Anderson County News

More than 700 households in south-central Kansas remained without power Thursday afternoon as a result of a severe storm that struck the area on Wednesday.

L ocations impacted include mainly rural areas of southeastern Anderson county. At 4:30pm, the storm was headed farther into southeast Kansas.

It was a tree that Steve Miner says saved his house from additional damage. Trees were uprooted in Minera s home near Rantoul following Monday nighta s batch of thunderstorms and high winds.

An Ottawa woman was killed in a one-car wreck early Saturday morning. Maria Carmen Lear, 31, was a passenger in a 2000 Nissan Xterra that was eastbound at 2:08 a.m. on K-31 just south of the Franklin and Anderson County line, according to Kansas Highway Patrol reports.

As one of several budgets discussed at Monday's commissioner meeting, a large portion of time was spent on the Linn County Rural Fire budget.

Alan and Darla Peterson, Greeley, have announced the engagement of their daughter Megan Peterson, Ottawa, to Jeremy Raby, Ottawa.

Dean and Karen Register describe their house fire as a blessing in disguise. A December fire took their Greeley home, their personal belongings, antiques and quilt collections.

Sumner County native Jill Zimmerman has been selected to fill the agriculture agent position with the Cowley County K-State extension office.

A deep recession that began last year had far reaching effects, but, to date, area GM dealers are continuing with positive thoughts on the future.

Severe storms damaged homes and properties, flooded roads and created power outages throughout southeast and south central Kansas.

Ita ll be hip to be square Saturday. For the 37th year, the Garnett Square Fair will return to the grounds of the Anderson County Courthouse, between Fourth and Fifth streets to the north and south, and Oak and Main streets to the west and east.

Asking for jail plans paid for by the commission many years ago, County Clerk David Lamb informed the commissioners that plans were not available and the search was extending.

Candidates from across Franklin and Anderson counties will vie for school board offices in Tuesdaya s vote.

Two juniors at the University of Kansas have won national Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, regarded as the premier undergraduate awards to encourage excellence in science, engineering and mathematics.

Investigators are looking into whether a reported missing person from Anderson County is the body found inside a burned-out car late Wednesday night in Franklin County.

RICHMOND, Kan. a ' An autopsy is scheduled for Friday on a person found badly-burned inside a vehicle in Franklin County.

Dorothy Lickteig's life is consumed with history. In her Greeley home, Lickteig's desk harbors old newspapers she's reading, newspapers she's scanning for bits of information, pieces of the past.

Using an abundance of adjectives, Kansas is laid out as a majestic, living landscape that will make every Kansan sit back and appreciate the world around us.

GARNETT a ' The Anderson County High School girls basketball team crept above .500 Tuesday with a 45-29 win over Wellsville in Garnett.

Three games. All were decided late. None was more exciting than Tuesday's Anderson County's 47-46 win over Wellsville in Garnett.