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The East Central Kansas Model T Ford Club will meet at 11 a.m., December 9, in the conference room of the Burlington Library. The club will provide the dinner meat, potatoes, vegetable, rolls and drinks.

Chase County College Access, a local scholarship fund providing financial support to Chase County high school students pursuing concurrent college credits, awarded $13,350 in scholarships during the 2023 calendar year, a 9% increase over 2022. A total of 31 students received college credits during the 2022/2023 school year at Butler Community College and Flint Hills Technical College, setting a record for program participation! Also encouraging is that 90% percent of the 2023 graduating seniors planned to continue their education at a post-secondary institution, a return to pre-COVID levels! This is well above the State of Kansas average of 54% Concurrent programming is expected to get attention from the Kansas Legislature next year as they consider the “Diploma Plus” program being recommended by the Kansas Board of Regents, which would use state funds to cover some tuition costs. According to Michael Brown, Chase County College Access Board Chair, “Diploma Plus would cover tuition costs of three concurrent courses for every high school student. These courses are currently covered by our program, so funding from the State of Kansas would allow us to stretch our funding further as we support Chase County students.”

(Butlercountytimesgazette.com) Two more arrests have been made in connection to the Joel Womochil federal case this month. This brings the total to four people involved so far in the child pornography ring.