Holcomb News

Jamie Terry told a story to an audience of about 100 people on Wednesday night at the Clarion Inn as she accepted her Crystal Apple Award.

Brad Nading/Telegram Julie Nemechek works on angles and triangle shapes Friday with sixth graders in a math class at Holcomb Middle School.

In author Truman Capote's words, residents at the murder trial of Richard Hickock and Perry Edward Smith couldn't believe that Don Cullivan -- a staid Catholic, successful engineer and father of three -- would travel 1,900 miles from Boston to stand on the side of an accused murderer.

By Ralph Hipp After flags in Kansas flew at half-staff for a week and a half, former Governor Bill Avery was laid to rest last Saturday, November 14th in Wakefield, Kansas.

The last person to see the Clutter family alive said the community finally is giving the family the recognition it always deserved.

Fifty years ago, Holcomb, Kansas was devastated by the slaughter of a local family.

The former home of the Herbert Clutter family is seen in Holcomb. Fifty years ago, the home was the scene of the brutal murder of Clutter, his wife Bonnie and their two children, inspiring Truman Capote to write "In Cold Blood." link to image Charlie Riedel/ ASSOCIATED PRESS Perry Edward Smith is led by police officers into the courthouse at Garden ...

It may have been the time period or the location of the murders. It may have been who was killed and the reason -- or lack thereof -- that their lives were taken.

Originally published November 12, 2009 at 7:29 p.m., updated November 12, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. HOLCOMB, Kansas a ' It's one of America's most haunting crime stories: four members of a Kansas family brutally murdered on Nov.

The following is one of the original stories published in The Telegram on Nov. 16, 1959, of which the front page is displayed to the left, the day after the bodies of Herb, Bonnie, Nancy and Kenyon Clutter were found in their Holcomb home: A tragedy -- unbelievable and shocking beyond words -- struck a prominent Western Kansas farm family near here ...

The make-up of the Holcomb City Council has one again changed, this time bringing the six-member board to full capacity.

The Holcomb school board voted unanimously Monday night to keep Demitry Evancho as interim superintendent for an additional year, through the 2010-11 school year.

CNN's Nancy Grace reports on the tragic story of the New Mexico boy, 11, who made a frantic 911 call to report that he had shot his father in the back of the head.

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.