Pretty Prairie News

The Pretty Prairie rodeo starts tonight and runs through Saturday. I'll be there on Thursday doing a story.

Two candidates running in the August primary for Reno County Commission's District 2 seat have experienced financial problems, District Court records indicate.

Come to Pretty Prairie Kansas on July 16-19th for four nights of family fun. This is the 71st annual Pretty Prairie Rodeo, Kansas' Largest Night Rodeo and Kansas Lottery Championship Rodeo Series, sponsored in ...

Call it a kid-sized "Bucket List." MommyPoppins.com recently posted a list of 100 things to do with kids in New York -- which inspired similar lists by moms in Detroit, Nashville and elsewhere.

When we hear the word 'summer' many different things come to mind: swimming, baseball, cook-outs and even vacations, but to the people of Pretty Prairie, Kan.

Reno County sheriff plans to run for another term Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson, a Republican, recently filed by petition to qualify for the Aug.

Few people at the state track and field meet this weekend will recognize Nick Brummet's name.

By Sarah Kessinger - Harris News Service - kessinger@dailynews.net TOPEKA - A Sunflower Electric official says there "never has been" a hard deadline to decide whether to pursue construction of two coal-fired ...

“Motorcycles don't hurt cars very badly - sometimes the automobile drivers aren't very concerned.”

As more riders hit the open road in nice weather, accidents hit an upswing. By Jon Ruhlen - The Hutchinson News - jruhlen@hutchnews.com With the return of warm weather and sunny days, thousands of people across ... via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

“We do not need an entirely new agency to do that”

House members refused Wednesday to consider legislation that would have boosted funding for tourism promotion and created a new agency to guide the effort. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

" A 55-year-old man died today after he hit a deer with his motorcycle late Thursday. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

Alexander, Andrew L. and Taylor Sonya D., both of Wichita. Basinger, Joel L. and Palmer, Lorna G., both of Haysville. via The Wichita Eagle

A mercury spill put the high school and middle school on lockdown Tuesday after a thermostat broke, causing a small amount of mercury to spill out. via KSNW-TV

“It's just really special that you have so many volunteers in Kansas pulling together and do so much to make this happen”

Pretty Prairie's yearly event draws thousands and is citywide effort. By Jon Ruhlen - The Hutchinson News - jruhlen@hutchnews.com PRETTY PRAIRIE - On Aug. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

“The school in Pretty Prairie is a lot smaller and everybody knows each other”

By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News - dgray@hutchnews.com With a looming teacher shortage in Kansas - 36 percent of Kansas teachers are eligible to retire within the next five years - school districts are ... via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

Greensburg Government Shakes Up Updated: The mayor comments on his defeat. The mayor-elect says the rebuilding will continue as planned. via KWCH

A Pretty Prairie man was not injured in a Wednesday crash that killed two. Richard Knapp, Alva, Okla., was driving west on Kansas 42 about two miles east of Suppesville in Sumner County, when he crossed over ... via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

A man is critically injured when a firearm he was handling accidentally went off. via Kansas' CW

“I just feel that it's time for citizens of Reno County to feel like they actually have a voice in what goes on county government”

Kevin Branscom, Arlington, said he's always been interested in politics and with an open District 2 seat in this year's Reno County Commission election, now seemed "like the right time," he said. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

“It's very vindictive to people who never made the original choice to be here”

TOPEKA | Throughout much of this year's debate on immigration reform, a law giving children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition at state colleges has been the elephant in the room.

It has been a contentious fight before: Two years ago the House saw one attempt to repeal the law after another. Each failed.

The 2004 law gives those children in-state tuition at state colleges and universities if they attend at least three years at and graduate from a Kansas high school and can show they are on a path to citizenship. Some 240 such students currently enjoy the benefit. Read more