Lawmakers asked for money to keep boys home open
Sedgwick County officials say they will close a ranch for troubled boys if the state does not provide more financial help.
Kan. couple digs out of huge credit card hole
Five years ago, Manhattan resident Franny Bostick and her husband, Jim, were drowning in debt. They had good-paying, stable jobs, but it had been too easy to pull out the plastic and buy bigger and b…
Cuteness streams from Humane Society’s Kitty Cam
Add the Kansas Humane Society's new "Kitty Cam" to the list of 6,719,332 things to distract you when you're supposed to be working.
Marilyn Louise Gonder
Marilyn Louise Gonder, 79, died Sunday Nov. 25, 2012 at Oklahoma Methodist Manor in Tulsa, Okla.
Gregory Allen Bean
Gregory Allen Bean, 54, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 at his home in Great Bend.
Ms. Wheelchair Kansas seeking nominations for 2013 program
Ms. Wheelchair Kansas is looking for nominations of wheelchair mobile women of achievement to be contestants in its 2013 program. Contestants may be self-nominated, or may be nominated by another per…
Candlelight prayer vigil to be held Friday night
Our lives and our communities are changed by suicide too often. It leaves family and friends with several "what if" questions in their minds; "What if I could have been there?" or "What if I could ha…
Popular holiday concert scheduled for Sunday
The Immaculate Heart of Mary church in Windthorst is a musician's building.
Community Emergency Response Team formed in Ford County
A group of 12 Ford County residents, in partnership with local emergency management, will soon be assisting first responders in all kinds of disaster and crisis situations as members of the county's …
Social media eyed as tool to curb disease spread
A research team at Kansas State University is looking at the usefulness of social media in curbing the spread of infectious diseases.