Plainville News

Marian Conyac could tell when the economy started collapsing nationwide. That's because business came to a standstill at her End of the Line Hobby's shop in Stockton.

With temperatures soaring to near 100, combines were pushed into high gear for the 2009 area wheat harvest.

A rodeo, turtle races and a downtown carnival are just some of the events scheduled this weekend at Plainville's Paradise Creek Festival.

More than 1,000 miles from New York City, one rural Kansas physician recently found her clinic in the national spotlight.

Last Friday, the New York Times featured Jennifer Brull, a family doctor in rural Kansas, and the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville as being ahead of the nation in electronic health records.

In Washington, the Obama administration is promising to spend billions to make health care more efficient, but Jennifer Brull, a family doctor in rural Kansas, is already a step or two ahead.

Due to the potential cost of driver's education to families following budget cuts to the program, Plainville USD 270 has decided not to offer the class this summer.

When the minimum security prison here is mothballed on April 1, communities and businesses in northwest Kansas won't see it as a laughing matter.

They won't call it a fight, but community leaders in Stockton aren't giving up on efforts to keep their prison open.

All three teens were ejected from the truck as it rolled several times and came to rest in a ditch near Plainville.

Trenton Taylor Hoft, 15, was taken to Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, and declared dead an hour after the crash.

A new year and a new list of Kansas wonders. The new wonders, finalists for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Commerce, were announced today by the Kansas Sampler Foundation, a proponent of small-town life.

It may have occurred more than three months ago, but a trip to Washington, D.C., taken by 102 World War II veterans in September is still fresh in the minds of those who participated in the emotional journey.

Bright red Christmas poinsettias wrapped with good cheer were delivered by the Natoma Lion''s Club to more than 40 Natoma residents who are over the age of 80 years.

Midwest 's Seasons of Cannon Falls brand holiday ornaments and wreaths were selected to be a visible part of the holiday decorations on the set of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno .