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State Senator Donald Betts campaigned in downtown Arkansas City Monday and promised to be back in late October for the candidates forum.

Even with the Atlanta Labor Day Celebration Barnyard Olympics going on less than a block away, about 45 people turned out for a candidate forum at the Atlanta Community Building on Monday.

Cowley County Farm Bureau presented awards to a number of people for their efforts in sound agriculture practices and support of the industry Aug.

Four cities will host LEAD Phi Sig regional meetings this weekend. Meetings will be held in Atlanta, Kansas City, Cincinnati and Washington, DC.

The Board of Directors of the Cowley County Crime Stoppers Inc. has approved the following for Crime/s of the month for July 2008.

With the wet fields gradually drying out, the 2008 wheat harvest is in full swing.

Today's children aren't that different from children 20 or 30 years ago, they just face different circumstances.

In an effort to curb the copious amount of recyclables that find graves in ares landfills every year, the ABCDE group is exploring the idea of creating a recycling program for eastern Cowley County.

Mayor Bloomberg is no fan of federal pork for infrastructure projects, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want some for New York.

A Burden man led Cowley County Sheriff's Department officers on a chase that ended in his arrest in his mother's yard Thursday afternoon.

Architecture firm BNIM , which includes green-building visionary Bob Berkebile , took home a prize this week from The History Channel as part of the network's "City of the Future" challenge . via The Pitch

“Obviously, they have to have the physical talent to make all the throws, but decision making, accuracy and athletic ability.”

College scouting director Greg Gabriel projects three or four quarterbacks will be off the board when the Bears select in the second round at No. via Chicago Sun-Times

The first Cowley County Railroad Heritage Days event has been scheduled for April 19-20, at Wilson Park in Arkansas City. via Arkansas City Traveler

“All those committees added something”

Editors Note: This is the third in a series of articles about the new jail recently opened in Winfield. via Arkansas City Traveler

Atlanta, Kansas City and Oakland are involved in a complicated coin flip scenario to decide the third, fourth and fifth picks in the NFL draft in April. via Oakland Raiders Football

The Chicago Bears will have the 14th pick in the NFL Draft. The draft picks were announced Monday with Chicago's 7-9 season this year giving the team the 14th spot behind Carolina and before Detroit. via WQAD-TV Moline