Jackson County News

Several reports to WIBW have confirmed the death of a very popular driver, Steven Bowers Sr, of Topeka during a race at the Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta on Saturday.

Barb Merry, of Burlington, paints letters on a sign for the Whiting Cafe. Photo 1 of 5 Photo 2 of 5 Ann Williamson Janet Horner, left, and Marci Penner, executive director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation in Inman, work on the kitchen in the Whiting Cafe.

Joey + Rory, the husband-wife duet of Rory Feek, left, and Joey Martin, will headline the Holton / Jackson County Chamber of Commerce July Jubilee, which runs from 4 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Banner Creek Reservoir west of Holton.

For the second time this Summer, excessive heat was reported as the cause of death for a Kansas Ciy, Mo.

Deana K. Jones, a clinical social worker who works with Brie, a Labrador retriever, and Kareen King, a musician, will present a program Friday in Holton on a oeEnhancing Care Giving Through Creative Therapies.a The program is sponsored by the Jackson County Caring Community Council.

HOLTON a ' Homemade pie and homegrown music can both be found starting Thursday at the 16th annual Prairie Lake Pickina TM Party.

Delia Charter School students cleaned out their lockers and prepared for the start of summer Friday.

A Topeka man was arrested after fleeing authorities Friday night in Jackson County.

At approximately 8:20 p.m. a Jackson County Sheriffa s Deputy attempted to stop a south bound vehicle for excessive speed on US 75 Hwy near Mayetta.

Duane Clemons, although you may no know it, wears his heart on his sleeve. As a former marine, he's putting his passion into the pavement along with other members of Holton's Post 44 American Legion Riders.

A new home to anchor their Jackson County farm wasn't exactly in the plans for Andra and Larry Holliday, but Mother Nature thought otherwise.

Singer-songwriter Gwen Sebastian will headline a fundraising concert for the new Jackson County Fairgrounds on Friday night in Holton.

Northern Shawnee County and southern Jackson County are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 4:15 p.m. The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued the warning at 3:37 p.m., saying Doppler radar indicated a storm system capable of producing quarter-size hail 17 miles northwest of Topeka moving east at 35 mph.

The cafe in Whiting is scheduled for a grassroots makeover next month when members of the Kansas Explorer Club _ and anyone else who wants to _ will descend on the small Jackson County town.

Supporters of two new coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas... took their case to the Statehouse Friday.

" Kelly Gay says the sales at her 4-year-old business in downtown Mayetta are "not well." Gay owns Mayetta Outlet, a store that stocks tools, hardware, gift items, collectibles, American Indian art and clothing.

The FBI concluded the human skeletal remains found earlier this month near the Tuttle Creek Spillway are that of The FBI concluded that the remains were that of Michael Leo Harris of Holton, who had been missing since November 6, 2004.

After thunderstorms drenched Shawnee County over the weekend, Dustin Rhoads came back to his hometown Monday evening to check on an old friend - Cross Creek.

On her first major farm tour since taking office, 2nd District Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins experienced a slice of agriculture in Brown and Doniphan counties.

Sentencing for a Topeka man convicted in Jackson County of firing gunshots at a pursuing police officer and shooting a police dog will be sentenced on May 22.