Garden City News Archives

Vampires, fairy princesses, witches, angels and mummies walked the halls of Edith Scheuerman Elementary School on Friday afternoon.

An update about construction of the new high school and early childhood center, along with a report about the Bilingual Teachers of Tomorrow program are on Monday night's USD 457 Board of Education agenda.

Officials from three southwest Kansas cities have drafted a legislative policy and plan to return to their respective governing bodies to adopt the agenda that outlines their goals for this corner of the state.

GARDEN CITY, Kan. - Typically, some late-maturing soybean fields suffer from freeze damage in the fall, but more soybean acres than normal have been affected this year in western Kansas, according to Kent Martin, crops and soils specialist with Kansas State Universitys Southwest Area Extension Office.

United Way campaigners have raised $167,335.54, or 30 percent, of their $550,000 goal so far in their 2010 annual fundraising campaign.

United Way campaigners have raised $153,748.54 -- or 28 percent -- of their $550,000 goal so far for the 2010 annual fundraising campaign.

City commissioners have denied a local property owner's rezoning request to build multi-family housing in a Garden City neighborhood, following debate among residents, the landowner, and members of the local governing body.

The dark colors in William Shanks' painting convey the dismal disposition of his subject, someone who is dissatisfied as he looks back on his life and realizes what he has become.

A 48-year-old southwest Kansas woman has died from complications of the H1N1 flu virus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported Friday.

The case of a USD 457 teacher who was arrested on allegations that she stole three school laptops has been referred back to the Garden City Police Department.

Garden City Community College trustees reviewed the distribution of student activity fees and extended the paramedic program during their meeting on Wednesday night.

Police have arrested a man for his alleged connection with a Sept. 12 armed robbery at U-Pump It, a convenience store at 112 E. Kansas Ave.

A Dodge City woman suffered injuries Monday afternoon in an accident in Gray County.

UPDATE Late Monday night, a Western Kansas inmate attacked the only corrections officer working at the Kearny County Jail and escaped.

As temperatures drop to projected season lows this weekend, many area residents may be turning on the heat for the first time since last winter.

City worker Jose Lopez plants an evergreen tree on South Main Street on Friday afternoon.

The United Way is presently at $142,810, or 26 percent of its $550,000 goal for 2010.

A Holcomb woman and Garden City man were arrested Friday in connection with the alleged distribution and use of marijuana.

Brad Nading/Telegram a ' Seniada Rodriguez squeezes fresh lemon juice in to a cup Tuesday while filling a customer's drink order at the counter at Traditions Soda & Sandwich Shop.

Brad Nading/Telegram a ' Work continues on the new addition to the Finnup Education Center at Lee Richardson Zoo Thursday as crews construct the walls for the structure.