Wichita News

The Wichita Eagle

Courthouse furloughs could delay Mireles trial
The Wichita Eagle – Tue Dec 15, 5:56 pm ET

EL DORADO — The judge presiding over the capital murder case of Israel Mireles wondered Tuesday if the state's money issues could force postponement of the trial. Full Story »
Residents want fireworks, county survey shows
The Wichita Eagle – Tue Dec 15, 3:13 pm ET

Most Sedgwick County residents who responded to a recent survey said they want to repeal a 1978 law that bans fireworks in unincorporated areas. Full Story »
First gamblers test their luck at Dodge City casino
The Wichita Eagle – Tue Dec 15, 3:13 pm ET

DODGE CITY — Michael Blue, of Houston was one of the first to reach a slot machine. Full Story »
Holiday blood drive begins Thursday
The Wichita Eagle – Tue Dec 15, 12:43 pm ET

WICHITA — A two-week American Red Cross blood drive spanning the holiday season begins Thursday. Full Story »
Carroll student wins WSU Barton Scholarship
The Wichita Eagle – Tue Dec 15, 12:08 pm ET

Blake Krier, a senior at Bishop Carroll, has won Wichita State University's Clay Barton Scholarship in Business. Full Story »

The Pratt Tribune

Pratt High grad hosts free health clinic
The Pratt Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 4:13 pm ET

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McFall fund in need of community support
The Pratt Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 4:13 pm ET

The Albert McFall family set up a memorial fund many years ago to assist cancer patient families of low income Pratt County residents. Cancer patient families not only carry the burden of cancer medicals costs, but also the additional expenses caused by the treatments. The fund is under the direction of Pratt Regional Medical Center’s (PRMC) Social Service Department and 100% of the ... Full Story »
Having a ball
The Pratt Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 4:12 pm ET

A trio of girls enjoys tossing a ball between stored bleachers at the Pratt Community College Dennis Lesh Sports Arena Friday night at Kids Night Out sponsored by members of the PCC softball team. Girls are (from left) Brittney Clemons, Connor McClellan and Lauren Jackson. Full Story »
Beavers help build community
The Pratt Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 4:12 pm ET

Grade school students line up for pizza and punch at the Pratt Community College Kids Night Out hosted by the PCC softball team. Students were fed, watched a movie, enjoyed playtime in the Dennis Lesh Sports Arena and assorted snacks. About 150 students took part in the activity. Full Story »
Pratt National Guard Armory not on list of 18 closing armories
The Pratt Tribune – Fri Dec 11, 5:12 pm ET

The National Guard Armory in Pratt is not one of the 18 National Guard Armories that will close in early 2010 due to state budget cuts. Full Story »

The Hays Daily News

Dodge City casino opens as Kansas bets on revenues
The Hays Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 4:56 pm ET

DODGE CITY (AP) -- A new casino has opened in Dodge City, as Kansas bets on drawing additional tourists to a town best known as the setting of television's "Gunsmoke." Full Story »
Author to sign book at bakery on Thursday
The Hays Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 2:41 pm ET

Local author Roger Ewing will have a book signing for his new book, "It is Written the Shocking Downfall of the USA," from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Augustine's Bakery, 1305 Main. Full Story »
Cathedral concert draws huge crowd
The Hays Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 2:41 pm ET

Hundreds of people drove through the fog and cold to Victoria on Sunday to attend the afternoon performance of the annual Christmas concert at St. Fidelis Catholic Church. Full Story »
TMP scholars show at Russell
The Hays Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 2:41 pm ET

The scholars bowl team at Thomas More Prep-Marian High School closed out its first-semester schedule Monday with a successful trip to Russell. The Monarchs finished third in the Russell Tournament, going 5-2 on the day to finish the first semester with a 27-4 overall record. Full Story »
Budget dampens agency's ability
The Hays Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 2:41 pm ET

The state's budget crisis has come home to roost at the Kansas Department of Agriculture. That's because its an agency with a regulatory mission. Full Story »

Wellington Daily News

Cotton stripper catches fire
Wellington Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 5:44 pm ET

Harvesters ran into an unexpected problem while working the cotton fields, Tuesday afternoon. Full Story »
Wreck on US 160
Wellington Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 3:44 pm ET

Local law enforcement is currently working an accident scene at US 160 and Oliver Road, near Oxford. Full Story »
Fundraiser to help K-9 officers
Wellington Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 3:29 pm ET

