All stories
By Elvyn Jones
September 30, 2009
As Laura Darter’s musical composition finished playing on a computer, fellow De Soto High School sophomore Gabriela Beceria broke into applause.
“I liked it,” Gabriela said of the piece Laura composed as an assignment in the music and technology class they both take at De Soto High School. “And we’re friends.”
Laura, a flutist in the high school band, said she, too, liked the work featuring a flute with a piano background.
By Ashlee Kieler
September 30, 2009
Once upon a time, students at Starside Elementary School did not like read.
Of course that has to be a tall tale after the showing of students who attended Starside’s annual READ Night Thursday.
By Elvyn Jones
September 30, 2009
As with other social service agencies in the county, the recession has made the De Soto Multi-Service Center busier.
By Ashlee Kieler
September 30, 2009
Students rolled out of bed to show their school spirit Monday, as De Soto High School began a week of Homecoming festivities.
Spirit week began with Pajama Day, where students and teacher alike adored themselves in sleepwear for the day.
By Jeff Deters
September 30, 2009
It sounds like the De Soto volleyball team is coming together.
September 30, 2009
If you only caught the final four minutes of Friday’s De Soto-Baldwin football game in De Soto, you still got your money’s worth.
Chris Smith
September 30, 2009
In similar late-game dramatics that ended the De Soto football game Friday, the Wildcat soccer team had a thriller of its own Monday against KC Christian.
Chris Smith
September 30, 2009
After a performance their coach deemed so-so on Thursday, the De Soto Wildcats defended their home courts nicely Saturday, taking third-place out of eight teams at the Wildcat Invitational.
Chris Smith
September 30, 2009
Despite having runners out with illnesses and other commitments, the De Soto cross country team stepped up last week at the Rim Rock Classic in Lawrence.
September 30, 2009
Girls golf fifth at Spring Hill
By Ashley Meenen
September 30, 2009
The drive this morning should be a dry one as the rain and storms won’t hit the area until late Wednesday night. Expect the same minor traffic delays that have been plaguing the drive from Lawrence to Topeka and Lawrence to Kansas City. Drive safely.
By Caroline Boyer
September 30, 2009
At one time, Kent Weatherby was torn between becoming a man of letters or a man of law.
September 30, 2009
Parents with children interested in a career in the biosciences can attend one of two free workshops being hosted next month by Johnson County Community College.