Geary County News

Along with voting against an expansion of the independent investigation into city officials' actions and discussing commission-term limits at their meeting Tuesday, city commissioners also unanimously agreed to go against the suggestion of the Junction City/Geary County Metropolitan Planning Commission and approve that future housing units continue ...

Yet another area hospital is announcing precautions during flu season. Geary Community Hospital announced today , it is discouraging visitation by children under the age of 12 and particularly in the women's health center, the hospital's obstetrics unit.

A nice fall evening greeted those attending the Trunk or Treat Halloween event held in the parking lot of the Alida-Upland Cooperative Parish West of Junction City, Saturday.

State Senator Jim Barnett, R-Emporia, drove up to the Black Horse Hitch barn as rain pelted the Munson Angus Farm in Geary County Thursday morning and walked through some mud to meet with local farmers and livestock producers.

A 34-year-old Manhattan man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on convictions of aggravated sexual battery, aggravated battery, and aggravated intimidation of a victim.

Rojelio Hernandez, a 21 year old Texas man who raised alarms by appearing in Riley and Geary County High Schools asking questions, has been detained for traffic violations after being spotted with Tara Simhiser, a 17-year old girl reported missing from Marion County.

Police and USD 259 administrators say the suspect at the center of this week's Amber Alert for a missing Marion Co.

A 17-year-old Lehigh girl who went missing earlier this week was found safe in northeast Kansas on Thursday after a man believed to have abducted her dropped her off at a bank, authorities said.

An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday evening for 17-year-old Tara Renee Simhiser, of Marion County.

The ""Hats Off to 4-Hers"" 4-H Achievement celebration honored 4-H participants for their hard work over the past year on Sunday night at the Geary County Senior Citizens Center.

A Fort Riley soldier is facing charges in two Kansas counties on multiple counts, including rape and burglary.Tony Lewis has been charged in Geary and Riley counties.Lewis made his initial appearance in Riley County court on Wednesday on charges of two counts of rape, aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, kidnapping, ...

In Geary County, DUI arrests have more than doubled over the past year. In all of 2008, Geary County officers only made 35 arrests of people driving under the influence.

Seven elected Republican officials offered their views and responded to questions on a variety of topics Saturday at a Public Issues Forum sponsored by the Geary County Republican Women and the Dixon center in Junction City.

The third annual conference of the Smoky Hill Trail Association will be held in Junction City Oct.31 through Nov.

By Audrey Esther Riley and Geary County authorities want to question and man who has entered and asked suspicious questions at several area high schools.

A man asking strange questions and making false statements to school administrators in Geary County has captured the attention of authorities, police said Wednesday.

The Junction City/Geary County Economic Development Commission will look at a number of Self-Help Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Project applications when it convenes Thursday morning - including one application for property-tax rebates on a $6 million new hotel on Ash Street.

The boy's and girl's Blue Jays cross country teams ran in Geary County for the first time in 2009 in the Junction City Invitational Saturday at Milford Lake.

Vintage airplanes sit on display at Freeman Field Saturday to kickoff The Geary County Historical Society's Journey Stories exhibition.

Geary County's August sales tax revenues are down about one percent compared to August 2008.