June 17, 2013
 Labette County GOP Chairman Mike Howerter opened the 2012 GOP Presidential Caucus for Southeast Kansas Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium. Hundreds of Republicans from five counties participated. One of three computer stations checking in Labette County voters had tallied more than 100 people well before the 1 p.m. deadline.
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 Midwest Metal workers (from left) John Wagler, Stephen Wagler and Matt Wagler prepare to ship a metal panel. The three brothers, along with their other two brothers, Ben and Mark, started their new metal forming business last month in a shop outside Bartlett.
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 Cast members of Labette Community College’s spring musical, “Cabaret,” act out their parts in a dress rehearsal Thursday evening. LCC Performing Arts will present the show at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the college’s Thiebaud Theatre. The show has adult themes.
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Parsons Police Officer Cpl. Jeremy Capocasa went behind bars and played jailbird in an effort to help raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during its Flex For A Cure fundraising campaign at the Parsons Best Western Thursday.
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Shawnee Phillips of Labette Community College comes up with a loose ball during a second-half rally over Barton Wednesday evening. The LCC women defeated the Cougars 69-63 to move into an NJCAA Region VI quarterfinal matchup with Hutchinson (30-0) on Saturday in Wichita.
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Labette Community College sophomore guard Raven Taylor blocks penetration from a Barton County guard Wednesday evening. The LCC women's basketball team faced a 42-28 deficit Wednesday at home in a win-and-go-home game against the Lady Cougars. However, LCC closed the second half on a 27-13 to force overtime and eventually won 69-63 while there. LCC will take on unbeaten Hutchinson in the quarterfinals of the Region VI NJCAAA tourney Saturday in Wichita.
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The Poulenc Trio performs at the beginning of Tuesday evening’s Parsons Area Concert Association show in Parsons Municipal Auditorium. The concert wrapped up PACA’s 2011-12 series. Performers scheduled for next season’s series include country music singer Collin Raye and Masters of Motown, who present a show that celebrates the artists who came out of Detroit.
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Labette Community College sophomore Kala White slaps a bunt during the second inning of game one in a doubleheader with Coffeyville Tuesday afternoon in Parsons. The Lady Cardinals defeated Coffeyville 11-2 and 7-3 Tuesday afternoon in Parsons to improve to 11-6 on the season and 4-0 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division.
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Parsons High School senior Thatcher Murdock (right) grapples with his opponent Marshall Phelan during the 3rd annual Mo-Kan Senior Wrestling Dual sponsored by the U.S. Army and held at the Labette Community College gymnasium Monday evening. Murdock lost to Phelan, a Nixa High School wrestler, by technical fall Monday evening.
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 Kiwanian Shawn Page worked one of the grills Saturday morning at the Kiwanis Club's pancake feed in the basement of the Parsons Municipal Building.
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