Holcomb News

Holcomb has a new mayor. Lary Cole, the former mayor, on Wednesday night cited personal reasons for why he resigned his post.

A petition from a Holcomb convenience store owner to close a county road has been halted by the order of a district court judge because state transportation officials believe the closure will inhibit public access to frontage roads and further complicate planned detour roads for the ongoing U.S. Highway 50 construction project.

Before their score was announced, members of the Garden City High School marching band stood on the field in front of a large crowd underneath the Memorial Stadium lights.

County commissioners adopted an addendum to the countya s current sick leave policy in the hopes the new provisions will alleviate employees' concerns about missing paid work and prevent extraneous spread of this yeara s pandemic flu.

Norma Nichols has no other reason than, "It's time." Brad Nading/Telegram Norma Nichols, right, takes a turn at a Wii bowling game as Matt Garcia looks on earlier this month at the Senior Center of Finney County during a Wii class.

Large numbers of students are missing school and activities in Kansas as the flu strikes early and hard.

Kansas Department of Transportation officials plan to close Big Lowe Road just north of U.S. Highway 50 beginning Oct.

At the beginning of flu season, school districts are seeing more students absent from classes because of illness and are sending many of them home with flu-like symptoms.

School board officials in USD 363 have yet to decide whether to hire an independent agency to begin the search for a new superintendent or take on the challenge themselves.

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

On a quiet evening in Holcomb, Kansas, 31-year-old Perry Smith provided a mattress box for Herb Clutter to recline on, tied him with a rope, cut his throat, and shot him in the head.

HOLCOMB a ' Renovations soon will get under way on a now-vacant classroom in Holcomb Elementary School a ' part of a plan to alleviate the overcrowded conditions at Wiley Elementary School while making use of extra space in Holcomb Elementary School.

On Saturday, people who either knew or know of Bonnie and Herb Clutter and their two children, Nancy, 16, and Kenyon, 15, will talk about the kind of family they were as a memorial to the family will be dedicated in Holcomb Community Park.

Writers say they get a raw deal from the movies, and always have done. There's the other legend of an Algonquin novelist lured out to Hollywood in the 1930s who polished this verdict on his own fate: "What has happened to me? I have to live in a place where there are no seasons, no restaurants, no theatre, no society.

HOLCOMB a ' Holcomb resident Diana Klaus had been using the Finney County Transit Demand Response Service as a way to get to and from Holcomb and Garden City.

Janet Anguiano walked into the Deerfield Community Learning Center Wednesday morning, sat down at a computer and began reading chapters and taking notes in world geography.

A Holcomb man has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 13-year-old Holcomb girl.

With rising costs and less money coming from the state, Holcomb USD 363 is looking to draw in some more funds from local taxpayers, though the exact tax rates being proposed weren't available Friday.

HOLCOMB a ' Bryan Mader is looking ahead to when Sunflower Electric Power Corp. starts construction on its proposed 895-megawatt plant to when hundreds of construction workers working on the project need a place to stay when they arrive in southwest Kansas.

The following reports were taken from law enforcement and fire logs: Friday Jana Redd-Williams, 50, 2819 Terrace Place, was cited and released at 8:30 a.m. in the 2700 block of North Third Street on an allegation of no proof of insurance.