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Recent stories

Bullfighter doesn’t clown around when aiding cowboys: By Elvyn Jones; May 29, 2010; At first glance, Dusty Tuckness looked like the many clowns hanging around Friday night at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds.
Leavenworth County looking to go in new direction for coroner services: By Elvyn Jones; May 25, 2010; Leavenworth County will ask professionals to submit qualifications for coroner and forensic pathology services for the 1st Kansas Judicial District. It is the Leavenworth County Commission’s duty as the governing body of the largest county in the judicial district, which also includes Atchison County, to contract its coroner.
Planning under way for 2010 Relay for Life: By Elvyn Jones; March 18, 2010; Planning started last week for the 2010 De Soto Relay for Life. The local event will be without a chairmen this year after Rita Jones stepped away from that position last year. Lori Murdock said instead she and others with share in the organizational duties of the Relay.
De Soto bar managers, customers give smoking ban a thumbs down: By Elvyn Jones; March 18, 2010; Trey Heffner doesn’t know how the JT’s Grill and Sports Bar he manages will respond to the new state smoking ban, but he knows he’s concerned.
Final issue of The Explorer time for acknowledgements: By Elvyn Jones; March 18, 2010; Volume 13, Number 5. Those two figures appearing on the front page of this week’s De Soto Explorer serve as a RIP of sorts as this will be the last.
De Soto valuation decreases 5.3 percent in last year: By Elvyn Jones; March 3, 2010; For the second-consecutive year, the recession and housing slump hammered home values in De Soto.De
LTMS service dog has full school of owners: By Elvyn Jones; March 3, 2010; When Charlie Mayfield returned to school after her grandmother died earlier this year, she had a special friend to help her cope with the grief.
County could mandate curbside recycling: By Elvyn Jones; February 24, 2010; Curbside recycling could be mandated in De Soto next year as part of new countywide solid-waste management regulations.
Potential grocery store buyer told to develop business plan: By Elvyn Jones; February 24, 2010; The potential buyer of the old grocery store on Lexington Avenue remains unidentified but apparently still interested in the property.
City committee meets with potential store buyer: By Elvyn Jones; February 19, 2010; Party told to develop business plan

Recent photos

Lexington Trails Middle School counselor Angie Russell, lower right and students treat Abby, the school’s service dog, to a party for her fourth birthday Monday. The dog owned by Russell’s neighbors comes to the school daily to work with students.

Courtney Goodin as Ma Joad comforts her son Tom, played by Derrick Mathern, in a scene for the De Soto High School play “The Grapes of Wrath.” It is one of two plays with "Steel Magnolias" De Soto High School students are performing this week.

Recycle bundles could join garbage containers on De Soto curbsides under new Johnson County regulations to be considered this spring by the county commission.