Arma News

Girard Medical Center on Friday hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting reception for new digs for its local family practice physician, Dr.

Allen and Linda Watt of Wichita went to Hutchison on Friday to visit their son Douglas Watt and his partner Larry Knouft.

ARMA, Kan. - A woman says her 97-year-old aunt's deteriorating mental health allowed another woman, who now is facing a state charge, to bilk the elderly woman out of more than $900,000. "How they came to have ...

Crawford County Commissioners on Friday received an engineering report on what has been worrisome road in the northern part of the county.

Richard LeRoy Harper, age 84, resident of rural Devon, Kansas, died Friday, August 15, 2008, at Fort Scott Mercy Health Center.

Representatives of a group interested in improving access to Bone Creek Lake in northern Crawford County approached the Board of Commissioners on Friday with concerns about the roads leading in to the popular ...

The Health Protection Agency and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory are to collaborate on a major A 3.5million research programme to combat the threat of chemical terrorism.

After 13 years on the Crawford County Board of Commissioners, District 2 Commissioner Tom Moody of Girard on Tuesday announced his intentions to not seek re-election. He will be stepping down from his post when ...

“The people of Franklin are the reason the town is doing so well”

FRANKLIN, Kan. - Ennis Krasovec doesn't spend much time talking about the tornado that destroyed her home and left her hospitalized for almost three weeks. via Joplin Globe

“One of the reasons is we're overgrown. We've got too many vehicles in here. The trucks keep getting bigger and we just don't have the room anymore.”

A Crawford County fire district will soon be upgrading. The Crawford County Fire District 2 in Arma, Kansas has little extra room. via KODE-TV Joplin

“At top speed, we may have gone 60 for a mile or so, but that was it.”

It wasn't exactly at high speeds, but a 71-year-old woman led lawmen on a pursuit Sunday through two states. via Joplin Globe

“We were just stacked in there standing shoulder to shoulder. It was getting hard to breathe.”

FRANKLIN, Kan. - "Pandemonium" is how caucus-goer Rick Fulton, of Pittsburg, described conditions Tuesday at the 13th Kansas Senate District Democratic Caucus at the Franklin Community Center. via Joplin Globe

A police pursuit on 151st Road early Friday morning ended in an injury accident in Cowley County, according to sheriff's reports. via Arkansas City Traveler

Two southeast Kansas residents are arrested following an undercover alcohol sting. via KODE-TV Joplin

“They were in direct violation”

PITTSBURG, Kan. - A sting conducted by area law officers and members of Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control resulted in the arrest Wednesday night of a bartender and a manager at Twisters Club, 136 S. Highway 69. via Joplin Globe