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Since July 31, PVC pipe has been siphoning water from Lake Scott at the spillway with plans to eventually draw down the lake level by three to five feet. (Record Photo)

Stakeholders must be part of Lake Scott plan

Funding for Ladder Creek watershed might be difficult

Scott Community High School marching band members Porter Wells (left) and Eli Geyer go through drills during Tuesday night’s camp session at the high school football field. The band concluded their camp on Wednesday evening with a performance for parent

staying in step

Jacob Frost throws his brother, Evan, to the mat while demonstrating a takedown during last week’s wrestling camp in Scott City. (Record Photo)

it’s still all about the basics

Frosts: don’t change what has worked for a wrestler

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Delays have allowed algae bloom to become a threat to lake biology

During mid-summer, Lake Scott State Park is typically alive with the sounds of music, swimmers enjoying the beach, fisherman in their boats looking for the next potential hot spot and family cookouts.

Harrison Harms, 10, Scott City, tries to find his footing while scaling the rock wall that was among the many attractions at the Scott County Fair last Thursday. (Record P hoto)

don’t lose your grip

Scott City’s Rylan Wilkinson was recognized for hitting 50 straight during the clay target national championship.

Wilkinson has 50 straight at clay target nationals

SCHS qualifies as a team for the first time

News

Stakeholders must be part of Lake Scott plan

With two major weather events in a nine-year span causing contamination of Lake Scott, how to minimize the impact of future events is an issue confronting the Kansas Department of Health and Enviro

staying in step

County voters back Masterson; support constitutional amendment

With the exception of the constitutional amendment, Scott County Republican voters followed statewide trends in their support for candidates who will appear on the general election ballot in Novemb

US83, street costs account for city’s levy hike

A $1 million project to replace concrete panels on US83 Highway is the primary contributor to a proposed 4.86 mill increase in the Scott City tax levy for the 2027 budget year.

Delays have allowed algae bloom to become a threat to lake biology

During mid-summer, Lake Scott State Park is typically alive with the sounds of music, swimmers enjoying the beach, fisherman in their boats looking for the next potential hot spot and family cookou

Sports

it’s still all about the basics

One thing which Jacob and Evan Frost have learned throughout the many wrestling clinics they’ve conducted over the years is not to take away something which has become successful for a young grappl

Wilkinson has 50 straight at clay target nationals

When you’re competing against the best of the best from around the nation, there’s little room for error.

SCHS junior cornerback Cooper Irvin knocks the ball away from a Garden City receiver during last Friday morning’s scrimmage. (Record Photo)

Scrimmage wraps up SC camp

Granted, the first day of fall practices is nearly a month away.

Virtual, home-schooled enrollment in Kansas public school activities climbs 154%

TOPEKA - The number of virtual and non-public school students taking part in public school activities across Kansas jumped 154% in the past three years after a 2023 law forced school districts to a

By Morgan Chilson The Kansas Reflector

Soccer fans watch Kansas City’s first World Cup matchup between Argentina and Algeria at the FIFA Fan Festival on June 16.

‘above expectations’

This summer, Kansas City stood at the center of the World Cup - and not just geographically.

By Seth Jahraus Kansas News Service

Columns & Opinions

Of course, Trump’s not to blame

There are some in the MAGA world who feel that whenever anything bad happens, our first instinct is to blame Donald Trump which, of course, is a gross exaggeration.

By Rod Haxton, Editor

Tariff corruption is appalling

another view

By Oliver Willis

GOP is out of step:

Let’s seize control by passing a ballot initiative

Our past makes us who we are

Who hasn’t looked back on their life and wondered what might have happened if . . .

By Rod Haxton, Editor

Caught in headlights:

Delays by KDWP officials led to a biological disaster

Lifestyle

Anesthesia: ‘biting the bullet’ no longer necessary

Anesthesiology is the branch of medicine committed to pain relief and patient care before, during, and after surgery and other procedures.

By Andrew Ellsworth, M.d.

U.S. public health facing a crisis

WASHINGTON - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing to do everything in his “power to put the health of America back on track.”

By Jennifer Shutt The Kansas Reflector

Trump slashes Medicare drug subsidies, adding to premiums

The end of a subsidy program that helped keep costs down for Medicare drug coverage could leave millions of seniors with higher monthly costs, a move that undermines the Trump administration’s mess

By Mallory Wilson, White House Correspondent For The Hill

Food stamp changes will cost states billions; raises fears of SNAP’s future

Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistan

By Kevin Hardy The Kansas Reflector

‘a deliberate choice’

Health insurance companies that offer plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace are proposing double-digit premium increases for 2027, signaling the second consecutive year of out-of-pocket cost

By Jake Johnson Common Dreams