The Arkansas City Traveler

Pictured with contest winner Mark Dykes are PrairieFest directors Teressa Swope-Hatfield and Carla Brake, and Cowley College director of admissions Ben Schears. Full Story »

Special to Action! The Cowley County Humane Society will host its Holiday Homes Tour from 3-7 p.m. Dec. 5, and from 1-5 p.m. Dec. 6 in Arkansas City. Full Story »

Local musician Stephen Butler will be the featured performer at Caffe Acoustic, which will be 7:30 tonight at Brown's, 225 S. Summit St., in Arkansas City. Full Story »

Cowley County Humane Society will host its Holiday Homes Tour from 3-7 p.m. Dec. 5, and from 1-5 p.m. Dec. 6 in Arkansas City. Four homes will be featured on the tour, complete with a dessert buffet furnished by friends of the shelter at the Burford Theatre in downtown Ark City. Full Story »

The Cowley County Sheriff's Department; Arkansas City, Dexter and Winfield fire departments; Winfield Area EMS; and the Kansas Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of U.S. 166 and K-15, south of Dexter, at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Full Story »

A 17-year-old man was charged in the murder of a Wichita couple, including a woman who was a former Cowley College student and cheerleader. The couple was found dead on Thanksgiving Day by relatives. Full Story »

WICHITA (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it is considering a plan for voluntary conservation easements in 14 Kansas counties in an effort to save 1 million acres of tallgrass prairie. Full Story »

LAWRENCE (AP) — As the Kansas football players came pouring out the door, many were smiling, a few were frowning and some were laughing out loud at the reporters shivering in the cold, night air, waiting for them Thursday. Full Story »

The former Bryant Hardware store is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The downtown store went out of business in March, but it's open again temporarily — for the next three weekends. Full Story »

The city of Arkansas City is working with a private investment group to bring new housing and commercial business to town, but not everyone is on board. Full Story »

Investigators of a recent alleged sexual assault case at Southwestern College concluded that an assault never happened, according to a written statement from Winfield Police Chief Danny Parker. Full Story »

Lara McGrew, of Twin Rivers Developmental Supports, Inc., Arkansas City, a member of the standing-room-only audience at the Cowley County Commission meeting Tuesday morning, comments on a proposed new community developmental disability organization. Full Story »

The Centers for Disease Control is warning of reports of fraudulent e-mails that attempt to steal people's personal information — a practice referred to as "phishing." Full Story »

Red box bins that mysteriously appeared at Arkansas City businesses this past weekend have city officials scratching their heads. Full Story »

Community at the Burford Campaign team members Blanche Schmidt, Brenda Combs and Andy Paton looked on as Teressa Swope-Hatfield revealed the new level of support for the Burford restoration project. Full Story »

Just another observation from one who has been around a long time. I have seen over the many years, the population of our country had progressed in so many ways. They were better educated, had advanced technologically, produced good writings, movies, books and other things of value. Full Story »

Special to Action! The community will open its doors to guests from all over the state. Christmas in the Country will offer two days of holiday sights, sounds and shopping. Full Story »

Roland Mueller and Chuck Jedele, both of Winfield, market items hand-carved from 2,000-year-old olive trees in Bethlehem. According to show coordinator Pam Dowler, more than 1,500 people attended the show. Proceeds from the event benefit local families. Full Story »

One of two suspects was charged in the killings of a 25-year-old former Cowley College student and a man who were found dead in their Wichita home. Samuel Holton, 18, was charged Tuesday in Sedgwick County District Court. Full Story »

The major action at Tuesday's City Commission meeting was passing an ordinance amending the city's compensation plan to add several new part-time positions. Full Story »

Two years ago, when Ark City Industries tried to bring a big box development to town, the group was caught in the swirl of controversy that enveloped the town. Full Story »

A two-vehicle accident at the intersection of U.S. 166 and K-15, south of Dexter, was caused when the trailer hitch on a pickup truck broke and the grain trailer the truck was hauling crashed into Randall Parrish's vehicle, according to police reports. Full Story »

"Rapunzel" gets a new twist during Cowley College's Act One Drama Club Children's Theatre performance at 7 p.m. today, at the Robert Brown Theatre. The play was presented to over 500 area school children on Monday, and 634 this afternoon. Full Story »

For most of Monday night's City Commission work session, it was a tale of two tales. The commission already heard one side of the story. It was presented by Director of Administration Lane Massey in an Oct. 27 memorandum and further reinforced during the commission's last work session on Nov. 12. Full Story »

A former Cowley College cheerleader who was found dead, along with a man in their home in Wichita on Thanksgiving Day, was remembered as a serious student with good a work ethic who loved kids. Full Story »