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21 hrs ago | Joplin Globe

Cherokee County budget healthy

COLUMBUS, Kan. - With half the year left, there is nearly 60 percent remaining in the Cherokee County general-fund budget.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Joplin Globe

Former assistant prosecutor charged with felony drug crimes

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Jeffrey Pittman was charged Wednesday in Cherokee County District Court with four felony drug counts connected with his arrest on Monday.

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Joplin Globe

Cherokee County panel backs marathon plan

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County commissioners on Monday expressed disappointment that none of the planned Mother Road Marathon in the county would be on sections of the original Route 66.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Joplin Globe

Pittsburg man sentenced to more than 15 years in prison

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Cherokee County District Judge Kent Lynch on Tuesday sentenced Benjamin Burdick to nearly 15 1/2 years in prison on a conviction of methamphetamine manufacturing.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO

Subcontractors selected for project Chiefs' facility

Home << Local << Subcontractors selected for project Chiefsa facility Eleven local subcontractors will help build the Kansas City Chiefsa summer training facility at Missouri Western State University.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Joplin Globe

Cherokee County deputy credited with saving trio

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves is crediting a deputy with saving the lives of three family members who were trapped in a burning pickup truck.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

KansasCity.com

Kansas sheriff says deputy saved 3 lives by pulling them from burning car

A Cherokee County deputy sheriff is hailed as a hero by his boss after pulling three people out of a burning car.Sheriff David Groves says Deputy Josh Whitely responded to a one-car accident around 12:20 a.m. Sunday near the southeast Kansas town of Scammon and found three people trapped inside.Whitley broke a window and pulled all three from the ...

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

Thieves hit school project site, HCC

A local school bond project construction site and a Hutchinson Community College dormitory were the targets of thieves sometime Sunday night or early Monday.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

KansasCity.com

Kansas company gets contract for Chiefs indoor practice facility

A Kansas company has been selected to build the Kansas City Chiefs' indoor practice facility at Missouri Western State University.Crossland Construction, Columbus, Kan., submitted a base bid of $9.4 million, the lowest of 14 general contractors competing for the building project.Jeff Ellison, lead architect on the project, recommended to Western's ...

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Joplin Globe

Columbus city official says tally of money missing climbs again

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Columbus city administrator said this week that he wouldn't talk further about the status of an investigation into the theft of city funds.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV

Proposed practice facility for KC Chiefs brings out the bidders

Fourteen contractors have submitted bids to build the Kansas City Chiefs indoor practice facility at Missouri Western State University.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Joplin Globe

Cherokee County to request grant

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County Commission on Monday approved a resolution to apply for a federal grant for a community health and wellness center.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Joplin Globe

Cherokee County sheriff enforcing compliance with vehicle-tag law

Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves said he is cracking down on county residents who have illegally registered their vehicles in other states.

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Tue Jun 09, 2009

Joplin Globe

Restaurant owners asked to wait for response to Sunday-beer request

It may be a while before customers of Angelo's Deli in Hallowell can buy a beer with their sandwiches on Sundays.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

Joplin Globe

Web site offers tool to track lawbreakers in Cherokee County

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Department has established a Web site that allows users to more easily track sexual, violent and drug offenders who are registered with the state.

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Mon Jun 01, 2009

Joplin Globe

Landfill north of Columbus to close within a year

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Landfill officials on Monday told the Cherokee County commissioners that the landfill that serves the county may close within a year and possibly by year's end.

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Tue May 26, 2009

Joplin Globe

EPA project may damage Cherokee County road

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The story may be apocryphal, but many of us have heard about the worker being paid by the government to dig a hole, while another is paid by the government to fill it again.

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Thu May 21, 2009

Joplin Globe

Cherokee County pursuing nursing-home regulation w/ Cherokee County nursing home resolution

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County Commission is pursuing a requirement that nursing homes in the county have backup power for heating or cooling for residents during power outages.

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Sun May 10, 2009

Joplin Globe

Columbus community groups rally to refurbish gym

COLUMBUS, Kan. - As the Columbus school district deals with state budget cuts, local community groups are raising money to refurbish a school gymnasium.

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Fri May 08, 2009

Joplin Globe

No injuries reported in Cherokee County after storm

A heap of debris was all that remained of a mobile home struck by high winds in Friday's storm as it moved south of Columbus.

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