Clearwater News

A bad economy means people are buying less, and that means people are throwing away less, Sedgwick County commissioners learned Wednesday.

Nothing crazy out of here, but I did see that Clearwater's Hannah Tjaden won her heat.

It's not that Matthew Crowell didn't like racing. Actually, he loves it. But it also is a grind for a teenager to compete during three straight nights of hobby stock racing, then get back for school the following Monday.

Evoking President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams reminded the dozens of officers at the City Hall ceremony that they "shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe," in order to assure safety for the citizens they serve.

A group of nuns has received approval to proceed with plans to build a monastery north of Kechi.

Word of Life at East; Garden City at Derby; Newton at Derby ; Clearwater at Andover; Andover Central at Valley Center; El Dorado at Rose Hill.

South at Independent; Cedar Vale-Dexter at Udall. Thursday-- Andover Central at Valley Center; Augusta at Andale; Mulvane at Wellington; Clearwater at Andover; Circle at Buhler.

Albright, Erin C., and Sturdevant, Heather M., both of Wichita. Avila, Francisco, and Alvarez, Ashley R., both of Wichita.

It' not that dusting of snow that is making the Tuesday morning commute a challenge in and around Wichita -- it's the layer of ice that fell first.

"We did not know what hit us until we landed the airplane," FedEx pilot Virgil Youngers says.

Bishop, Cassie and Glen Jr. Neal, Kim D. and Bonnie B. Nguyen, Hai and Moen, Myla.

Jarvis Odgers, of Wichita, gathers some mulch at the Christmas Tree recycle station at Edgemoor Park, on Wednesday, December 31, 2008.

A Clearwater man has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash on the Kansas Turnpike Tuesday.

Two people have died in separate weather-related fatals in south-central Kansas' Cowley County.

Christmas tree recycling has already started at several locations in Wichita and Sedgwick County.

The Better Business Bureau has been made aware of consumers receiving a secret shopper scam opportunity.