Atwood News

A 38-year-old man was killed Wednesday evening after falling out of the skid loader he was driving.

Lone Chimney Films will premiere its latest documentary, Bloody Dawn: The Lawrence Massacre at the Jayhawk Theatre in Atwoodat 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.

Two natural gas drilling rig workers were admitted to the Rawlins County Health Center hospital in Atwood Sunday night after lightning struck their rig erected in the northwest corner of Rawlins County.

You may have heard about Eric Nordgren's cancer fundraiser last year. He bicycled over 200 miles in a single day, raising over 15 thousand dollars for cancer research.

An Olathe man piloting a single-engine experimental aircraft crashed into a field over the weekend in northwest Kansas. via KansasCity.com

Kansas Securities Commissioner Chris Biggs announced today that Hays resident Patrick L. Schmidtberger was convicted in Rawlins County District Court today for a violation of the Kansas Securities Act. via Office of the Kansas Securities Commi...

“I get to be a part of the community”

Haley Atwood burst through the door of Auburn Library carrying a big, white stuffed bear Thursday. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Old Man Winter let Goodland and the surrounding area know on Thursday that he hasn't lost his punch just yet. via The Wichita Eagle

First National hires operations officer

First National Bank of Johnson County has appointed Tammy Evans as operations officer at the new Heritage Square Branch at 151st Street and Mur-Len Road in Olathe.

Evans has 19 years of banking experience in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. Previously, she worked two years at the former Signature Bank KC as vice president and manager of the Spring Hill branch. He also had been a branch manager and assistant vice president at Security Savings Bank. Read more

“It's boring down here right now. There's nobody here”

As snow was piling up outside the Atwood Bowl & Fun Center on Tuesday night, there was no bowling and no fun inside. via Salina Journal

“Our objective is to establish a relationship and network between pharmacy students who have an interest in a career as an independent pharmacy entrepreneur and/or staff pharmacist, and independent pharmacists in Kansas”

Eleven members of the student chapter of the National Community Pharmacists Association at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy visited 16 independent pharmacies in central and southwest Kansas during ... via The University of Kansas

“Ash is considered to be "the poor man's oak.”

Ron Howland, Jewell, has long been interest in working with wood. Recently he established a saw milling business.

During the 1970s and 80s Howland operated a saw mill in his hometown of Atwood, Kan. He recalls "Residents of the Atwood area thought I was crazy. There I was with a saw mill on the plains of Western Kansas where there weren't many trees."

However, Howland said he enjoyed operating the saw mill. He recalled taking his son Brad into the countryside to cut down trees for the mill. Because of the limited market for his wood, sold the mill and he became a contractor. Read more