The Wellington Daily News brought home top honors at the Kansas Press Association’s 2025 Awards of Excellence, held last Thursday during the annual KPA Convention in Salina. Competing against hundreds of newspapers across the state, the WDN staff earned an impressive 13 awards—including seven first-place finishes—in recognition of outstanding journalism, design, and storytelling.
When classes resume this fall, Wellington High School will open under the leadership of a new principal: Bob Brungardt. Brungardt most recently served as the assistant principal and activities director for USD 431 Hoisington in Barton County, a community about 10 miles north of Great Bend.
The Sumner County Economic Development Commission (SCEDC) recently brought creativity and county-wide connection to classrooms with a “Love, Kansas” coloring and letter-writing contest. The initiative invited Sumner County students in grades K–12 to color a Kansas-themed design and reflect on what they love most about living here.
USD 353 Shares Results of Community Survey
When students are involved in education-based activities, they are better! We all know the connection with peers, with coaches and sponsors, and to the community supports their academic success as well as their physical health and mental wellness. However, can some students take it too far and be doing too much? Earlier in April, I listened intently to the doctors, athletic trainers, school nurses and school leaders serving on the KSHSAA Sports Medicine Academy as they talked about a significant concern becoming more prevalent in their work with students.
Sumner County Economic Development, Network Kansas, K-State Research and Extension, and the Heartland Regional Food Business Center welcomed producers, farmers, and ranchers to the KanOkla Upstairs Downtown conference center in Caldwell for a day of informational sessions focused on food entrepreneurship, food incubators, commercial kitchens, financing options, and more. Part of K-State’s spring community visit series, the workshop explored what it takes to bring locally produced food to market.
What’s Growing On in Sumner County: Wheat Plot Tours
When a reader shared this photo asking about some unusually creepy-looking insects, even my 4-H entomology days didn’t prepare me. I was stumped.
April is National Poetry Month, an annual celebration designed to raise awareness and appreciation for the art of poetry. Throughout the month, communities across the country engage with poetry through events, activities, and readings.
Photographer and speaker J. Harvey Koehn will present “Kansas County Courthouses: Their Architecture, Features, Grandeur, Landscape, & Setting” on Monday, April 21st at 6:30 in the Cowley College, Short General Education Center.