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Body of missing De Soto canoeist found
By Elvyn Jones
May 1, 2008
A brother of the canoeist missing on the Kansas River since April 19 said the body recovered Monday in the river was that of a De Soto man.
Brother said body that of missing De Soto man
By Elvyn Jones
02:01 a.m., April 30, 2008 Updated 02:22 p.m.
Body recovered Monday in Kansas City, Kan.
Search continues for De Soto man missing on Kansas River
Alexander Parker
09:30 p.m., April 19, 2008 Updated 09:59 a.m.
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Eudora man slain in Mexico
By Elvyn Jones
April 10, 2008
An 18-year-old Eudora man was killed in Mexico last month shortly before he was to leave the country, where he had spent most of March visiting friends.
Eudora teen murdered in Mexico
By Elvyn Jones
April 7, 2008
Austin Danielsen slain in Matamoros
District breaks ground for new elementary
By Elvyn Jones
09:49 a.m., March 28, 2008 Updated 10:30 a.m.
Ground work to start
Starlight provides memorial
By Elvyn Jones
March 27, 2008
Scientist told us that the light from an exploding star 40 times the size of the sun briefly appeared in the night sky last week. For a few hours, it could be spotted shinning in the sky as brightly as the stars in Orion’s belt although few of us would have noticed the star’s unexpected and sudden appearance. What made the event so remarkable was that the star was in a galaxy 8.5 billion light years away, a distance half the estimated size of the universe. Light from the galaxy is so faint, the astronomers were previously unaware of its existence.
Days Gone By
By Elvyn Jones
March 20, 2008
5 years • Tyler Hartpence and Mary Johnson were among cast members in the Eudora High School spring play “Black Comedy.”
Days Gone By
By Elvyn Jones
March 13, 2008
5 years ago FROM THE EUDORA NEWS March 2003 Eudora City Administrator Mike Yanez and Brian Kingsley of BG Consultants unveiled a schematic of downtown streetscape improvements at a Eudora City Council meeting.
Snow day
By Elvyn Jones
February 7, 2008
Snowstorm blows through Eudora

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Recent photos

Evan Folks slides into second base as the ball gets away from the Tonganoxie defense. Folks scored the tying run and had an RBI, but it wasn’t enough and Eudora lost to Tonganoxie, 3-2, ending the Cardinals’ season.

The legal dispute to resolve who should provide water service to Eudora's growth area south of Kansas Highway 10 took another turn last week.

A view from the back side of the troublesome Main Street wall reveals the growing tree that is threatening to topple the structure. The Eudora City Council agreed Monday to start condemnation proceeding to remove the structure.

New members of the EHS National Honor Society are inducted Monday night in the EMS auditorium.

After more than a year of being isolated from pedestrian traffic by barricades, the city is ready to take legal action to remove the wall on Main Street.

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