Lakin News

Published online 10/20/2009 10:19 PM By The News staff LAKIN - There haven't been any sightings since last week of the inmate who escaped Oct.

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

Officials say 27-year-old Mitchel Ebihara of Garden City was being held on charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery.

KEARNY COUNTY, Kansas - The manhunt continues in western Kansas for the inmate who escaped the Kearny County Jail in Lakin Monday night.

Authorities in western Kansas have been searching for a 27-year-old inmate who escaped Monday night from the Kearny County jail.

Area law enforcement officials are looking for a man who escaped from the Kearny County Jail Monday night.

When Tania Burnett tried to teach her 16-year-old son to drive, she probably didn't realize the experience would be the impetus for her husband, Mike Burnett, Lakin, to write a children's book and possibly a series of books addressing issues that most kids face.

3. The 6-year-old Dynaformer mare found the "good" going on Arlington Park's turf course in the Aug.

SCOTT CITY a ' Summer changed to fall last week, and the sights and sounds at Scott City's Whimmydiddle Arts and Crafts Festival Saturday helped usher in the new season.

LAKIN a ' In her study hall, about eight students in Wendy Hill's class are taking a pop quiz.

About $25 million in federal stimulus funding has been allocated for water projects in Kansas, including more than $12 million for a water district in the southeast.

Many residents of rural communities cherish their hospitals. A lot of small towns, after all, don't have a local medical facility, so residents face the extra burden of heading elsewhere for emergencies and other care.

The future and how Kearny County Hospital will move forward after a requested budget increase failed by 18 votes Tuesday remained uncertain this morning as Hospital Administrator John Loebl spoke on the election's results and where the hospital will go from here.

Kristina Bridgeman, who ran Saturday's turtle races for the Deerfield Days and Summer Celebration, feels the day-long celebration is a good way to bring the community together.

Tommy Sanjuan, 19, Julio Gonzalez, 17, and Beto Medrano, 18, were just hanging out together on the evening of July 21.

I am writing this letter in regard to Kearny County Hospital's mill levy request.

A Lakin teenager has died in a rollover accident in rural Grant County. Jamon Williams, 16, died at the scene of an accident about 5:37 a.m. Friday in the 6500 block of North Road V, according to the Grant County Sheriff's Office.

Lakin band Independent Follows turned up the decibels in Stevens Park Sunday night with some old and new rock and roll.

This is day seven of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat.

KEARNY COUNTY a ' It usually takes about two weeks from the time Kearny County farmer Gary Millershaski starts seeing coloring in the fields to the time the wheat is ripe and ready to cut.