Focus on Stafford County – September 2025

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This is the audio from our monthly radio show: Focus on Stafford County. This show aired live at 11:30 AM CT in September 2025. Topics include the construction of the new commercial kitchen in St. John’s Equity bank. The former kitchen was too small. Subjects for discussion on the show also touched on the Kansas Main Street program and the possibilities of potential grants; Certified local governments and the possibility of listing more historic buildings within the county. Other topics included child care zones; solar companies that want to enter Stafford County and the discussion of solar ordinances; and Community Development Block Grant projects, particularly in relation to the Hood’s Haven building in St. John.

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Stafford County awarded $45,000 state arts grant

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By Beccy Tanner There may be a new/old look coming soon to the northwest corner of St. John’s Square. A $45,000 matching grant awarded by the Kansas Creative Arts/Industries Commission – a division of the Kansas Department of Commerce—will…

Focus on Stafford County Radio Show

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This is the audio from our monthly radio show Focus on Stafford County. This show aired in December. It includes discussion on Giving Tuesday, Stafford County's commercial kitchen, the partnership between Stafford County Economic Development and the Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library's Lunch and Learns, a new gazebo for the St. John Square and some upcoming grant writing workshops.

TurkeyKnob Farm has roots in Stafford County but sells almost everywhere

By Beccy Tanner When Connie and Tim Gross retired in 2015, they moved to Stafford County. For both, it was a coming home. Connie was born and raised in Stafford County; Tim, from Pawnee County. They moved to her family’s fourth-generation…

Christmas celebrations slated with Stafford County style

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By Beccy Tanner All through Stafford County, the signs of Christmas are upon us. There’s the many arrays of lights on rooftops, decorated trees and best of all, community gatherings with food and Santas and all his volunteer helpers. This…

For more than six decades, the Delp Christmas Tree Farm has helped Kansans celebrate the holidays

By Beccy Tanner For many Kansans, the Christmas holiday season begins first with a visit to the Delp Christmas Tree Farm in St. John. It’s tradition and for good reason: The Delp Christmas Tree Farm is the oldest continuously operating…

This Thanksgiving look at Grandmas or Great Grandmas Recipes

By: Ryan Russell and Beccy Tanner It’s Thanksgiving week and you might be needing a little help thinking of some new recipes to try.  Why try to find new things when you have the best from the old recipe books that grandma had laying…

Cornwell Beef is all about the beef – and family

By Beccy Tanner For four generations, the Cornwells of Stafford County have farmed and raised some of the top beef cattle in Kansas. Now, it is the fifth generation – the grandchildren who range in ages between 15 and 6 – who are…

Hudson Cream Flour specializes in quality flour, tradition and plenty of innovation

By Beccy Tanner When Darrell Bauer, owner of the Wheatland Café in Hudson talks about the quality and uses of Hudson Cream Flour, his voice takes on that enthusiastic tone of a loyal fan. “There’s all kinds of flour out there but…

South Central Community Foundation Grant Recipients 2023

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2023 SCCF $5,000 Children’s Health Grant Recipient:  City of Stafford: West Park Equipment Update  2023 SCCF Community Grant Recipients:  Lucille M. Hall Museum for Education and History:                         Isaac…