Galena News

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.

GALENA, Kan. - A former assistant Cherokee County prosecutor who has faced charges in Missouri and Oklahoma was arrested Monday on possible drug charges after a traffic stop.

Two people were injured in a single-vehicle crash at 9:39 a.m. Friday on Kansas Highway 47, just east of 170th Street, according to a release from the Crawford County Sheriff's Department.

A suspect is being sought in the non-fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old Arcadia man, according to a release from the Crawford County Sheriff's Department.

Galena schoolchildren this summer are getting a taste of Chinese culture - and some Chinese food.

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

Six bands will be featured in free performances on the courthouse square on Saturday as part of the eighth annual Carthage Acoustic Music Festival.

GALENA, Kan. - The librarian who the Galena Board of Education laid off and then rehired has quit.

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.

GALENA, Kan. - Today is the last day for the annual Galena Days celebration. The four days of festivities began Wednesday and activities wrap up today with a parade, fireworks show, carnival and more.

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.

The Galena Board of Education has reversed a decision to not renew the contract of a librarian who also was a certified teacher, said Superintendent Brian Smith.

With a large part of Kansas still saturated from a round of heavy rain, more storms are developing and heading east.

GALENA, Kan. - The Galena Board of Education on Tuesday night voted not to renew the contract of a school district librarian, in response to anticipated state budget cuts.

GALENA, Kan. - A state agency rescinded approval for Galena to use fly ash as cover for its construction and demolition landfill, the Galena City Council learned this week.

Galena sixth- and seventh-graders today celebrated Earth Day at the Southeast Kansas Nature Center in Schermerhorn Park.

GALENA, Kan. - Businessman Gary Hall gets to keep his jet, for now, thanks in part to his business partner and friend.

COLUMBUS a ' A former Cherokee County prosecutor who extorted money and favors from an adult club is settling into his new home at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Ill.

One might get the impression at some Galena City Council meetings that Dale Oglesby and David Sizemore don't like each other.

GALENA, Kan. - A Galena man has been charged in U.S. District Court, Wichita, with concealing assets in a bankruptcy and wire fraud.