Ford News

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Meade and Ness counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 13, in Dodge City.

According to figures released May 14, Finney County between 2007 and 2008 joined the counties of Seward, Ford and Wyandotte where non-Hispanic whites were minorities.

The Kansas City Council is expected to vote on an ordinance or resolution Thursday that would advance a new 1,000-room downtown convention headquarters hotel.

Fallen law-enforcement officers were honored this morning in front of the Civic Auditorium in a memorial service conducted by the Emporia Police Department.

Democratic leaders of the House and Senate agreed Tuesday the Legislature should revamp a two-year-old state law to speed development of legalized casino gaming and promote installation of slot machines at racetracks in Kansas.

Colin and Becky Kells, of Ford, and Tommy Hale, of Ocala, Fla., announce the engagement of their daughter, Tina L. Loving of Bucklin, to Sgt.

Mennonite Relief Sale Last Updated: April 02, 2009 Escalating food prices are pushing more people in low-income countries into poverty, according to Mennonite Central Committee.

From the office of the Governor: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a declaration of a State of Disaster Emergency following significant snowfall and ice in Southwest and South Central Kansas.

Heavy snow was expected to move across Wichita early this morning, following a day that saw ice pellets and sleet clog city streets and blizzards shut down much of the southern half of the state.

THE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE DAY AND MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

The Ford County attorney says the county commission unintentionally violated the state's open meetings law last fall when talking to a casino developer.