Rose Hill News

Gracia Burnham was kidnapped while celebrating her wedding anniversary at a resort in the Philippines and survived being held hostage by Muslim terrorists for more than a year.

Abbey, Troy L. and Jacobs, Shelia L., both of Wichita. Bayer, Kody E. and Cook, Sonja M., both of Wichita.

President Obama encouraged kids to take responsibility for themselves and stay in school during a nationwide address Tuesday morning.

Most Wichita-area school districts let teachers decide individually whether to incorporate President Obama's back-to-school address in the classroom today.

Rose Hill is the latest school district to send notes to parents letting them know about the potential for H1N1.

Three people were killed in separate crashes over the weekend - two of them motorcycle crashes on Sunday - in Sedgwick and Butler counties.

The man killed Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle struck a guard rail on I-235 in south Wichita has been identified as 54-year-old Ronald Roeder of Rose Hill.

ROSE HILL, Kansas - For a sport that lasts just eight seconds bull riding is one of the most dangerous known to man.

A 22-year-old Wichita woman who got out of her car after having engine problems died early Saturday after being hit by a pickup, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

The thunderstorms that moved through the region Tuesday night dumped heavy rain in isolated spots, leading to widely contrasting totals in locations not far at all from each other.

A 14-year-old girl from Oaklawn was killed and her adult passenger from Wichita was critically injured Friday in a one-car accident about two miles west of Rose Hill.

By Megahn Snyder & Robert Marin One woman is dead, and another is critically hurt, after an accident west of Rose Hill late Friday morning.

Senior Ashlea Bengston leads the Falcons on the mound at 14-4 with a 1.60 ERA and at the plate, batting .621 with four home runs and 35 RBIs.

Rose Hill police have released this sketch of a suspect in the attempted abduction of a 15-year-old girl from her home in March.

I am hearing a lot of renewed grumbling about the KSHSAA and regional sites, etc.

We've got track regionals today and make sure you check out varsitykansas.com for more track results than you can ask for.

We'll try to get some scores and info up here as it comes in. Feel free to chime in on the comments.

The National Weather Service has issued another significant weather statement - this one concerning a strong thunderstorm that is hitting Butler and southeastern Sedgwick counties.

Gracia Burnham of Rose Hill will be given the Special Courage Award from the Office for Victims of Crime today in Washington, D.C. Burnham and her husband, Martin, were among 20 people abducted from a resort in the Philippines in 2001 by gunmen affiliated with the Abu Sayyaf Group, a terrorist organization.

Gracia Burnham of Rose Hill was presented the Special Courage Award from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime on Friday in Washington, D.C.Burnham and her husband, Martin, had been serving as missionaries in the Philippines when they were among about 20 people abducted from a resort there in 2001 by members of Abu Sayyaf, a ...