A Rockin’ Bowl benefit will be held from 9 p.m. to midnight, Friday at Meadow Lanes Bowling Alley, 2111 N. A. with all proceeds to go to the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit. Full Story »
Darling Dancers
Wellington Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 2:59 pm ET

Local kids put on "The Nutcracker Suite." Full Story »
Teens busted on school grounds
Wellington Daily News – Tue Dec 15, 2:44 pm ET

A pair of teenage girls, ages 15 and 16, were caught smoking marijuana on school property at Wellington High School, early Friday afternoon. Full Story »

The Dodge City Daily Globe

NB chief's message stays firm
The Dodge City Daily Globe – Tue Dec 15, 1:13 pm ET

National Beef would prefer to work directly with its employees instead of unionization, an official with the company's Dodge City plant said Friday. Full Story »
Historic depot damage may hit $100,000
The Dodge City Daily Globe – Tue Dec 15, 1:13 pm ET

A vehicle struck the Santa Fe Depot sometime Saturday, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Full Story »
Casino opens today
The Dodge City Daily Globe – Tue Dec 15, 1:13 pm ET

For the first time in more than 115 years, a casino-style wager may legally be placed today in Dodge City. Full Story »
Governor, dignitaries set DC visit
The Dodge City Daily Globe – Mon Dec 14, 1:13 pm ET

Dodge City's Christmas present is arriving nine days early this year. Full Story »
Dodge armory spared
The Dodge City Daily Globe – Sat Dec 12, 1:13 pm ET

Dodge City’s National Guard Armory will remain open — at least for now. Full Story »

The Arkansas City Traveler

Festival of Trees
The Arkansas City Traveler – Tue Dec 15, 2:55 pm ET

Shelly Flauding decorated a Christmas tree sponsored by the Presbyterian Manor on Thursday, to prepare a Festival of Trees celebration in the Wright Room of Cowley College's Brown Center. Full Story »
Cowley presents beloved Vespers
The Arkansas City Traveler – Tue Dec 15, 2:55 pm ET

Cowley College will celebrate the holiday season with its annual Christmas Vespers concert at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The program will feature music by the Cowley College Concert Choir. Full Story »
Habitat benefits from innovative holiday competition
The Arkansas City Traveler – Tue Dec 15, 2:55 pm ET

Arkansas City's Habitat for Humanity will host a festival of themed Christmas trees from noon to 6 p.m. today in the Wright Room at the Brown Center on the campus of Cowley College. Full Story »
Action! Online: Dec. 12, 2009
The Arkansas City Traveler – Tue Dec 15, 2:55 pm ET

Special to Action! The Edge Performing Arts Centre will continue its holiday tradition and produce the beloved Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky classic, "The Nutcracker," at both 3 and 7 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Brown Theatre on the Cowley College campus in Arkansas City. Full Story »
Cowley presents traditional Vespers
The Arkansas City Traveler – Tue Dec 15, 2:55 pm ET

Cowley College celebrates the holiday season with its annual Christmas Vespers Concert on Sunday. Sunday's Vespers concert featured music, treasured during this time of the year, by the Cowley College Concert Choir, under the direction of Connie Donatelli. Full Story »

Salina Journal

Commissioners delay action on Water Well improvements
Salina Journal – 39 mins ago

12/15/2009 DAVID CLOUSTON Saline County commissioners and county engineering staff agree on the need for hard-surfacing sections of heavily traveled gravel roads. Full Story »
Oakley woman hurt in crash
Salina Journal – 2 hrs 9 mins ago

BREWSTER â€” An Oakley woman was taken to Citizens Medical Center in Colby after the car she was driving and a tractor collided Monday near Brewster. No information was available on the condition of Dorothy J. Evans, 74, a hospital spokeswoman said. Full Story »
Svaty says cuts needed to balance department's budget
Salina Journal – 2 hrs 24 mins ago

12/15/2009 TIM UNRUH Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Josh Svaty was in Salina Tuesday explaining how he’s cut everything but his own whiskers to balance his department’s dwindled budget. Full Story »
Downtown board discusses property crimes
Salina Journal – 2 hrs 54 mins ago

12/15/2009 ERIN MATHEWS During the day, the more people downtown the better, but it was the unwanted after-hours visitors that downtown business owners were discussing Tuesday. Full Story »
Legislators agree how to generate more revenue
Salina Journal – Tue Dec 15, 6:54 pm ET

