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Curtland Edwards-Jackson of Parsons faces off with Jason Clissold of Central Heights during a match at 152 pounds during a nine-team wrestling tournament hosted by Parsons High School on Friday. In addition to the Vikings, Labette County and Cherryvale were among the teams competing. Edwards-Jackson won the match by fall. Results from the tournament were not available to the Sun at press time.
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![]() Syvauna Hinman-Mitchell of Parsons and Alia Khalidi of Rose Hill chase down a loose ball on Thursday night in a first-round game of the Harold Thompson Interstate Classic at Coffeyville. Rose Hill defeated Parsons 52-42.
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Erie Elementary School fourth-grade student Adrian Kerr reads a letter sent to him by military veteran Tony Fuentez of Parsons. The letter, photographs and a picture drawn by Fuentez were sent to Kerr in response to his writing Fuentez a thank-you letter for his military service to the country.
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Service Valley Charter Academy first-grade student Damiya Webb climbs over the fence into a small corral to get the hogs’ food dish so her teacher, Arlene Brimm, can feed them a bucket of slop during chore time at the school Tuesday.
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Firefighters work on a fire at Adkins Reliable Used Cars, 1745 24000 Road, Monday afternoon.
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Erie Elementary School fifth-grade students Matthew Inman, Macy Lindberg, Jessica George and Molly LaForge trim lettuce they have grown in the school greenhouse to take to the cafeteria to be used in lunch salads.
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Food service worker Wilma South gives Erie Elementary School kindergarten students small cups of food so they can sample what will be served for lunch Friday.
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Guthridge fourth-grade students Israel Fox, Jacque Wilson, Tanner Barcus and Brian Farrow work collaboratively Thursday afternoon to create a product, an infomercial for their product and a marketing plan.
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Dani Lewis, 9, gratefully plays with her little dog Rascal following his return home Saturday. Rascal vanished from the Lewis family’s Oswego home two days after Thanksgiving. The family learned Rascal had been found in California. Whoever had taken him later turned him in to an animal shelter in San Diego, which contacted the Lewis family because Rascal still had his collar and tags on. A foundation for indigent animals paid for Rascal to be flown home to his family.
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Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Kelly McIntosh helps investigate the scene of a car-semi accident that occurred early Wednesday on U.S. 400 near Dennis. Master Trooper John Keene was the lead investigator of the wreck and was having a map of the accident scene created. The accident occurred at 6:08 a.m. Wednesday, when heavy fog still hung in the air, Keene said. A car driven by John M. Blackburn, 62, Dennis, was eastbound in the westbound lane of U.S. 400 after turning onto the highway from Gray Road. A semi-tractor trailer (pulling two trailers containing some hazardous materials) driven by Jon M. Palmer, 37, Sapulpa, Okla., was westbound in the westbound lane of the highway and took evasive action to avoid hitting Blackburn’s car. The vehicles collided at the center line and Blackburn’s car got spun around and came to rest on the westbound lane’s shoulder. He was taken to Labette Health for accident injuries. The tractor continued westbound and rolled over in the south ditch near Gray Road and the cab caught fire. Palmer was not injured. The highway remained closed most of Wednesday to clean up debris on the road, remove the truck and take care of the hazardous material in the trailers.
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