Parsons USD 503 is having the gym floor at Parsons High School stripped of all surface coatings, taking it down to the wood, and then having it recoated.

Despite the pandemic, the valuation of local construction projects in August still outpaced the total in the same month last year.

A Labette County judge on Friday agreed to reduce a prison sentence and then change that sentence to probation for a woman convicted of conspiracy to make methamphetamine.

OSWEGO — A gas pipeline company provided safety information to the Local Emergency Planning Committee for Labette County on Thursday.

A Parsons man who pleaded to four felonies in May and faces 15 years in prison may be sentenced in late October.

Preliminary estimates reported by the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 6.9% in August. This was a decrease from 7.2% in July and an increase from 3.1% in August 2019.

Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Parsons, is offering a three-day drive-thru flu shot clinic in the parking lot at 1509 Main St. now through Saturday. There is no out-of-pocket cost for participants.

The city of Parsons will spend about $40,000 from a round of coronavirus relief funding to build a barrier for second-floor offices in the Municipal Building.

INDEPENDENCE — An Altamont man died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle wreck near the U.S. 169-U.S.160 junction east of Independence on Saturday evening.

CHERRYVALE — A Cherryvale man died while cleaning up along a highway south of Cherryvale Thursday night.

At least three city commissioners were still undecided Thursday about whether to let a mask mandate expire on Oct. 1.

The Great Plains Industrial Park may borrow up to $150,000 from a city fund to pay its share of a road project.

The Kansas Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of a Wednesday house fire in Parsons.

Parsons police arrested a juvenile Thursday afternoon on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly firing multiple gunshots at a man in a car.

A Parsons man made a first appearance on charges alleging he broke into an occupied home and assaulted the homeowner. The homeowner shot the man with a 9 mm handgun.

ALTAMONT — The Labette County Farm Bureau annual meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Altamont City Park, 620 Wabash. Members are asked to bring lawn chairs.

At its regular meeting last week, the Labette Community College Board of Trustees approved the purchase of bipolar ionization devices at a cost not to exceed $170,000.

Parsons Presbyterian Manor’s COVID-19 outbreak is closed, according to the Labette County Health Department. With no new cases identified at the Manor since Aug. 16, two full incubation periods have passed with no new positive cases of COVID-19.

The Parsons Planning Commission on Tuesday ruled favorably on a zoning change for a new greenhouse and retail building at Olson’s Ace Hardware.

Labette County Commissioner Doug Allen, who represents the 3rd District, announced Tuesday night that he was resigning effective Nov. 6. By that date he will have served four years on the commission.

By The Sun Staff

An employee of a self-storage business in north Parsons saw an apparent burglary in progress Monday morning and called police. The call and the subsequent investigation led to two arrests and the recovery of stolen property.

ALTAMONT — The Labette County USD 506 Board of Education approved pay increases for classified staff and building administrators Monday during its regular monthly meeting.

The first in-person preliminary hearing was to take place Monday afternoon in Labette County District Court. 

OSWEGO — The Oswego USD 504 Board of Education heard Monday the district is down to 21 remote learners districtwide.

ERIE — The owners of a grocery store will get another look at a proposed contract for the sale of their business to the city of Erie.

CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale-Thayer USD 447 Board of Education heard more information on gating criteria, which is information that helps districts decide when moving to remote learning is necessary.

OSWEGO — Labette County commissioners are looking at sharing with Great Plains Industrial Park a portion of increased fees collected in the future from overweight trucks carrying wind turbine parts.

A portion of newly updated rail system at Great Plains Industrial Park will have to be replaced again following a derailment in August.

McCUNE — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has yet to attach an identity to the human remains found Aug. 10 northeast of McCune.

CenturyLink has repaired the fiber optic line that was cut on Friday morning and knocked out 911 and some phone service in the Oswego and Altamont areas.

BAXTER SPRINGS – Baxter Springs High School switched to remote learning Thursday because of the large number of COVID-19 cases and their close contact quarantines, the school district announced.