Staff Report
Recent stories
- Online sexual predator to stand trial
- January 10, 2008
- Trial set for sex offender caught in Baldwin City sting operation By Janet Reid jreid@theworldco.info Derek Marsocci already had the engraved dog tags for his two new sex slaves in the cab of his truck when he went to meet a 13-year-old girl and her mother. Instead, he was greeted by law enforcement officers in an undercover online sex sting conducted by the Baldwin City Police Department.
- Baker set for commencements
- December 13, 2007
- Baker University will honor graduates in three separate commencement ceremonies over the weekend. All three events will be held at the Collins Center on the Baldwin City campus.
- Annual Christmas Bird Count is Sunday
- December 13, 2007
- The annual Christmas Bird Count season is here. The Baldwin Bird Club will conduct its 66th annual count Sunday. The club will meet at the Santa Fe Depot at 7:15 a.m. to assign areas before heading to the field.
- Callahans win gold to lead BHS wrestlers
- December 6, 2007
- The Baldwin High School wrestling team started its season with a bang at the Blazer Invitational Saturday at Gardner-Edgerton High School. The Blazer Invitational was a 16-team tournament that BHS has attended for the second straight year. BHS placed third behind Gardner-Edgerton by only 7.5 points and Omaha-Burke (Neb.) by 13 points.
- BJHS girls sweep all four tournaments
- December 6, 2007
- The Baldwin Junior High School girls’ basketball program pulled off a remarkable feat Saturday with all four teams competing and winning their individual tournaments. A “once in a lifetime” happening.
- Lightweights look to lead BHS wrestlers
- November 29, 2007
- The leaves are falling off the trees and Baldwin High School wrestlers are getting on to the mats. The Bulldogs are preparing for their first meet on Saturday at Gardner-Edgerton High School. It will begin at 9 a.m. “I’m excited to get started,” coach Kit Harris said. “As always, there are a lot of question marks with who will be at what weight, but we’re working those things out. All I know for sure is we’re working darn hard in practice.”
- Dighans advances in poster contest
- November 21, 2007
- Audrey Dighans, an eighth grade student at Baldwin Junior High School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the Baldwin City Lions Club. Dighans’ poster was among more than 350,000 entries submitted worldwide in the 20th annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Lions Club International is sponsoring the contest to emphasize the importance of world peace to young people everywhere. “I picked a sunset as the background for my poster because it is the most peaceful time of day and used colorful flags from large and small countries.” Dighans said.
- Bulldogs crush Titans 56-22
- November 9, 2007
- From the opening drive until the final whistle, Baldwin High School controlled Friday night’s Class 4A sectional round football game. BHS (10-2) defeated Columbus (10-2) 56-22 to advance to the state semifinals next Friday.
- BHS set to host KC Ward Tuesday night
- October 26, 2007
- Thursday’s one-point victory over Eudora has the Baldwin High School football team remaining at home for its contest Tuesday. The Bulldogs (7-2) will host Bishop Ward (5-4) at 7 p.m. at Liston Stadium.
- Baldwin City Police Report
- October 25, 2007
- Baldwin City police have been busy with a variety of calls, arrests and citations in the past few weeks. As for Maple Leaf Festival police calls, there weren’t many. Police did have two cars towed from the festival area and there were several cars towed from private residences, said Police Chief Mike McKenna.
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