyn Carpenter sort through artwork submitted by patrons that will be judged and displayed throughout the library in October.
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