Dickinson County News

Republican district attorney candidates Robert Hecht and Eric Rucker augumented an already pointed campaigning Tuesday during a one-on-one debate that featured conflict over their prowess as criminal lawyers ...

Trials rider Tammy Cook, of Abilene, maneuvers her motorcycle over an obstacle while riding Tuesday afternoo, July 15, 2008 in Dickinson County, Kan.

A 9-year-old Herington boy was in critical condition Tuesday after being struck by a pickup truck last Wednesday while fishing at a children's pond, said the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office.

' Jesse Wray, 9, Herington, was in fair condition Tuesday morning at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City.

The city of Chapman wasted little time getting started on the paperwork following President Bush's signature on a federal disaster declaration Wednesday that will allow Chapman to be reimbursed for damages and ...

Help is on the way for tornado-stricken Chapman and Manhattan. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials announced Wednesday that Dickinson and Riley counties, which includes tornado-ravaged Chapman and ...

Tina Holliman is tired. You can see it in her eyes and hear it in her voice. Nearly a month has passed since an EF-3 tornado ripped through Chapman and demolished her home.

A Mankato, Minn., woman is in satisfactory condition this morning after being transported to a Topeka hospital by Lifestar with injuries suffered Wednesday in a two-vehicle accident about six miles north of ...

Michele Wood and her 9-year-old daughter, Erica Zeik, looked through the stacks of canned food, paper goods, and other items lying on a table and the floor at American Legion Post No.

As big-equipment operators turned shattered neighborhoods into vacant lots Thursday, Jon Londeen was happy and concerned at the same time.

At some point, Hope Higgins just might get used to winning the lottery. Four years ago, she was one of two winners of a $3 million Super Kansas Cash jackpot.

Conditional-use permits for the operation of a private tutoring service by Christopher Hernandez at 1503 Stapler, and a preschool by Shelly Grandy at 212 S. Front, were approved Tuesday by the Salina Planning ...

If the opening salvo fired in the race for the Shawnee County district attorney's office is any indication of what's to come, this is going to be a very interesting year on the local election front.

The rebuilding process after a recent tornado hit Chapman will be affected by the central Kansas town's low-lying terrain.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will allow the stream advisory issued on June 12 for the Smoky Hill River in Dickinson and Geary counties to expire at midnight tonight.

Seven members of the Overland Park police were sent to Chapman, Kan., to help with police duties while the town cleans up after a tornado destroyed much of the town last week.

There are confirmed reports of tornado touchdowns in Dickinson and Geary counties tonight, sending the threat of a tornado warning into the heart of Manhattan as of 11:00pm tonight.

The two men challenging Sen. Pete Brungardt, R-Salina, for his 24th District Kansas Senate seat have cited energy issues as their impetus for filing.

Clean up is underway in Dickinson, Riley, Saline and Jackson Counties, all impacted by the deadly tornadoes that moved through the state June 11th.

The Kansas National Guard says search and rescue efforts are completed in Chapman in the wake of a deadly tornado.