Victoria News

Dennis Pfannenstiel has represented District 2 on the Board of Ellis County Commissioners for more than seven years.

Tornado sirens blared and rain pelted hard against the windshield of John Lamb's Crown Victoria.

“It will be a smooth transition, and I think John will do a great job.”

Celebrations and ceremonies for the graduating classes of 2008 in Ellis County will begin in earnest this weekend, starting with the recognition for Kennedy Middle School eighth-graders Friday night and ... via Hays Daily News

A Golden Globe-nominated actor and Grammy-nominated singer will add some star power Saturday to a gala marking the 20th anniversary of the Brown Foundation and the 54th anniversary of the Brown v. Board ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

“I always believe if a warning did the same as a ticket, I'd give a warning”

Don Pruitt finally got the message: His job was interfering with his golf game. So he decided to retire. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

A rural Victoria man was arrested Thursday in Wichita after local and federal law officers found a pipe bomb and other explosive devices at his home. via Salina Journal

“The agreement was to deliver a $600,000 building for as little as $200,000”

University of Kansas architecture students weathered drenching rain and lightning Monday morning as they secured sections of a modular building they had constructed to the beds of seven semi-trailers parked at ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

Travel Headlines A crash on a Kansas highway in Russell County killed a Victoria man last night. via WIBW-TV Topeka

Allen Lee Gerstner was BORN OCTOBER 03, 1948. He MARRIED Waya Lee Garrett. Child oof Allen Gerstner and Waya Garrett is: Wae Gerstner, BORN 1976. via Cousinconnect.com

Child of FLorina Schmidt and Eugene MERMIS is: Harriet Eugenia MERMIS, MARRIED Wilfred Roberts. via Cousinconnect.com

Aloysius BINDER, born JANUARY 19, 1908, MUNJOR, ELLIS COUNTY, AND KANSAS, Kansas; DIED DECEMBER 16, 1997, La Crosse, Rush County, Kansas Helena BINDER, born JULY 14, 1911Adolph BINDER, born JUNE 12, 1914Paul ... via Cousinconnect.com

“Oh my Goodness, how could anyONE develop in a thing like this?”

TRADITIONS OBERMONJOUR in RUSSIA was founded in 1766. It was located on the valley side of the Volga, the first village north of Katherinestadt. via Cousinconnect.com

“Sometimes we joke about the attractions in Kansas, but we have rich heritage here”

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Museum displays the Apollo 13 command module, an SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and the largest collection of U.S. space artifacts outside the nation's capital. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

“People forget this is a president of the United States, this is his home, his hometown”

It's just a matter of time until the billboards on Interstate Highway 70 are changed. via Salina Journal

“We don't offer the froufrou stuff -- manicures and pedicures -- but we want a relaxing environment”

Most women older than 18 are at least mildly concerned with preserving a youthful appearance. Advertisements, infomercials and private conversations about procedures to slow the skin's aging process seem endless.

The target for the ads and perhaps those most interested are the 78 million people born in this country between 1946 and 1964.

But baby boomer or not, women are looking for ways to smooth wrinkles, soften lines, get rid of spots and lift sagging skin without going under the knife. Those without wrinkles are in search of the best preventive measures to take. Read more

Descendants of Andreas Knoll Generation No. 1 Andreas Knoll was born in 1732 in Dafelburg, Germany. via Cousinconnect.com

Generation No. 1 Josef Linenberger was born 1740 in Coblenz on the Rhine, and died in Russia. via Cousinconnect.com

Descendants of Anna Ruder Generation No. 1 1. Anna Ruder was born Abt. 1885. She married Vincent Stoecklein. via Cousinconnect.com

Character study on Christof & Helen Stoecklein The thoughts and recollections of them come to us through their youngest daughter, who at this writing was still living in Hays, Kansas. via Cousinconnect.com

Generation No. 1 Anton Schumacher was born 1817 in Obermonjour, Russia, and died in Obermonjour, Russia. via Cousinconnect.com