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Council Grove Braves Highlight 2025 All-FHL Football Team

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 4:18pm

The 2025 Flint Hills All-League 11-Man Football Team was released this week, and Council Grove athletes earned recognition across nearly every position group. Quarterback Luke Stewart was named Second Team. At running back, Blaise French received Second Team honors. In the receiving corps, Mason Samuels was selected to the First Team, while Grady Kepley and Sy’ied Smith-Jenkins were named to the Second Team. Reid Buttrey earned Second Team recognition as an offensive utility player.

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Frank J. Buchman inducted into Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame

Frank J. Buchman inducted into Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 4:18pm

Nearly a year has passed since the death of Frank Jay Buchman on December 13, 2024, yet his voice, his stories, and his passion continue to resonate across Kansas. This fall, his legacy was recognized anew when the Boot Hill Museum’s Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame posthumously inducted him as the 2025 Cowboy Historian, an honor his widow Margaret Mary Buchman accepted on his behalf during the November 8 ceremony in Dodge City.

USD 417’s JAG-K program helps prepare for life after high school

USD 417’s JAG-K program helps prepare for life after high school

Thu, 11/20/2025 - 3:37pm

USD 417’s new extracurricular program, Jobs for America’s Graduates– Kansas (JAG-K), was the focus of Wednesday’s Council Grove Rotary meeting, where project director Dani Sisson introduced the initiative and brought three students, representing the 21 students currently enrolled. This is the first year USD 417 has offered the nationally recognized program, which aims to help students overcome barriers, identify career paths aligned with their strengths, and prepare for successful futures after graduation.

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