Galena News

By Roger McKinney rmckinney@joplinglobe.com GALENA, Kan. - The women from 4 Women on the Route returned from the Route 66 Festival 2008 with bumps, bruises and an award.

Allied Waste, the city's trash provider and the third-largest waste-disposal company in the United States, has been purchased by Republic Services in a $ 6. 07 billion stock deal.

Lovely story from Galena, where authorities accused the proprietor of Chatterbox's Old Fashion Barber Shop of running illegal poker games in his building.

It was quite a weekend for the 4 Women on the Route of Galena, Kan. First, their restaurant and gift shop, in renovated gas station, was named New Business of the Year during the Will Rogers Awards Event on ...

GALENA, Kan. - An official with Penn National Gaming on Tuesday night asked the Galena City Council to support the company at a July 9 meeting of the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board.

This will be one of those weekends when you can take your pick of fun. Between Joplin's Boomtown Days and the 131st anniversary of the founding of Galena, Kan., there's plenty of local entertainment to be found ...

GALENA, Kan. - The Galena City Council on Tuesday night approved an ordinance expanding the town's enterprise zone.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Cherokee County residents have but one more week to file as candidates for county elective offices that will be subject to the Aug.

Music, contests, a car show and drawings galore are planned for Galena Days, to be held Wednesday through Saturday, June 7. Galena Days set to begin By Roger McKinney rmckinney@joplinglobe.com GALENA, Kan.

GALENA, Kan. - The Galena City Council this week gave the owner of two trailer parks guidance about bringing the parks into compliance with city regulations.

“The time to worry about where to go is way before (the storm).”

Recent cataclysmic events in Myanmar and China left us all reeling. Nothing, however, can bring us to a sober realization of the fragility of life more than a tragic event that strikes close to home. via Joplin Globe

Formal drug charges were pending Wednesday against two people who were arrested Tuesday by Galena police after a traffic stop and a search of a home. via Joplin Globe

Police on Tuesday arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of manufacturing methamphetamine. via Joplin Globe

“We've got the paint for the pool, and we're really moving forward”

GALENA, Kan. - Work continues on preparing the city swimming pool for opening, the Galena City Council learned this week. via Joplin Globe

“I think it's a good contract, though maybe not the best we had hoped for”

The Kansas Lottery Commission on Monday approved Penn National Gaming's contract to build and operate a state-owned casino in Cherokee County. via Joplin Globe

A Baxter Springs man admitted today he blackmailed former Cherokee County Attorney Michael L. Goodrich by threatening to expose that the prosecutor was allegedly extorting money from an adult club in Galena. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“One thing I really hope we don't do is compromise the filtration system more than it has been”

GALENA, Kan. - The city swimming pool won't open by Memorial Day weekend, Galena City Councilman Darrell Shoemaker on Tuesday night told fellow council members. via Joplin Globe

“The dog is basically my new family member”

GALENA, Kan. - Barricade, a black German shepherd, is the newest member of the Galena Police Department. via Joplin Globe

“There were flames visible, and the apartment was full of smoke”

Firefighters confined a fire Tuesday night to a single apartment in the Knights of Columbus Towers, a high-rise building with elderly tenants in downtown Pittsburg. via Joplin Globe

COLUMBUS, Kan. -- The Cherokee County Commission on Monday heard a request for $1,000 to benefit a three-state effort to promote historic Route 66. via Hotel Online