News
It’s no surprise that the contamination of Lake Scott, combined now with blue-green algae, has delivered a severe blow to the state park’s attendance and revenue.
Given the uncertainty of traditional sorghum export markets because of trade wars and on-again, off-again tariffs, the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission is aggressively pursuing new market opportunit
Scott City and Scott County officials verbally agreed to provide up to $500,000 to fund the infrastructure for a proposed housing subdivision on the outskirts of Scott City.
The third annual Suicide Prevention Walk, sponsored by Compass Behavioral Health, will be held Sun., Sept. 20, at Darner Field in Scott City.
Adam Hamilton readily admits that the desire to be a politician is not what led him to enter the campaign for the U.S. Senate.
For the longtime pastor, it came down to human values.
Sports
With gold medalists in two grade divisions, the Scott Community High School boy’s cross-country team won the Swather Special at Hesston last Thursday.
In a game that looked a lot closer on the scoreboard than it may have appeared on the field, Wichita County eventually pulled away from Oakley for a 40-12 win on the home field last Friday.
In their first two games of the season, Scott City has been unable to establish anything resembling a running attack that isn’t named Drew Metzger.
Overcoming a seven point deficit in the second set, the SCHS girls completed a sweep of Victoria to salvage a split of their home triangular on Tuesday.
The inability to establish a running game, or to stop it, was a bad combination for Scott Community High School in a 47-28 loss to open the season at Great Bend last Friday.
Columns & Opinions
another view
It has been three years in the making, but the documentary Elon Musk called a “hit piece” before it was even filmed will be available for public consumption this October.
By Alix Breeden
Everyone is getting something out of this administration except us . . . the voters.
Donald Trump’s sonin- law Jared Kushner gets $2 billion “to invest” from the Saudi royal family.
By Rod Haxton, Editor
Uplifting others to a better life is no laughing matter
Today’s political environment almost sets itself up for a Jeff Foxworthy routine:
The end times may be closer than we think, or so suggests Vice President JD Vance.
By Rod Haxton, Editor
Lifestyle
When your doctor prescribes a new medication, it’s easy to just nod and head to the pharmacy.
By Jill Kruse, Do
MANHATTAN - The growing popularity of a plan that encourages people to eat more healthy foods and less added sugars is not really about getting rid of specific foods in the diet completely, says a
Doug Griswold volunteers to refurbish power chairs at the Wichita Medical Loan Closet. The organization provides a wide range of donated items for little or no cost to the public.
By Roger Nomer Kansas News Service
Ten-year-old Duke Ommert died after an electric scooter crash in Leawood last year when a car struck him as he crossed the street mid-block.
By Grace Hills Kansas News Service
Hundreds of pesticides are legal, but that doesn’t mean that their impacts on health are fully understood. Cleaning produce before eating it reduces your exposure.
By Celia Llopis-jepsen Harvest Public Media
Obituaries
Marthanell Turley
Marthanell Mary (Mc-Guire) Turley, 99, died on Sept. 5, 2026, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.
Mark Weinmann
J. Mark Weinmann, 78, died September 7, 2026, at his home in Scott City.
Maria Del Rosario Villarreal Balderrama
Maria Del Rosario Villarreal Balderrama, 64, died on Sept. 4, 2026, in Scott City.
Larry Wright
Larry Challis Wright, 93, died September 7, 2026, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City.
Robert Wheeler
Robert Duane Wheeler, 85, died on August 31, 2026, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.
The Scott County Record
PO Box 377
Scott City, KS 67871
Phone: 620-872-2090
Fax: 620-872-0009