Cherokee County News

A former children's gymnastics coach in southeast Kansas has pleaded no contest to a child-sex charge and guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, both felonies.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs Personnel Committee on Monday decided to recommend to the City Council to remove a policy prohibiting city employees from running for elected office, said Mayor Huey ...

GALENA, Kan. - The Galena City Council on Tuesday night began planning for new restrooms in the Southeast Kansas Nature Center in Schermerhorn Park.

The Aug. 5 primary election in Cherokee County will decide party nominees for county clerk and 2nd District county commissioner.

A Baxter Springs man will not be going to prison for blackmailing a former Cherokee County prosecutor.

A third suspect in the murder of a former Moultrie athlete has entered a plea agreement.

GIRARD, Kan. - Aaron Graham will face a mandatory sentence of life in prison after pleading guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the Jan.

The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission plans to ask for more time to complete background checks the companies that are selected to manage the four state-owned and -operated casinos, its executive director said ...

The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission is expected to seek a 60-day extension to complete background checks on those who win contracts to manage four state-owned and operated casinos.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs City Council has approved a resolution supporting Penn National Gaming's plan for a phased-in approach to a casino in Cherokee County.

But the comment didn't sit well with Richard McIntire, a national spokesman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

A Cherokee County commissioner insists he meant nothing racial when referring to the Ku Klux Klan during a recent meeting.

As the races heat up in one four state county, hundreds of residents take advantage of a chance to meet the candidates.

A Weir man has been sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to a felony charge of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - No criminal charges will be filed in the death of 47-year-old Hazel Shockley, of Columbus, Cherokee County Attorney John Bullard said Wednesday in a news release.

GALENA, Kan. - An official with Penn National Gaming on Tuesday night asked the Galena City Council to support the company at a July 9 meeting of the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board.

Eleven-year F&S veteran Special Projects Editor Dave Hurteau has hunted and fished throughout much of the country but primarily does so in Upstate New York, where he lives with his wife and new daughter.

A Kansas teen has caught a record-setting 11.8-pound largemouth bass in a private pit in Cherokee County, bringing to four the number of state records taken from pits in Southeast Kansas.

FRONTENAC, Kan. - State Sen. Jim Barone, D-Frontenac, will not seek re-election, he announced over the weekend.

Several police agencies executed a search warrant Wednesday night in Weir that resulted in the arrest of two people on possible drug charges, according to a news release from the Cherokee County Sheriff's ...