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

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

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.

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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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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.