Norton County News

A Densmore man was killed in Norton County on Sunday morning when the car he was driving overturned, ejecting him.

An already deadly weekend on Kansas highways continued Sunday as two people died, bringing to five the fatality total in the last two days.

A large, fragmented line of thunderstorms hammered several western Kansas counties Friday evening, resulting in heavy rain, hail and four reported tornados.

From rehabilitating housing to upgrading emergency services, nine northwest Kansas towns and counties are among 44 communities across the state sharing a total of $13,081,660 -- including $4,370,331 in stimulus dollars -- in federal grants through the Community Development Block Grant program, the Kansas Department of Commerce announced this week.

The MidwestDirt Late Model Series is ready to kick back into action with a doubleheader weekend this Saturday and Sunday at the Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton.

According to a Kansas Highway Patrol report, Damien C. Davis, 15, of Norton, was driving west on Kansas Highway 383 when he drove off the north shoulder and then back onto the highway, skidding into the south shoulder and striking the south ditch at 6:05 p.m. just over a mile east of Kansas Highway 60.

A southwest Nebraska man has been sentenced to nearly six years in a Kansas prison for indecent acts with two young girls.

Monday, June 15, 2009 A Kansas judge has sentenced a southwest Nebraska man to nearly six years in Kansas prison for indecent acts with two young girls.

A McCook man will serve 5 1/2 years in a Kansas correctional facility after being sentenced on two counts of felony aggravated indecent solicitation of a child.