Baxter Springs News

By Roger McKinney rmckinney@joplinglobe.com COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County commissioners in September said they were pleased with the 2010 budget that kept the same property tax rate as this year.

TV, the Salvation Army, and area Westco Home Furnishing stores are organizing one of the area's largest toy drives to benefit underprivileged children, including teens, in Southeast Kansas, Southwest Missouri, and Northeast Oklahoma.

Rabbit Burnett has seen a lot - and a lot of change - in 90 years. At his 90th birthday party just a few weeks ago, Burnett received a life membership from the Baxter Springs Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

Although none of them are ranked in the top five, the SE district which consists of Galena, Riverton, Baxter Springs and Caney Valley goes into district play with a combined 22-2 record.

More than 100 people will gather this weekend at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center for a common interest in writing and "to create better authors," said Errol Anderson, district one president of the Kansas Authors Club.

RIVERTON, Kan. - Planning for a $12.2 million plant to process water from Spring River for public consumption is under way, but it may be a couple of years before the plant is in operation.

By Roger McKinney rmckinney@joplinglobe.com BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce on Saturday is producing its first Route 66 Fall Festival.

Earlier this year we introduced you to Billy Anderson , the Baxter Springs, Kansas man stricken with a debilitating disease so rare it garnered nati onwide attention from both doctors and people coming to help his family.

Children play in a Treece, Kan., street covered with lead and zinc mine tailings less than twenty yards from the Kansas/Oklahoma border behind them.

A Four State science teacher is being honored by his colleagues from the district and the southeast region of the state of Kansas.

A new preschool building dedicated Tuesday also will serve as a tribute to an area woman who was a supporter of education.

The Velma J. Archer Preschool Center was dedicated Tuesday in Baxter Springs, Kansas.

The Baxter Springs Police Department has been awarded a federal grant totaling $11,813 for new equipment.

Chris Meek, a Baxter Springs attorney arrested on a warrant for possession of a controlled substance, is now out on bond.

The Baxter Springs Board of Education has approved a 2009-2010 budget reflecting a reduction in spending and a small increase in taxes.

The Baxter Springs Board of Education has approved a 2009-2010 budget reflecting a reduction in spending and a small increase in taxes.

Fire departments from Galena and Baxter Springs responded to a house fire Sunday night in Riverton.

The Baxter Springs Board of Education has approved a 2009-2010 budget reflecting a reduction in spending and a small increase in taxes.

It is barely a town. A ghostly remnant of nearly a century of mining is more like it - not much left except for a few dilapidated houses nestled amid mountains of gray mine wastes.

A A A' A man accused of killing a Kansas college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn model pleaded not guilty to her murder Tuesday.