Cowley County News

Mid American Credit Union is in talks to merge with a small Arkansas City credit union.

An Arkansas City man is currently being held in the Cowley County Jail on counterfeiting and drug charges.

Louise Miller was taking an afternoon nap on Friday, when she woke up and contemplated going back to sleep.

While many fields have produced a higher quality of wheat than expected, many farmers are focusing more on the fall crops and hoping those will give them a boost after a lackluster wheat harvest, according to area grain-elevator managers.

An Arkansas City man was arrested twice in the last week in connection with two separate burglaries.

Six Cowley County businesses received state merit awards Monday as part of Business Appreciation Month this month.

A case of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus was confirmed in a Kiowa County adult.

The Arkansas City public school district got school board approval Thursday to pursue federal stimulus funding for new and expanded Head Start programs.

Cowley County commissioners made quick work of the seven items on their agenda Tuesday night in the courthouse assembly room.

A thunderstorm in the Oxford area Tuesday night produced a wall cloud and several funnels that moved southeast and hovered over the Strother Field area for nearly two hours, officials said.

A Cowley County youth has mild symptoms from the 2009 H1N1 virus, a local health official said today.

Zach Buhlke pleaded guilty Tuesday to setting the fire that destroyed Winfield's Island Park Playground, Cowley County Attorney Chris Smith said.

H1N1 influenza A identified in Cowley County A case of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus was confirmed today in a Cowley County youth.

A child is the first Cowley County resident to catch swine flu. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says the local health department is using its guidelines to handle the case.

There was only one report of storm damage in all of Cowley County Monday morning, and the family near Maple City says they're happy about that.

Severe storms, including several tornadoes hit the state in the last 24 hours. Now, crews are starting to assess the damage left behind.

The Cowley County Commission accepted three grants Tuesday night at their meeting in the courthouse assembly room that will make both communications and travel better in the county.

An Arkansas City woman remained in fair condition Friday morning after a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 77 Thursday sent her to a Wichita hospital.

Arkansas City residents should keep an eye on the sky today and be prepared to take their normal severe weather precautions, local emergency management officials warned.

A Newkirk, Okla., woman was pronounced dead at the South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center in Arkansas City early Sunday morning after being thrown from a vehicle in which she was riding one-and-one-half miles south of the IXL area of Arkansas City, according to Bill Mueller of the Cowley County Sheriff's Department.