Jamie Lynn Embers, 62, of McPherson, Kansas passed away at 3:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 5th, 2022, unexpectedly at McPherson Health and Rehab in McPherson. Jamie was born in Dayton, Ohio on July 2, 1959, a daughter of Carmena (Hansen) and Dennis Johnson.
Donald Herman Turnquist, 96, of Lindsborg, KS, passed away on March 9, 2022, at Bethany Home in Lindsborg. Funeral arrangements are with Stockham Family Funeral Home, McPherson. (website: www. stockhamfamily.com)
TOPEKA — When the first Kansas patient to be treated for COVID-19 arrived two years ago at The University of Kansas Health System, doctors weren’t sure how to handle the new and scary sickness. Steve Stites, chief medical officer for KU Health, was working that Saturday morning, trying to figure out how to prepare for the inevitable arrival of a novel coronavirus that was making news in New York City and Seattle.
DODGE CITY – They may have beaten them in January, but on Thursday, second-half offensive struggles cost the Little River girls and they lost by six, 45-39, to Burlingame in their first-round battle at the Class 1A Division I state tournament.
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – A Leon, Kansas, native is serving with Naval Ice Center supporting Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 in the Arctic Ocean.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ochai Agbaji curled off a screen and was wide open for a rim-rattling ally-oop dunk, the inbound play perfectly executed if only Kansas teammate Dajuan Harris had lofted him the ball in the Big 12 quarterfinals.
LINDSBORG – For the spring of 2022, the Smoky Valley track team will be seeking to continue the successes of 2021 that included four gold medals for the Lady Redskins, a Class 3A Girls State Championship, and Viking head coach Jay Myers being named the 2021 Track/ Field Coach of the Year.
MOUNDRIDGE – In 2021 the Moundridge softball team came up one game short of reaching the state tournament, so 2022 will be looking to make that trip under the leadership of a new coach. Lynn Eichelberger has taken over as the head coach of the Lady Wildcat softball program after spending three seasons as the assistant and she is hopeful in bringing some more success to the Moundridge diamond.
SALINA -- What do you get when the two best defensive teams in Class 4A meet each other in the first round of the KSHSAA State Championship Tournament? You get a tough, physical, and bruising game that ends in a Wellington 33-29 victory over McPherson.
SALINA, Kansas – In yet another regular season rematch, the seventh-seeded McPherson boys basketball team was defeated once again by third-seeded Andale in the 4A state semifinals on Friday at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina.