WaKeeney News

A WaKeeney woman was one of five Kansas Lottery players who won secondary prizes in the Kansas Lottery's Star Trek second-chance drawing.

There were no official reports yet this morning from area sheriff's offices of damage from Tuesday night's thunderstorms, but forecaster Mike Umscheid from the National Weather Service in Dodge City said he was "sure there is some typical hail damage to vehicles and such." "There were fairly substantial amounts of hail reported across the region," ... (more)

After finishing second to older brother Travis Saturday night at RPM Speedway in Hays, KS, 'Dynamite' Dylan Sherfick redeemed himself to pick up the IMCA Modified feature win at his hometown track Sunday night.

The Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility has named Employees of the Quarter for the second quarter of the year 2013 - Tanner Lang, Uniformed, CSI; Miranda Schmidt, Non-Uniformed, Administrative Assistant; RuthAnn Snodgrass, Contract, LMSW-MHP. Tanner Lang CSI Detail Supervisor Tanner Lang, Uniformed Employee of the Quarter, began his career ... (more)

But what Wheat Lippelman accomplished in the stock car feature right before put a glimmer of excitement in his night Sunday at WaKeeney Speedway.

Athletes, spectators and people who are just looking for a good time will converge in WaKeeney this weekend for Th' Gatherin' Ancient Festival O' Beltane, simply known as Th' Gatherin'. The event is a celebration of the area's Celtic roots and is reminiscent of an ancient festival to welcome the beginning of spring, said organizer Randy Gibbs of ... (more)

The IMCA Hobby Stock feature got off to a rough start as cars were 5 wide coming out of turn 2 on the opening lap.

While pursuing a master's degree in business, Hays resident Tracy Kaiser decided she wanted to take her career to the next level.

Welcome to the BEST WESTERN PLUS Wakeeney Inn & Suites, located on I-70 halfway between Kansas City and Denver.

A 58-year-old man is dead after his semi struck another on K-96 in Scott City on Wednesday, veered into a ditch and caught fire, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

That's what the first few seasons of competing in the sport compact class have come down to for Kirk Pfannenstiel.

He has years of experience piloting a hobby stock, and he knows a few ins-and-outs when it comes to racing.