Friday Oct 16 | Fort Scott Tribune
Richard and Janice (Clark) Ramsey
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ramsey, Uniontown, announce the couple's 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Deficit may block road projects, study warns
Kansas faces a $6.4 billion shortfall in road project funding over the next decade, a report by a Washington D.C.-based transportation group shows.
New maps of Kansas oil and gas fields now available
Nearly 6,000 oil and gas fields drilled in Kansas since 1860 are shown in a series of new maps now available from the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas.
Weather change slows corn harvest
The start of fall today has brought some cooler temperatures and scattered showers, predicted to stay around in the area for the rest of the week.
Some schools in southwest Kansas are seeing an increase in enrollment this year, area school district officials said, citing the preliminary numbers from a count of students taken Monday.
KU staffer's story inspires children of migrant workers to earn college degrees
Alejandra Hernandez-Castro was 3 when her parents came to the United States from Mexico in search of a better life for her family.
DOE Selects Biofuels Projects to Receive up to $21...
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $21 million will be made available for the selection of five projects that will develop supply systems to handle and deliver high tonnage biomass feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels production.
A numbers problem for Engineering School
Despite increased budget cuts, the Kansas Board of Regents has asked the University to find a way to increase the number of students educated in the School of Engineering.
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A Hugoton man is jailed after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother.
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A Hugoton man is jailed after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother.
Stimulus funds to help pay for Statehouse renovation
Federal stimulus efforts are touching even a floor-by-floor renovation of the Kansas Statehouse, which began years before the nation's current downturn.
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A Hugoton man is jailed after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother.
Western Kansas Man Arrested for Murder
A Hugoton man is behind bars after killing his mother, investigators said. Sheriff Ted Heatson said authorities arrested 25-year-old Michael Maestas Saturday, after he called 911 and told them he stabbed his mother, 52-year-old Lorenza Maestas.
Hugoton Community Remembers Slain Woman
It was in her own home that 52-year-old, Lorenza Maestas was murdered by her 25-year-old son, Michael.
KU alumnus wins national Cleveland Art Prize
Nathaniel Beau Hancock, a 2005 University of Kansas alumnus from Hugoton, has won a nationally competitive Cleveland Art Prize.
Neighbors: Stones enjoys wellspring of bells
One look around Charles Stones' basement and it becomes readily apparent for whom the bell tolls.
Reading bills - The Pledge to Read sounds like a program aimed at preschool parents but actually is a promise by lawmakers not to sign any health care legislation until they've read it.
School districts brace for more cuts
More aid is being cut from school districts after the state announced recently that it will reduce the amount of aid it provides per student by 2 percent.
Grocery store chain violated child labor laws
The U.S. Department of Labor is cracking down on White's Foodliner, a grocer with stores in Goddard, Kingman and Hugoton.
Kansas Ends Year with $126 Million Less Than Forecast
Gov. Mark Parkinson must make more cuts to the state budget after Kansas ended the fiscal year $126 million short of expectations.