Sumner County News

With harvested wheat pouring into grain elevators this week across Kansas' southern regions, the yields and quality are getting mixed reviews.

The commission and the applicants mutually agreed to extend the deadline to allow more time to finish negotiating contracts, said Ed Van Petten, executive director of the Lottery.

The Kansas Lottery will ask the governor for an extension in the casino process.

The Kansas Lottery Commission is preparing to endorse proposed contracts for operating state-owned casinos in Sumner and Wyandotte counties.

That quote is taken from the Kansas Attorney General's web site. Unfortunately, the second sentence isn't really true.

Whitney Damron, a lobbyist for the city of Topeka, was concerned when the 2009 Kansas Legislature passed a bill making it more difficult for cities to annex surrounding areas.

Hessian flies caught in a trap in a Sedgwick county wheatfield. Hessian flies, those pesky critters that can wreak havoc on wheat, are in demand.

Mother Nature is not cooperating with the wheat harvest. Normally this time of year, harvest is well underway.

BELLE PLAINE a ' Early loads of winter wheat coming into southern Kansas grain elevators show the spring freeze damage may not have been as bad as feared.

With the state poised to take the next step in the casino process for Sumner and Wyandotte counties this week, Sumner County commissioners made it clear on Monday where they stand.

The Sumner County Sheriff's Office says it seized several dogs, ducks and a chicken from a home near Belle Plaine on June 8th.

First a freeze, now too much rain. It's harvest time for southern Kansas farmers, but right now all crews can do is wait.

The amber waves are starting to show their color. Wheat harvest is right around the corner.

A 22-year-old Wellington man died late Wednesday night after his pickup hit a deer, swerved into a ditch and rolled several times, Sumner County authorities said.

Slaughter, Great White, and Dokkum. Those words may not mean much to you, unless you're a rock music fan.

Between the wheat fields of Sumner County and downtown Wellington, Bob White prefers the country but recently work is keeping him in the city.

Thursday, June 4, 2009 A Kansas man is dead after trying to avoid a deer in Sumner County overnight.

The Kansas Lottery Commission will meet later this month to review proposals for casinos in the Kansas City area and south-central Kansas.

The county ranked high for access to health care but came in almost last among Kansas' 105 counties for the rate of sexually transmitted diseases and number of violent crimes.

Sumner County native Jill Zimmerman has been selected to fill the agriculture agent position with the Cowley County K-State extension office.