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Information from Kathryn Black Pearson (b. May 31, 1914 – d. Sept 12, 2013), shared with Helen Judd March 12, 1999, and shared by Kelley Judd Kathryn Black won her first golf tournament, the Emporia City Championship, at age thirteen. Her father had joined the Emporia Country Club so she could play on grass greens. She began playing golf after a bout of infantile paralysis, when her doctor advised exercise, massage, and walking as much as possible. Her inventive father fashioned a crude club by attaching a block of wood to a stick, allowing her to join her parents on the Council Grove Golf Course, which had sand greens.

The Morris County Commissioners convened as the County Board of Canvassers on December 2 to resolve several tie write-in races from the November 4, 2025, general election. Commissioners Jim Barber, David L. Fox and Wayne Kohler met with County Counselor Bill Kassebaum and County Clerk/Election Officer Chelsey Schmidt to review the results.

Symphony in the Flint Hills, the organization that for 20 years brought statewide attention to the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie through concerts, education, and community programming, has formally concluded its operations by awarding its remaining funds to four nonprofits carrying forward similar work. Board members personally visited each recipient to deliver the final gifts.