Coffey County News

A three-county vehicle chase early Monday morning ended in the arrest of a Paola man and the recovery of a pickup truck reported stolen earlier in Linn County.

There will be at Taxpayer TEA party from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 4 in Burlington at the southwest corner on N. 4th Street and Juniatta Street The even, organized by a number of Coffey County residents, will be an informal meet and greet picnic with hot dogs, chips and lemonade provided.

An Osage City teenager who died early Sunday in an Osage County accident was driving a stolen grain truck at the time, said Osage County Sheriff Laurie Dunn.

The condition of two Williamsburg teens was unknown this morning following a one-vehicle accident Monday afternoon.

The Osage County Sheriff's Office confirms a grain truck that overturned and killed a teen was stolen.

Winds knocked down a section of fence as Chris Dodson's house in the 1100 block of Janice Street.

Law enforcement officers will take off on a very special journey Wednesday. The annual Law Enforcement Torch Run takes off from the Statehouse steps at 7 am Wednesday.

Authorities say two eastern Kansas men have been found dead near the John Redmond Reservoir in Coffey County.

Once again, the Three Rivers League will undergo change. Effective with the 2010-11 school year Northeast High School in Arma, Kan., will leave the Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League to join the TRL.

There are more questions now than answers regarding a logjam near the Hartford access ramp east of Hartford in Coffey County on the Neosho River.

TOPEKA a 'A A new medical technologist program at Washburn University is part of an effort by a coalition of regional hospitals to address the shortage of personnel in hospital labs.

Burlington The Coffey County Republican reported that The Burlington City Council reviewed a proposal recently that will increase sewer rates by 250 percent by Jan.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This week, Topeka Capital-Journal reporter Jan Biles will be traveling US-75 highway from the Nebraska border to the Oklahoma state line to talk to people about the economy and the impact the recession has -- or hasn't -- had on them.

The Coffey County Republican reported that the Burlington City Council passed two ordinances that shorten the time residents must cut grass and weeds while requiring the property owner to pay a costly administrative fee related to the nuisance.

University of Kansas students who have excelled academically will carry banners for KU's 12 professional schools and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during commencement next month.

The fifth annual Veteran's Memorial Bass Tournament is set for Saturday at the lake south of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station near Burlington.

Six students at Western Plains High School are just good kids doing a good deed, according to their teacher, Debbie Hagans.

The Eureka Herald reported that Greenwood County Hospital was recently named a oe2008 HomeCare Elitea for the third year.

A former Coffey County resident was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison for his conviction on a charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

By The Emporia Gazette Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Arts organizations in Lyon and surrounding counties are among the recipients of grants from the Kansas Arts Commission this year.