Cherokee County News

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Jeffrey Pittman was charged Wednesday in Cherokee County District Court with four felony drug counts connected with his arrest on Monday.

GALENA, Kan. - A former assistant Cherokee County prosecutor who has faced charges in Missouri and Oklahoma was arrested Monday on possible drug charges after a traffic stop.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County commissioners on Monday expressed disappointment that none of the planned Mother Road Marathon in the county would be on sections of the original Route 66.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - The U.S. Department of Transportation announced last week that it will disburse almost $1 million in grant funding to the U.S. Highway 69 Association in Kansas to further the group's effort to extend the four-lane highway from Arma to U.S. Highway 400 in Cherokee County.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Cherokee County District Judge Kent Lynch on Tuesday sentenced Benjamin Burdick to nearly 15 1/2 years in prison on a conviction of methamphetamine manufacturing.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves is crediting a deputy with saving the lives of three family members who were trapped in a burning pickup truck.

Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves is hailing a deputy as a life-saver for pulling three people from the wreckage of a burning pickup.

Cherokee County authorities say an elderly man has made a number of 911 calls from a trac-phone, but is not able to say where he is.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County Commission on Monday approved a resolution to apply for a federal grant for a community health and wellness center.

Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves said he is cracking down on county residents who have illegally registered their vehicles in other states.

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts wants Vice President Joe Biden to extend a visit to Kansas to see what Roberts calls wasteful spending of federal stimulus dollars.

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts wants Vice President Joe Biden to extend a visit to Kansas to see what Roberts calls wasteful spending of federal stimulus dollars.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Department has established a Web site that allows users to more easily track sexual, violent and drug offenders who are registered with the state.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Landfill officials on Monday told the Cherokee County commissioners that the landfill that serves the county may close within a year and possibly by year's end.

The Kansas Department of Transportation has awarded Cherokee County $760,000 in stimulus funds to resurface a stretch of what's known as old Highway 96 between the small town of Crestline and the Missouri border, about five miles to the east.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The story may be apocryphal, but many of us have heard about the worker being paid by the government to dig a hole, while another is paid by the government to fill it again.

The commission wants nursing homes to have a generator or have a contract with a company to supply a generator within five hours.

Cherokee County Attorney John Bullard has charged a Galena man with felony aggravated criminal sodomy.

Area Kansas legislators say changes to the state gambling law making the state more attractive to casino and racino developers could come next session.

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.