Tescott News

Ottawa County Attorney Betty Mick says that Niles Wise has been charged in district court with felony obstruction.

The accident claimed the life of Christopher Lyons, 22. The suspect's name will not be released until charges are filed, according to the patrol's release.

The accident happened at around 3:00 Sunday morning along K-18 Highway, about halfway between Tescott and Beverly.

They were injured Wednesday afternoon when the minivan they were riding in collided with a loaded grain truck two miles north of Westfall.

The Phillips Seed Farms office manager in Tescott has watched the companya s grain elevator overfill with the crop that has far exceeded predictions in north-central Kansas.

G.W. Fuller in victory lane Saturday night. In a night that was a rebound from a rain out the previous weekend, the Minneapolis Raceway provided enough thrills and excitement Saturday night to show that not a beat was missed by the week's delay.

Cory Struckhoff's win in the Martin Newlin Memorial Feature Race for The Bank of Tescott IMCA Stock car races capped a beautiful evening of racing, events and ceremony at the Minneapolis Raceway on Saturday night.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 A driver traveling at a high rate of speed hit an embankment along Halstead Road, which sent the vehicle airborne.

Volunteer Van Wiskur and Max Alleger, private land conservationist with the Missouri Department of Conservation put a prairie chicken in a bag after it was caught in a trap on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 northwest of Salina.

Kansas is helping out its neighbors by letting Missouri have some of its Greater Prairie Chickens.

Hospice Care of Kansas has hired Nancy Cook as chaplain and bereavement coordinator.

For more information, call 825-1520. n The All Saints Orthodox Church Craft Show is set for today and Sunday at the 4-H Building in Kenwood Park.

In 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 13,000 in May. Gasoline zoomed from $2.78 a gallon in February to $4.09 in July.

The Smoky Hill Museum will celebrate the 148th birthday of Kansas with a Kansas Day Open House from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 211 W. Iron.

"A lady said, - We had some excitement last night. The party house - the old Hotz House - burned,'" she said.

The career day is an opportunity to encourage teen girls to consider careers in traditionally male-dominated fields such as medicine, engineering, chemistry, aviation, wildlife biology and technology.