Oberlin News

As Missouri counts down to the day when U.S. 36 will be four lanes across the entire state, attention rightly turns to Kansas.

New University of Kansas students and their parents from Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Wallace counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations ...

Assessment teams were out this morning in the wake of a series of storms that swept through northwest Kansas, dumping tornadoes, hail and heavy rains.

Tornadoes that moved through western Kansas on Thursday night damaged several homes, but no fatalities or major injuries were immediately reported.

Old Man Winter let Goodland and the surrounding area know on Thursday that he hasn't lost his punch just yet. via The Wichita Eagle

More than 2,000 samples tested, no new cases reported Pratt, KS - infoZine - This year, chronic wasting disease was detected by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks in three wild white-tailed bucks ... via Kansas City InfoZine

A 34-year-old Oberlin man was killed and two others had to be airlifted to Denver on Saturday evening when a vehicle rolled and ejected four of the five people inside, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. via Salina Journal

A one vehicle crash early Saturday evening kills a man from Oberlin, Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the SUV was westbound on Decatur County Road 6S when the driver lost control on some gravel. via Kansas' CW

Travel Headlines One person is dead and four others are injured after a Saturday evening accident in Decatur County in Northwest Kansas. via WIBW-TV Topeka

“Deer were expensive last year”

Mud and skittish deer were proving to be something of a stumbling block for wildlife officials who were hoping to start testing the Decatur County deer herd for further evidence of a fatal disease. via Chanute Tribune

Kansas Schedules CWD Meeting From Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks -- Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks officials will conduct a public meeting in Oberlin Feb. via Buckmasters Whitetail Magazine

Farmers and ranchers interested in the latest technology, methods and conservation practices to improve crop production on the High Plains can learn about those topics and more at the 2008 "Cover Your Acres ... via KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

“When I got it, I thought it cannot be. Where has it been”

Bernice Martin loves to collect post cards. But her most recent one stands above the rest. via Kansas' CW

“I guess, evidently it slid behind something in 1914 and it had been there all this time”

The mail must go through, but sometimes it takes a little while. A belated Christmas greeting has been delivered nearly 93 years after it was mailed in Oberlin, Kansas. via KFVS12

“It's surprising that it never got thrown away”

Talk about slower than Christmas : a Christmas card sent from Alma, Nebraska in 1914 finally arrived in Oberlin, Kansas 93 years later. via Cave News

“We don't know much about it. But wherever they kept it, it was in perfect shape”

A Christmas card of Santa and a young girl has arrived at its destination in the US - 93 years after it was sent. via Sky News

“But it is kind of curious. We'd like to know how it got down there.”

Talk about a snail's pace. A postcard featuring a colour drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl took almost a century to reach its destination. via Canoe

A Christmas concert featuring Clueless band and the Oberlin Area Concert Band is set for 2 p.m. Dec. via Salina Journal

“We want to get this money to the people it belongs to”

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 764 Kansas taxpayers who are due refund checks worth almost $550,000. The refund checks, averaging $719, were returned as undeliverable and can be claimed as soon as ... via Salina Journal