Colby News

While moving across the country I stopped in Colby, Kansas on the first night on the road.

Central Kansas Foundation has opened an outpatient substance abuse treatment facility in Colby.

The joy of high school graduation was diminished Thursday night for at least 17 Pontiac Central High School students whose course credits are now in question.

New University of Kansas students and their parents from Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Wallace counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations ...

Overstreet: Losing a civil rights leader Glenda Overstreet Topeka has lost a true advocate for human and civil rights in the recent death of Zelma Henderson, yet I know her homecoming will be a joyous event.

Dr. Mike Woolverton , visiting professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, and Walter Von Muhlen Filho, trader with Serra Morena Commodities, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, compare ...

“They have the best vet tech program in Kansas”

An Abilene standout has signed a letter of intent to participate in track and field at Colby Community College. via Abilene Reflector-Chronicle

Tanner Ehmke , AgWeb A poorer wheat crop is in the works for the western third of Kansas, according to field reports from the Wheat Quality Council's annual Hard Winter Wheat tour. via Dairy Today

The Kansas Highway Patrol says a motorcyle crash Friday night killed a woman from Colby, Kansas. via Kansas' CW

Today's problem

Robert C. Long read a brief note in the Jan. 15 edition of The Star about a man from Colby, Kan. who may have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare fatal disease that affects the central nervous system and turns brain tissue spongy.

The news item said that tests were pending.

Long, of Olathe, wondered what happened. He's especially concerned because of the perceived connection the disease has to the human form of 'mad cow' disease.

The answer

The man's death was not related to 'mad cow.' Instead, it was Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, says Joe Blubaugh, spokesman for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Read more

“He wasn't going to do it this year, too.”

Dylan Mumaw is the most accomplished wrestler in Jefferson West High School history. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

TravelCenters of America announced its newest Petro:Lube facility in Colby, Kan. via Heavy Duty Trucking

The general ground water declines in northwest Kansas have scientists and economists looking at the potential long-run effects of the rate of water use on the resource and the economy. via High Plains Journal

Thanks to a science instructor in Colby, college students are actually enjoying chemistry. via KSNW-TV

“You are teachable. And if you learn, you're going to become successful.”

"Who needs Chemistry? You do," said Dr. Max Pickerill. Pick, as students call him, is not your average professor. via Kansas' CW

During December the Kiwanis Club participated in its annual Christmas shopping for selected children. via Chanute Tribune

As part of its mandate, the Kansas Wheat Commission is required to present an annual report to the Kansas Legislature. via Milling Journal

Big C's, 969 S. Hwy 56, Elkhart Perkins Restaurant & Bakery #1101, 1828 E. Santa Fe, Olathe Jan. via NBC Action News

A Colby woman was hospitalized after rear-ending a trailer Thursday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Clinton Horinek, 24, Brewster, was driving a 2001 International pickup truck towing a ... via Salina Journal