Many Gardner residents will likely be tuned to the Major League Baseball Draft this afternoon as a Gardner Edgerton High School graduate, Bubba Starling, is widely considered to be one of the top draft prospects.
The MLB Network will air …
Baseball draft starts tonight; Gardner’s Starling a top draft prospect
June 6, 2011 by 4 Comments
OPINION: Cat tails and feline furry wardens
June 3, 2011 by 2 Comments
Rhonda Humble
Publisher
When I married my husband, he said the only good cat was a dead cat, but that was years ago and more cats than I can remember.
Just like some marriages are split along political lines, one …
Festival on the Trails returns to town next weekend
June 3, 2011 by 7 Comments
Corbin H. Crable
chcrable@gardnernews.com
Music, food, fun and community pride will all be on display when the fourth annual Festival on the Trails takes place in downtown Gardner on Saturday, June 11.
The daylong event, first organized in 2007 for …
Scout earns honors for bravery during medical emergency
June 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
Always be prepared, the motto for the Boy Scouts of America, is more than a slogan to Blake Phelps, Gardner. It’s a way of life, for which he recently received one of the Boy Scout’s highest honors …
Intermodal has first tenant
June 2, 2011 by 6 Comments
The Intermodal has a tenant.
According to the Kansas City Business Journal, grain exporter, The DeLong Co. has purchased the first site in Edgerton.
“The DeLong Co. is pleased to partner with local farmers in bringing their agricultural products …
Storage unit sale organizers hope to draw crowd Saturday
June 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Amy Cunnigham
acunningham@gardnernews.com
One man’s trash can turn into another man’s treasure – or so attendees may find out on Saturday if they choose to buy the contents from one of the storage units that Outback Storage will auction off …
Woman’s t-shirt design makes cinematic debut
June 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
Corbin H. Crable
chcrable@gardnernews.com
It started out as a simple image of a Labrador on a bright yellow t-shirt. Now, the shirt, designed by Gardner resident Rita Reed, has found its way to Hollywood.
Reed’s shirt makes an appearance in …
Boy Scout troop works to light flag at Gardner Cemetery
June 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
Amy Cunningham
acunningham@gardnernews.com
This Memorial Day a volunteer from the American Legion agreed to tend to the American flag located at the Gardner Cemetery; each day at dawn the Legionnaire would dutifully trek out to the cemetery to raise Old …
Sheriff’s office seeks whereabouts of stolen county truck
June 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for a Johnson County Airport pickup that was reported stolen on May 26. The truck has markings, including a large number “8” on the sides and bed and a county license plate, that indicate …
Vandals cause hour-plus long power outage Saturday
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Mark Taylor
submissions@gardnernews.com
Vandals damaged a Gardner substation over the weekend, causing a power outage for about one-third of the city’s electric customers.
Bill Krawczyk, electric utility director, said someone broke into Substation 2 at Main Street and Moonlight Road …
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