Treece News

Credit Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., for trying to make things right for the people of Treece, whose town in the far-southeast corner of Kansas was trashed by a century of lead and zinc mining.

With help from Sen. Pat Roberts , the 100 or so residents are hoping the federal government will buy them out like it did for Picher, Okla.

Mountains of tailings from abandoned lead and zinc mines, many reaching several hundred feet high, surround the town of Treece, Kan.

With a shining past and a troubled present, just about everyone agrees this town has no future.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County commissioners have approved a resolution to apply for a Community Development Block Grant for 18 storm sirens in rural communities.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 Sen. Pat Roberts is keeping the pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of residents in the southeast Kansas town of Treece, which is dealing with years of contamination from mining pollution.

Sen. Pat Roberts called on Vice President Joe Biden to extend a planned visit to Kansas this week in order to see firsthand what Roberts says is the wasteful spending of federal stimulus funding.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for water customers of Cherokee County RWD #3 and the City of Treece.

TREECE, Kan. - The federal stimulus package is giving Treece residents hope that some of the money can be used for a buyout of the town.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - Representatives from two federal agencies on Tuesday night presented to members of a Spring River watershed group progress reports on cleanup and restoration projects.