Prairie Star

10/04/2025

Congratulations to the Sedan High School 2025 football homecoming king and queen: Will Adcock and Peyton Morris.

09/27/2025

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS FROM THE TAYLOR NEWSPAPER TERRITORY

Wellington 25, Labette County 14

Oswego 49, West Elk 0

Kansas City Christ Prep 41, Caney Valley 8

Independence 38, Field Kindley 0

Riverton 37, Cherryvale 27

Parsons 34, Baxter Springs 14

Cedar Vale-Dexter 28, Sedan 22

09/26/2025

SEDAN HIGH SCHOOL TO DROP TO EIGHT-MAN, DIVISION 2 FOR 2026, 2027 FOOTBALL SEASONS

Sedan High School will drop to the eight-man, division 2 classification level for the 2026 and 2027 seasons, the Kansas State High School Activities Association announced in the association’s release of school classifications on Thursday.

What this means is that Sedan’s usual district playoff opponents, such as Oswego, Cedar Vale-Dexter, West Elk, Central of Burden, will change. A look at the eight-man division 2 classification list for the next two football seasons shows potential district teams (based on the southern Kansas geographical area) as Hartford, St. Paul, Marmaton Valley, Rosalia-Flinthills, Madison-Hamilton, and Waverly.

However, the district opponents will not be known until schools develop their 2026 and 2027 football schedules later this season.

KSHSAA classifications for football are based on enrollments of the freshman, sophomore and junior classes of each school. Sedan will enter the eight-man division 2 classification with an enrollment of 69, making it the second-largest school in the eight-man division 2 classification. The enrollment range of schools in that classification is 28 (Axtelll) to 70 (St. John).

Sedan will remain in class 1A in all other activities for the 2025-26 school year, KSHSAA also announced.

09/22/2025

Be part of the Fall Harvest Edition coming in October!

09/20/2025

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS FROM THE TAYLOR NEWSPAPERS’ REGION

Caney Valley 22, Neodesha 6

Cherryvale 14, Eureka 8

Labette County 20, Pittsburg 13

Emporia 50, Field Kindley 0

Fort Scott 15, Independence 8

Flinthills 30, Sedan 0

Oswego 45, Colony-Crest 0

Cunningham 66, Chetopa 0

Leon-Bluestem 42, Fredonia 20

09/05/2025

08/21/2025

Two complete obituaries will be printed in next week’s Prairie Star, Aug. 28, however the services for each of these will be held prior to publication, so the information is included here:

Delbert W. Sumter, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend, died on Aug. 18, 2025, on his farm in Glencoe, Okla., at the age of 89. A celebration of his life will be held on Monday, Aug. 25 at Poteet Funeral Home in Pawnee, Okla., at 10 a.m., with burial service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Chautauqua at 2 p.m.

James Franklin Veale, Sr., of Moline, died on Aug. 15, 2025, at the age of 67. A memorial service honoring James will be held at 11 a.m., on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, at Countryside Funeral Home in Howard. Inurnment will follow in Ames Chapel Cemetery, south of Moline. Services are under the direction of Countryside Funeral Home in Howard.

08/04/2025

Mary Pat Bilyk, affectionately known as “Mp,” was born on March 11, 1952, in Louisville, Ken., to Edsel and Francis (Baily) Bartle, and passed away on July 19, 2025.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at 1 p.m., at the Chautauqua County Fair Building, located at 520 W. North St. in Sedan. Lunch will follow.
The family invites friends and family to share in an afternoon of good food, good conversation, and heartfelt memories - laughter, connection, and reflection, just as Mp would have wanted. No RSVP is needed, and all are welcome.

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07/25/2025

We are gathering details on an overnight fire in downtown Howard. Area fire departments responded to the 100 block of north Wabash just before 1 a.m. The fire was contained to the building of origin, C&O Woodworking, however adjacent buildings suffered from light to heavy smoke and water damage.

We will have more information in the July 31 edition of the Prairie Star.

07/18/2025

The front page of this week’s Prairie Star (July 17) features the Chautauqua County Rodeo queen contest story, and a portion of it is in error. The six young women were named as queen contestants, however there are three queen contestants, one princess, plus the reigning queen and princess. We strive to publish accurate stories, especially when it features the youth in the area, however, this was unforeseen, and we regret the error. Here is the story with corrected information. Please share, and of course, enjoy the Chautauqua County Fair and Rodeo.

Jenny Diveley, editor

07/03/2025

The final all-area spring sports listing is included in the July 3 issue of the Montgomery County Chronicle and the Prairie Star newspapers. It is the All-Area Boys' Track and Field Team. Congratulations are extended to Jacob Horner, a Field Kindley senior, for being named the All-Area Boys' Track Athlete. And, the Coach of the Year honor goes to Jason Braun of Central of Burden High School.

Be sure to buy a copy of the July 3 issue for complete listing of the all-area boys' track teams.

Congratulations to all spring sports athletes!