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  • Washtucna plans Drive-Thru Easter Egg hunt

    Katie Teachout, The Ritzville Adams County Journal|Updated Apr 1, 2021

    WASHTUCNA – The school's All Student Body will be sponsoring a Drive Thru Easter Egg Hunt from 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, April 2, for youth in Washtucna and Kahlotus. Participants are asked to drive by the Washtucna school, and volunteers will give adults bags full of plastic Easter eggs with candy already in them. Then, it is up to participants to hold their own hunt any way they want to celebrate, officials said. Kids do not need to be present when the eggs are picked up. Participants are encouraged to open the eggs Easter w...

  • Shantay Legans departs EWU for University of Portland

    Paul Delaney, Special to the Franklin Connection|Updated Apr 1, 2021

    CHENEY — Eastern Washington's ever-improving basketball program has launched another coach out of Cheney. Fresh from guiding his team to only the program's third berth in the NCAA Tournament, losing 93-84 to one of the legends in the sport, Kansas, Shantay Legans will next take over the University of Portland Pilots of the West Coast Conference. At Eastern, Legans was a very impressive 75-49 (.605) overall and 53-20 in the Big Sky Conference (.726). Legans' .726 conference win...

  • UPDATED STORY: Kennewick man killed in crash

    Roger Harnack, Franklin Connection|Updated Mar 31, 2021

    CONNELL — A Kennewick man was killed today, Wednesday, March 31, when his vehicle overturned on U.S. Highway 395. Thomas K. Bailey, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene near MIlepost 53 of U.S. Highway 395, the Washington State Patrol said. Next of kin has been notified. The crash occurred about 12:22 p.m., the patrol said. Bailey was northbound in a 2001 Ford F150 pickup when he went off the road, overcorrected and the vehicle overturned, the patrol said. Investigators h...