Arma News

Beacham/Parcel Jasmine Beacham and Tyler Parcel were married Saturday April 11, 2009 at Lavern's Wedding Chapel in Miami,OK. The Rev presided over the double ring ceremony.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - The U.S. Department of Transportation announced last week that it will disburse almost $1 million in grant funding to the U.S. Highway 69 Association in Kansas to further the group's effort to extend the four-lane highway from Arma to U.S. Highway 400 in Cherokee County.

Shawnee County Sheriff Richard Barta congratulated 49 graduates of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center at a June 19 ceremony at the 4-H Encampment Building at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson.

Kansas authorities say two fires Tuesday that destroyed an abandoned house and a nonprofit group's building were suspicious in origin.

A tornado warning is in effect for northern Crawford County, Kan., until 4 p.m. today, according to the National Weather Service station at Springfield.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - The numbers are impressive: At 344 pages, it weighs in at 2 pounds, 14 ounces.

GIRARD, Kan. - A 74-year-old Arma man died Monday while awaiting trial on a felony charge accusing him and his wife of bilking more than $900,000 out of a 97-year-old woman.

Once again, the Three Rivers League will undergo change. Effective with the 2010-11 school year Northeast High School in Arma, Kan., will leave the Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League to join the TRL.

Literature and Teaching Ministries were represented by Doug Reed, Cindy and Ralph Shead on the first Sunday in May when they visited Community Christian Church in Ft.

The Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross will be conducting a new event on Saturday, which will allow them to raise the necessary funds to meet various local needs.

The All-Three Rivers League basketball teams were recently released and two Pleasanton boys earned spots on the first team.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - Federal regulators have called for a Pittsburg bank to strengthen its oversight measures in a recent intervention.

At Memorial Auditorium this month, close to 400 pupils from Pittsburg's four elementary schools are getting their 15 minutes of fame, and then some.

Heidi Kralicek, a junior at Northeast High School in Arma, knows she wants a career in business.

There was little on the agenda for Tuesday's Crawford County Commission meeting.

Mercy Health System's medical clinic in Arma is staying open thanks to a lot of community support.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - A trip to Washington, D.C., by a Kansas delegation may have netted an unexpected $1 million toward the Highway 69 corridor project in Southeast Kansas.

A 37-year-old man and a juvenile remained in custody Tuesday after allegedly being in possession of a stolen safe.

The graves of Coleen and Amanda Shadden as they looked on Valentine's Day, before being vandalized that night.

A release from the Crawford County Sheriff's Office Tuesday reports two individuals have been arrested for the burglary and theft of SEK Recycling.