Burns News

Dan Helmer, 91, formerly from Marion, died May 31 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla.

June 1. A $20 donation would be accepted for the weekend, but not required to attend the Music Festival.

Peabody-Burns bands to perform May 15 The Peabody-Burns bands will present their annual Spring Music Extravaganza on Thurs day, May 15.

A teen girl was killed and her older sister was critically injured when their sports utility vehicle went into a ditch Sunday in Marion County.

A Golden Globe-nominated actor and Grammy-nominated singer will add some star power Saturday to a gala marking the 20th anniversary of the Brown Foundation and the 54th anniversary of the Brown v. Board ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

“It would have been devastating.”

Torrential rain and a lengthy spell of small hail lashed Wichita overnight as a squall line pounded the metropolitan area. via Kansas.com

“Turkey hunters know they will find turkeys foraging in burns, and many gobblers have been harvested with soot on their feet.”

Thursday, March 27, 2008 :: infoZine Staff Selective burning during nesting season can be more effective than earlier burns Allen, KS - infoZine - Wildlife managers know the use of prescribed fire as a land ... via Kansas City InfoZine

“I get a lot of comments like that.”

It sometimes takes a minute for their students, colleagues or patients to get the joke. via Kansas.com

GPNC to sponsor art contests for kids Children in kindergarten through eighth grade are eligible to compete in an art contest sponsored by Great Plains Nature Center. via Hillsboro Free Press

“What better time to impact kids, than right there?"said Evan Yoder, Hillsboro Elementary School principal. "That's what we're in the business of-the education of kids.”

The Unified School District410 Board of Education made decisions at its Monday, Jan. via Hillsboro Free Press

In honor of the sacrifices made by three fallen soldiers, Dodge City Community College will build and dedicate a memorial on its campus. via Dodge City Daily Globe

Sara Burch and Dustin Martin, both of El Dorado, were married during a 4 p.m. July 14, 2007, ceremony at Grace Hill Mennonite Church. via Newton Kansan

The loud buzzing of a chain saw commands your attention just as you see its roaring blade cutting the air before you.

A woman's bloodcurdling scream quickens your pulse. In the dark, you claw through sticky cobwebs, desperately looking for a door when a skeletal hand suddenly grabs you.

Expect these happenings and so much more at haunted experiences in the Wichita area. For most of them, it's the final weekend for business and arguably the best, since it's the weekend before Halloween. Read more

“The Methodist church women continue to sponsor it”

Tom Grimwood of Burns is a Kansas State University graduate with a 50-year history of sharing Thanksgiving with University of Kansas international students. via The University of Kansas