Beverly “Bev” Smith, 86, passed away January 12, 2025 at the Life Care Center of Burlington in Burlington, Kansas. 

Graveside services in the Oberlin Cemetery of Oberlin, Kansas are pending at this time.

Online condolences may be left at herrmannfh.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook.

Local election participation was high with each county in the coverage area seeing greater than 72 percent of registered voters casting ballots, including 80 percent in Gosper County.

Results are still unofficial and some of the following races have been tabulated across county lines. These results will only include competitive races where there were more candidates than seats available.

Frontier County (76.24% turnout)

County Commissioner - District 1

Kent Lehmann (R) 380

Rodney Jack (D) 132