Jamie Willey/Sun photo John Spriggs of Spriggs Cement, Oswego, directs the flow of cement Monday afternoon as (from left) Bob Hinman, Alan Shouse and Hugh Lamb spread the cement being poured for the surface of a batting cage at the Forest Park softball field. The new floor will replace a rock footing. The Parsons Recreation Commission also is adding a new set of bleachers, replacing the scorekeeper’s booth, adding four new pitching mounds/home plate combinations in two bullpen areas and adding new exterior fencing to both bullpen areas.

Labette County High School students were out in full force for Friday's rivalry game with Parsons.

Jamie Willey/Sun photo Jed Edward Mosley, 8, makes a turn on a motorized scooter, one of his Christmas gifts, Wednesday afternoon on a Parsons street.

Colleen Surridge/Sun photo While few Parsonians were out early New Year’s Day, the Pumpin’ Pete’s convenience store at 32nd and Main was very busy as customers visited the new store that opened Friday, just north of its former location.

Bob Brewer of Parsons received his 26 gallon pin from the American Red Cross at the blood drive Thursday in Parsons.

Oswego Pastor Phillip Hays looks at memorabilia and pictures of his late wife, Lisa Hays, who died on Dec. 23, 2011, from lung cancer at age 50.