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Candidates’ events scheduled next week
By Jeff Myrick
October 9, 2008
With the election looming, Baldwin City will be a hotbed of political activity in the next week. “There’s a lot of stuff going on,” said Ivan Huntoon, president of the Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce that is sponsoring two of three political events next week.
Big crowd for blues, barbecue
By Jeff Myrick
October 9, 2008
With the blues drifting through the building and the barbecue being savored, the annual fundraiser for the Lumberyard Arts Center was again a success Saturday night.
Thomas plans to honor veterans Oct. 17
By Jeff Myrick
October 9, 2008
Colin Thomas and several other Baldwin High School students are honoring veterans at the Oct. 17 football game as a way to make up for last year’s Veteran’s Day fiasco at BHS.
Hill asks council for economic development help
By Jeff Myrick
October 9, 2008
Without much on the agenda for Monday night’s Baldwin City Council meeting Dave Hill’s quarterly report and a plea to the council were the biggest items.
Stanley released from hospital, Cox’s condition upgraded to good
By Jeff Myrick
October 8, 2008
One of the Baldwin High School students injured in a rollover accident Friday has been released from the hospital and the other has been upgraded to good condition.
Two Baldwin City teens injured in Friday accident
By Jeff Myrick
02:53 p.m., October 6, 2008 Updated 03:35 p.m.
Two 16-year-old Baldwin High School juniors were taken by helicopter ambulance Friday night after a one-vehicle accident two miles west of LeLoup at the intersection of Stafford and Ohio roads in Franklin County.
Blues, barbecue event is Saturday
By Jeff Myrick
October 3, 2008
Saturday night will have its usual sounds, smells and tastes of good times for the fifth-annual Blues and Barbecue event at the Lumberyard Arts Center.
Blues, barbecue event set for Saturday
By Jeff Myrick
October 2, 2008
Saturday night will have its usual sounds, smells and tastes of good times for the fifth-annual Blues and Barbecue event at the Lumberyard Arts Center.
Police arrest man after high-speed chase
By Jeff Myrick
08:39 a.m., September 25, 2008 Updated 02:47 p.m.

A high-speed chase that started on U.S. Highway 59 Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. ended in south Baldwin City with a foot chase and arrest at 9:39 p.m.

Virgin Mary missing from church
By Jeff Myrick
September 25, 2008
Annunciation Catholic Church’s Virgin Mary statue came up missing from near the entrance this month. It would be a blessing if it came back.

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More than 150 people were served at Saturday's fifth annual Blues and Barbecue, a fundraiser for the Lumberyard Arts Center Project.

The new Maple Leaf Festival banners were hung up last week in downtown Baldwin City.

Baldwin City crews enjoyed last Thursday's sunny weather and hung up Maple Leaf Festival banners in downtown Baldwin City.

Numerous Douglas County Sheriff's officer vehicles, including the mobile command center, were on hand Monday and into Tuesday for a standoff that ended peacefully.

Jim Niehoff, project foreman for the Lumberyard Arts Center, walks away from the back of a truck filled with more items removed from the historic building. Nationally known artist Tricia Spencer will be in town this month to teach painting classes to benefit the project again.

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