Medicine Lodge News Archives

Barber County voters passed a bond issue to build two new hospitals. The new hospitals would replace the 25-bed facility in Medicine Lodge and another facility in Kiowa, neither of which are compliant to government guidelines according to hospital leaders.

Don Lonker was home with his grandkids and great grand nephew in Medicine Lodge this week when the lightning hit.

A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition at a Wichita hospital after he was hit by lightning in Medicine Lodge Monday afternoon, officials said.

THE RED HILLS in South Central Kansas may be the most color-rich region of the state.

Contemporary country singer Martina McBride rose to stardom in the late '90s, starting out with a more traditionalist approach and later moving into pop-friendlier territory.