Finney County News

High school students Giseelle Arredondo, Nathan Gonzalez and Ruby Tello stood in front of a robotic patient simulator, which mimic symptoms and conditions experienced by live medical patients, Wednesday morning at Garden City Community College.

As the end of their annual fundraiser looms ahead, United Way campaigners have raised just more than 80 percent of their 2010 goal.

State health officials are saying that unprecedented flu activity levels in the wake of this year's pandemic flu virus are causing more H1N1-related deaths than are being tracked.

Finney County commissioners continued mulling over how they would negotiate county funding in the wake of a possibly tighter budget in 2011.

The former home of the Herbert Clutter family is seen in Holcomb. Fifty years ago, the home was the scene of the brutal murder of Clutter, his wife Bonnie and their two children, inspiring Truman Capote to write "In Cold Blood." link to image Charlie Riedel/ ASSOCIATED PRESS Perry Edward Smith is led by police officers into the courthouse at Garden ...

The graves of the Clutter family lie in the northwest corner of Garden City's cemetary.

In author Truman Capote's words, residents at the murder trial of Richard Hickock and Perry Edward Smith couldn't believe that Don Cullivan -- a staid Catholic, successful engineer and father of three -- would travel 1,900 miles from Boston to stand on the side of an accused murderer.

The following is one of the original stories published in The Telegram on Nov. 16, 1959, of which the front page is displayed to the left, the day after the bodies of Herb, Bonnie, Nancy and Kenyon Clutter were found in their Holcomb home: A tragedy -- unbelievable and shocking beyond words -- struck a prominent Western Kansas farm family near here ...

Nearly 30 years after beginning as an emergency medical technician in Garden City just out of high school, a local doctor is taking charge of the very practice he began in.

United Way campaigners have raised $171,000 -- or 31 percent -- of their $550,000 goal so far in their 2010 annual fundraising campaign.

More than 600 Finney County families will benefit from a $4.25 million grant recently awarded to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

As the ghouls and goblins of Garden City hit the pavement Saturday, safety for children and families always is a concern during the fall holiday.

A petition from a Holcomb convenience store owner to close a county road has been halted by the order of a district court judge because state transportation officials believe the closure will inhibit public access to frontage roads and further complicate planned detour roads for the ongoing U.S. Highway 50 construction project.

Economic Development officials in Finney County look into bringing a $150 million biomass plant to the area.

Finney County economic development officials have begun discussions to possibly bring a $150 million biomass plant to the county.

Some employees of the Finney County Sheriff's Office are gambling on new jobs at the Boot Hill Casino in Dodge City.

As days get shorter and more people are on the road before dawn and after dusk, deer can become a danger on the roadways.

United Way campaigners have raised $167,335.54, or 30 percent, of their $550,000 goal so far in their 2010 annual fundraising campaign.

The Finney County Historical Society has earmarked more than $200,000 in funds for the Finney County Preservation Alliance, in hopes the money will produce a hefty return for the group working to resurrect the Windsor Hotel.

The case of a USD 457 teacher who was arrested on allegations that she stole three school laptops has been referred back to the Garden City Police Department.