Ness City News

When I left you last week, my father and I were traveling Kansas Highway 96 westbound, about to enter Ness City.

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

The call was not to recommend the school cancel classes, as Ness City officials did Wednesday and today due to a 30 percent absentee rate caused by similar illnesses.

An increasing number of students fighting the flu forces a Western Kansas school district to shut down.

Students in Ness City were back in school today after an unplanned two-day vacation.

Ness City USD 303 officials say schools will be closed Wednesday & Thursday because of many sick students.

An increasing number of ill students has prompted the Ness County Health Department to request Ness City schools close for at least two days.

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There will be no school for the Ness City district tomorrow and Thursday. The superintendent blames sickness making its way throughout the area.

Arlene and Cliff 'Babe' Gilbert were married Aug. 2, 1959, at McCracken Methodist Church by the late Rev.

Albert and Alberta Walt, Ness City, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sept.

"WE'VE got to go right now, folks," Roger Hill shouted on a recent Monday afternoon in Scott City, a beautiful speck on the map of western Kansas .

Just the night before his restaurant opened in February 1985, Pat Vavricka still was tinkering with his pizza sauce recipe, hoping to bring out a flavor that would register with customers and ensure the success of his new venture.

Just the night before his restaurant opened in February 1985, Pat Vavricka still was tinkering with his pizza sauce recipe, hoping to bring out a flavor that would register with customers and ensure the success of his new venture.

She offers up a scrumptious hamburger, among other delightful foods. But you'll have to take my word for it.

Do you agree with the Hays USD 489 school board's decision to raise workbook/material fees from $15 to $100 for all students? Yes No Results / 2 comments Suggest A Poll Question [var top_story_head] Lee and Delphine Norton Published on -8/2/2009, 3:34 PM Lee and Delphine Norton, Ness City, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 31, 2009.

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As of Tuesday, about 20 people are set to travel together to Topeka for a rally to support Sunflower Electric Power Corp.'s proposed expansion, as well as an energy bill that could help Hays-based Sunflower move forward with its project.

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.