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Nine hurt in crash
Residents want changes at intersection north of Clearwater By Travis Mounts The Times-Sentinel news@tsnews.com The intersection of 135th Street West and 71st Street South – a few miles north of Clearwater and west of Haysville – has been the site of numerous accidents over the years. The latest accident, which occurred Wednesday morning, March 6, hurt nine people, some of them critically. The crash involved two vehicles, one of which ran the stop sign for eastbound traffic on 71st Street South, according to information provided last week by the Sedg-
wick County Sheriff ’s Department. According to the sheriff ’s department, a silver Toyota Corolla was traveling south on 135th Street West when Ford Expedition going east on 71st Street South failed to stop at the stop sign. The Ford struck the Toyota. Preliminary results show the driver of the Ford became distracted and did not stop at the stop sign, according to the sheriff ’s department. The Toyota was driven by 14-year-old Morgan Tobias. Passengers included her mother, Kimberly Tobias, 39, brother Caleb Tobias, 12, and Didrik Ytrehus, a 17-year-old foreign exchange student living with the family. The youths attend Clearwater schools, and Kimberly Tobias teaches English as a second language (ESOL) in USD 264. Kimberly Tobias was in the
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front with Morgan. Caleb Tobias and Ytrehus were in the back seat. Everyone in the Toyota was taken to Via Christi-St. Francis. The Ford was driven by Motia Wesley, 21. There were four
Sportsmanship, friendship come out of injury By Robin Wunderlich The Eureka Hearld and By Travis Mounts The Times-Sentinel
“You’re the real champion here.” This was the last statement Eureka freshman Garrison Spoonts made to his opponent, Logan Doshier, during the 3-21A regional wrestling championship in the 160-pound weight class last month. The duo had just started the second period, where Spoonts was in the bottom position. As they both got to their feet, Spoonts was working for a reversal when he
implemented a headlock, taking Doshier, a junior at Cheney High School, down to the mat. That is when the unthinkable happened. As the two went down, Doshier tried to brace the fall and dislocated his elbow. “The last thing I remember is the look on the Eureka kid’s face,” said Cheney head coach Than Underwood. “He felt bad.”
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Community meeting to address intersection Wednesday, March 20 6 p.m. Clearwater Middle School auditorium Meet with Sedgwick County 2nd District Commissioner Michael O’Donnell and Sedgwick County staff.
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Cheney head wrestling coach Than Underwood sent this note and his own regional championship medal to Garrison Spoonts of Eureka, who had given his regional medal to Cheney’s Logan Doshier after Doshier suffered an injury.
Back-to-back champions!
The Garden Plain Owls celebrate after winning the Class 2A State championship. The Owls claimed their second consecutive title on Saturday at Gross Memorial Coliseum on the Fort Hays State University Campus. Garden Plain won the 3A title last year in Hutchinson. The Owls now have five girls State basketball championships. More coverage can be found on Page 1B. Travis Mounts/The Times-Sentinel
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