Ness City News

In the single campaign to be the top eating establishment in northwest Kansas, two races evolved: one online and the other through printed ballots.

Allen and Vicki Schuler, Ness City, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Stephanie Schuler, to Brent Hansen, son of Betty Hansen, Hays, and Jeffrey Hansen, Springfield, Mo.

Molly Ann Kuhlman and Ben James Suing were married May 30, 2009, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ness City, with Father Gregory LeBlanc, Father John Hagemann, Abbott Raphael Walsh and Abbot Mike Liebl officiating.

A Taxed Enough Already party will take place at noon July 4 outside the Ellis County Courthouse.

Jude and Rachel Stecklein, Sylvan Grove, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Kimberly Sue Stecklein, to Chad Joseph Stoecklein, son of Eldon and Mary Stoecklein, Hays.

Warren and Pam Sutton, Ness City, and Tony and Toni Hann, Hanston, announce the engagement of their children, Julie Rae Sutton and Adam Ryan Hann.

Douglas and Julia Brenner, Oakley, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jessica Ren'ee Brenner, to Christopher Ross Halbleib, son of Thomas and Heliana Halbleib, Oakley.

Norton senior Hayli Bozarth picked up her second gold medal at the state track meet on Saturday, winning the Class 3A girls' shot put at 41 feet, 1 1/2 inches.

Ervin and Helen Koerner, Ness City, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary and Ervin's 80th birthday with a mass of Thanksgiving on June 13 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ness City.

Jess and Peggy Pitts, Jetmore, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Traci Lynn Pitts, to Blaine Mathew Gabel, son of Ronnie and Marcia Gabel, and Mike and Sandi Maier, Ness City.

With the death of an 81-year-old Ness City man, a Saturday crash along U.S. Highway 183 now is being labeled a triple fatality accident by the Kansas Highway Patrol.

The Highway Patrol said both victims were passengers in cars that collided head-on on the Smoky Hill River Bridge on U.S. 183 Saturday night.

Cheyenne Ellard, an eighth-grader at Kennedy Middle School in Hays, made the most of a second chance.

Six students at Western Plains High School are just good kids doing a good deed, according to their teacher, Debbie Hagans.

I appreciated the opportunities these past two weekends to discuss legislative matters in Marion County, and I look forward to the March 21 meeting in Chase County at the Farm Bureau office.

Federated member S&W Supply is commemorating its 75th anniversary in 2009, and as a way to celebrate and thank its customers, they will hold Customer Appreciation Days at all eight S&W Supply locations Feb.

The U.S. Army chief warrant officer told a few family members he would be flying his Blackhawk helicopter over the town Friday afternoon.

Brennan Uehling always knew he wanted to open a chiropractic clinic in Hays. That goal became a reality in November, when Riverside Chiropractic, with offices already in Ness City, Dighton, Jetmore and Dodge ...

A 20-year-old Salina woman was arrested Monday, accused of aiding in the Sept. 26 murders of Taryn K. Dechant and Ernest J. Jones Jr., which a spokeswoman for the Kansas Attorney General's Office characterized ...

Hays High School juniors Josh Munsch and Kylie Gaughan and several other juniors and seniors from around the area recently were named to the academic all-state cross country team by the Kansas Cross Country and ...