Louis Howard “Lou” Warner, age 86, Joplin, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in the comfort of his home following a courageous battle with cancer. Lou was born June 27, 1934 in Hutchison, Kansas, son of the late Howard B. Warner and Esther May (Parker) Warner. He graduated fromContinue Reading
Jon Eastin was born to Paul Dolores Eastin and Gladys Grace (Dennis) Eastin on January 26, 1951 in Yuma, Colorado. He died peacefully at home with his family after suffering from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) for three years. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado withContinue Reading
Thomas Lloyd McKenzie was born on December 5, 1942 to Donald Lloyd McKenzie and Fronia Marie Welch in Saginaw, Michigan. Thomas passed away on March 6, 2021 at his home in Yuma, Colorado at the age of 78. On May 22, 1965 Thomas married the love of his life GeraldineContinue Reading
It has been awhile since anyone has seen the Yuma High School boys basketball team play a game. The Indians have not played since a 65-25 win at Burlington on February 20, thanks to a COVID-19 case and the ensuing quarantine wiping out the last four games of the regularContinue Reading
This week is road trip time for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The Indians went 4-10 in the shortened 2021 Season B, but still made the 24-team Class 2A playoff field thanks to a terrific strength of schedule. In fact, head coach Jeremy Robinson jokingly noted that theContinue Reading
The Lone Star girls basketball team is in the Class 1A playoffs for the second straight season. The Longhorns reached the Sweet 16 last year, and were one half away from a Great 8 berth when Fleming rallied in the second half. They have another opportunity today, March 11, asContinue Reading
Mia Dischner has made Yuma High School sports history. She qualified last week at regional for the Colorado Girls State Wrestling Championships, which will be held today, March 11, in Pueblo. “(Dischner) has a chance to make the finals for sure,” head coach Kyle Newton said. Dischner and three ofContinue Reading
Yuma High School junior Dyhlani Perez is facing a long road to recovery after suffering serious injuries in an accident, last Thursday night, February 25, just south of Yuma. A total of four YHS students were in the vehicle, with the other three fortunate enough to walk away with minorContinue Reading
A renovated and improved Stalker Lake near Wray soon will reopen for fishing. After months of hard work, contractor JHL completed the work on the dam at Stalker this past week. They replaced the entire outlet structure and put a liner in the outlet pipe to prevent it from leakingContinue Reading
Yuma High School students competed in the virtual regional science fair late last week, and did very well. Pictured above are: Front (l-e) — Kinley Eyring, Shelby Blach, Fatima Duran and Alyson Gardner; back (l-r) — John Smith, Alan Paczkowski, Andre Baucke, Lars Sims and Blaze Brophy. Eyring won theContinue Reading