Holcomb News

With the Kansas Department of Transportation project of widening U.S. Highway 50/400 to four lanes from Garden City to Holcomb, Crazy House, which is located along the stretch, had two choices for the future of the business, according to owner Brian Shaw.

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. must repeat the permit process for its planned 895-megawatt coal plant near Holcomb, Kan., to ensure that the project meets federal requirements under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.

State audit - Retired president Jon Wefald transformed Kansas State University from a sleepy land-grant school into an athletic, economic and academic powerhouse.

A Holcomb woman has been arrested for allegedly having sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy.

When Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson inked a deal with Sunflower Electric Power Corporation CEO Earl Watkins to allow an 895 megawatt coal-fired plant to be built in Holcomb, Kansas, the shock reverberated throughout the state and beyond.

A location has been picked for a memorial to honor the family of four whose 1959 killing in rural southwest Kansas was chronicled in Truman Capote's novel "In Cold Blood."The Holcomb City Council agreed Wednesday that the memorial should be located at the Holcomb Community Park.

HOLCOMB a ' While the Clutter family memorial will be located in Holcomb Community Park, approval of the actual location didn't come without some disagreement and revisiting of the site during Wednesday's Holcomb City Council meeting.

Members of a burgeoning Burmese community are hoping their efforts to band together in spite of their multiple ethnic backgrounds, dialects and religions will aid them in their hopes to assimilate to life in southwest Kansas.

A number of southwest Kansas area basketball players were named to the 2009 Kansas Basketball Coaches Association all-state teams.

Southwest Kansans have a variety of activities to check out this weekend, including a benefit poker run, farmer's market, Stevens Park Concert Series and a new exhibit, "Digging Through Time," at the Finney County Historical Museum.

Garden City Downtown Vision Director Beverly Schmitz Glass walked away from Tuesday's City Commission meeting with encouragement from commissioners to continue working toward the entity possibly being housed one day with the Finney County Economic Development Corp.

Finney County Emergency Medical Services Director Bob Prewitt will officially request an additional crew Monday from the Finney County Commission to help with an emergency call load Prewitt has said continues to increase.

As the Finney County Economic Development Corp. Board of Directors and staff continue working to determine how the corporation will be funded in the future, better communicating economic development to the public and the entity's funding partners keeps coming up.

Rural communities understand the constant struggle to create economic opportunities for our workers and their families.

A Garden City man accused of killing another man has pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge and will be facing a late July jury trial.

Three area residents were stabbed in an alleged domestic dispute early Tuesday morning, according to the Finney County Sheriff's Office.

This weekend, Garden City residents can attend a Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day and go to the opening of Garden City's Municipal Big Pool.

Former NFL player Lawrence Taylor. Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles. Val Kilmer. Joe Elliott of Def Leppard.

Mark Parkinson signed a renewable energy bill Friday that he had demanded from legislators as part of an agreement allowing a new coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas.

It may have been the last day of school in Holcomb, almost time for students and staff to escape, but Phil Keidel was stuck a ' literally a ' at Holcomb Elementary School.