Lawmakers from both political parties appear to agree on one thing as they face the start of the 2010 legislative session, and that’s a way to generate more tax revenue. Full Story »

El Dorado Times

Leon postmaster installation to be Thurs.
El Dorado Times – 1 hr 34 mins ago

Elizabeth B. Duckworth has been appointed postmaster for Leon effective Aug. 1 of this year. The appointment was announced by Michael P. Monnington, manager, Post Office Operations, United States Postal Service. Full Story »
Mireles hearing: No ruling made in dismissal of capital murder charge
El Dorado Times – Tue Dec 15, 3:13 pm ET

A motion to dismiss the capital murder charge against Israel Mireles in the November 2007 death of Emily Sander will wait a little longer for a ruling by the judge. Full Story »
County discusses concerns voiced by city commmission
El Dorado Times – Tue Dec 15, 10:58 am ET

At their Monday meeting, Butler County Commissioners discussed concerns recently raised by members of the El Dorado City Commission. Full Story »
Bedtime at Bradford
El Dorado Times – Tue Dec 15, 10:43 am ET

B was for bedtime during Bradford Memorial Library's Preschool Storytime last week. Full Story »
Deputies dispatched to Haz-Mat spill
El Dorado Times – Tue Dec 15, 10:43 am ET

A hazardous material spill occurred in Whitewater on Friday. Full Story »

The Newton Kansan

Obama to banks: ease lending to businesses
The Newton Kansan – Tue Dec 15, 3:58 pm ET

President Barack Obama challenged top bankers Monday to explore “every responsible way” to increase lending, saying they were obliged to help after being rescued by taxpayers. He asked them to “take a third and fourth look” at their small-business lending. Full Story »
Annual Night in the Barn set
The Newton Kansan – Tue Dec 15, 3:13 pm ET

The annual “Night in the Barn” living nativity event by the youth group of Tabor Mennonite Church is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m.Saturday and Sunday at the farm of Maynard Knepp and Carol Duerksen between Goessel and Hillsboro. Full Story »
KU Medical Center feeling budget pains
The Newton Kansan – Tue Dec 15, 11:59 am ET

At Kansas University Medical Center, state budget cuts are forcing enrollments down, hampering an effort to obtain National Cancer Institute designation and causing additional staff reductions. Full Story »
Kan. gov. to promote swine flu vaccinations
The Newton Kansan – Tue Dec 15, 11:59 am ET

Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson is appearing in a new public service ad to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated ahead of the next wave of swine flu. Full Story »
Butterflies live for a week in space
The Newton Kansan – Tue Dec 15, 11:58 am ET

As hundreds of students watched on Earth, three monarch butterflies from the University of Kansas lived for a week aboard the International Space Station before dying. Full Story »

The Augusta Daily Gazette

Andover School Board not ready to risk revenue
The Augusta Daily Gazette – Tue Dec 15, 10:54 am ET

Joel Schaefer, a teacher at Andover High School, has become the first in the district to receive his National Certification. Full Story »
Augusta resident claims $5,383 prize on 50th birthday
The Augusta Daily Gazette – Tue Dec 15, 10:54 am ET

Augusta resident Dale Simon is seen here with the check he won on his 50th birthday playing a lottery game. Full Story »
El Dorado Frontier Refinery exemption creates error in reporting tax increase
The Augusta Daily Gazette – Tue Dec 15, 10:54 am ET

Butler County residents have asked for information regarding the recent tax increase by the state, Butler County, Butler Community College, USD 490 and El Dorado. County residents received tax statements indicating increases for the above entities. Full Story »
Tiger's activities could alter fashion choice
The Augusta Daily Gazette – Tue Dec 15, 10:39 am ET

I can't wear any of my hats anymore. One of the many reasons my wife considered marrying a 27-year-old newspaper editor a risk was that when she first visited my apartment she couldn't help but notice that there was a baseball or golf hat on every piece of furniture. Full Story »
Augusta wrestlers take fourth at Douglass' Goodwill tournament
The Augusta Daily Gazette – Sat Dec 12, 8:27 pm ET

DOUGLASS - Luke Henning won the 285-pound weight division championship, and Augusta finished in fourth place Saturday at the Douglass Goodwill wrestling tournament. Full Story »