Conway Springs News

Kansas farmers were finally able to get into their fields to harvest winter wheat over the weekend as the fields dried out ahead of the next wave of storms.Industry trade group, Kansas Wheat, is reporting that ...

You don't count the bushels until they are in the bin. That's the adage Kansas wheat farmers live by, and this is a good year to remember it.

Gary Squires, an assistant at North the past two seasons, has been named the new coach.

With harvest about two weeks away, Kansas is on pace for an average or better-than-average wheat crop.

Thanks, All-Metro softball posters, you put the blog post in the top 10 with your back and forth.

Area athletes won five medals at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium here Friday afternoon.

If Wellington gets a casino, it will share the revenue with every other town in Sumner County.

Class 5A 1. Salina Central; 2. Shawnee Heights; 3. St. Thomas Aquinas; 4. Seaman; 5. McPherson. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

Class 5A 1. Salina Central, 2. Shawnee Heights, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas, 4. Seaman, 5. McPherson. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

So Jaydan Bird, formerly of Andover Central and a recent Conway Springs transfer, has orally committed to Oklahoma. via The Wichita Eagle

“OU is a school with great tradition, the coaches are cool and laidback”

High school linebacker Jaydan Bird , who's in Norman this weekend, committed to the Sooners on Saturday morning before the scrimmage. via The Oklahoman

“There's some question about supplies and whether there will be shortages as the planting season gets into full swing”

As temperatures warm and farmers look to spring planting decisions, farm income prospects have never looked better. via Kansas.com

“We would prefer people find shelter close”

National Weather Service meteorologist Jeff Hutton was studying the tracks of the May 4 tornado outbreak in central Kansas, which included the tornado that wiped out Greensburg.

Wondering what would happen if a similar tornado hit a more populated area, he decided to overlay the tracks onto the Wichita metropolitan area.

'I looked at it and went 'Oh, my God,' said Hutton, who works in the service's Dodge City bureau.

The outbreak on May 4 included four large tornadoes at least a mile wide. Had that same outbreak hit the Wichita area, the towns of Clearwater and Park City would have been destroyed. West Wichita, Riverside and the heart of the city would all take devastating hits. Much of north Wichita would be gone. Read more

“I think we've got to get serious about it and if we were smart about how we can finance it over time, I think it's the kind of investment that could pay off for America.

'So I am going to study it and I'm glad she asked it”

Michael Greene of Wichita says Hillary Clinton, not Barack Obama, is the real agent of change in the race for the presidency.

'If Barack wins, he'll be the 44th man to occupy the office,' said Greene, a registered nurse. 'Everybody talks about change, well I think electing a woman would be the biggest change of all.'

So Monday night found Greene at the Broadview hotel for a 'national town-hall meeting,' with Clinton.

In Wichita, about 120 people wedged into the hotel lounge for the event, the local component of a 21-state teleconference broadcast live on the Hallmark Channel. Read more

Friday scores: GIRLS: Central Christian 47, Pratt Skyline 43; Hoisington at Nickerson; Hutchinson at Campus; Hutch Trinity at Canton-Galva. BOYS: Central Christian at Pratt Skyline; Hoisington at Nickerson; ... via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

“Kansas again earns low marks in child care”

Recessions aren't

entirely negative

Now that we are or are not in the throes of an economic recession, I have some reasons why I like recessions:

** The government gives you free money to spend in the form of tax rebates. This will not happen in good economic times.

** My stocks are cheaper to buy, especially with the free money from the government.

** Fewer people in my favorite restaurants means faster service and no wait times.

** The interest rate on my mortgage just dropped again, equaling more money in my pocketbook. Read more

I know the wrestling fans are out there. Come out, come out wherever you are! I need to get up to speed on this sport, so help me out. via The Wichita Eagle

A part-time police officer has been fired after being charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old Wichita girl. via News of Doom

A former part-time Conway Springs police officer was ordered held without bond Tuesday after he was charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old Wichita girl. via The Wichita Eagle

“We have several crime scenes we have to deal with in a large geographic area”

A former part-time police officer and the parents of an 11-year-old Wichita girl are in jail and facing criminal charges after the girl reported that she had been sexually abused, police said Friday.

The former police officer in Conway Springs was an acquaintance of the mother, said Lt. T.K. Bridges of the Exploited and Missing Child Unit.

'This has been going on for a substantial time period,' Bridges said of the alleged abuse.

A police document indicates the abuse began in late October 2006. The girl reported it to a school district employee Wednesday. The employee followed policy and notified the state Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, which contacted police, Bridges said. Read more