With the high school football season kicking off in just over 10 weeks, the Wellington Crusaders have started summer camps in preparation for the 2025 campaign. The Dukes are coming off of one of the most successful seasons of the last two decades and started camp last week, with a seven on seven contest with Goddard.
Family members have turned to the Wellington Daily News for help solving a decades-old mystery. They are searching for a boy who entered the Kansas foster care system in January or February of 1991 — and they believe someone in our community might hold the key to finding him.
At last Thursday’s Wellington Area Chamber of Commerce coffee, hosted by USD 353, Superintendent Adam Hatfield and Assistant Superintendent Chad Schuetz provided a series of updates on district facilities, programs, and plans for the future.
When John Thomas Stewart III passed away last December, family and friends gathered not only to honor his life but also to reflect on the legacy of the Stewart family in Wellington. In the months since, personal stories, historical photographs, and old newspaper clippings have resurfaced—many shared among those who remember the family’s deep roots in the community.
Putting an exclamation point on the Wellington baseball season, the team earned thirteen Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League Division IV All-Team selections.
Members of the Wellington High School FFA Chapter traveled to Manhattan last week to take part in the 97th annual Kansas FFA State Convention, hosted on the Kansas State University campus. The multi-day event included seven general sessions held in McCain Auditorium, along with band and chorus performances, leadership workshops, and award presentations.
Wellington Firefighter/Paramedic Bradley Robinson has been honored with the prestigious DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, a global recognition that celebrates the exceptional, compassionate care nurses provide to patients and families every day. The award was presented by William Newton Memorial Hospital, where Robinson serves as a Registered Nurse/Paramedic in the Emergency Department.
Think you know what a cake stand is? Sure, it’s that fancy pedestal your grandma uses for birthdays. What about a gallery, a skirt, a rum well, or a wafer? If that has piqued your curiosity, you don’t want to miss a delightful deep-dive into vintage glassware with nationally recognized expert Danny Cornelius.
It's never too late to follow your dreams. For 2015 Oxford High School graduate Derek Williams, it took nearly a decade after finishing high school, but his dream of making a movie has finally come true.
Wellington’s Memorial Auditorium will be the place to be on Saturday, May 31, as the Wichita-based party rock band Big Fat Fun takes the stage for an evening of high-energy entertainment and classic rock favorites.