Anthony News

A gas explosion in this small southern Kansas town injured one person Wednesday, damaged several buildings and forced the evacuation of two downtown blocks.

Firefighters from several communities were called to downtown Anthony this afternoon after an explosion caused a fire that damaged several downtown buildings.

The Harper County Sheriff told KAKE News that the fire in downtown Anthony was brought under control just before 5 p.m., but now thick, black smoke can be seen billowing out of a building again.

Emergency crews are on the scene of several building fires in downtown Anthony. City Administrator Don Heidrick says that between 12 and 12:30 Wednesday afternoon a truck crashed into a gas meter.

Eyewitness News Reporter Rebecca Gannon is on the scene of a gas explosion and fire involving a trash truck in Anthony.

Despite some positive news in jobs and manufacturing, Wall Street faltered last week as investors removed their "anything goes" enthusiasm and returned to the concern that economic health is not as robust as expected.

Bank Transition has been 'amazingly smooth' Within a matter of hours on Friday, South Hutchinson-based SNB Bank of Kansas tripled its size.

Three more banks failed today bringing the total to forty on the year. Please consider Banks in Georgia, North Carolina, Kansas Closed by Regulators .

A 123-year-old Harper County bank, with a branch in west Wichita, failed Friday and will reopen as a branch of South Hutchinson-based SNB Bank of Kansas.

The FDIC was appointed receiver of Cooperative Bank of Wilmington , N.C., Southern Community Bank of Fayetteville , Ga., and First National Bank of Anthony , in Anthony, Kan.

A Heritage Trust Fund grant of $90,000 has been announced for the Anthony Theatre restoration project being undertaken by a local citizens' group.

A man is air-lifted to a Wichita hospital after a farming accident in Harper County.

First National Bank of Johnson County, which is based in Anthony, Kan., has fallen significantly short of capital, despite earlier orders from regulators to boost its financial backing.

Stiefel Theatre classic movies - They're at 7 p.m. Thursdays at 151 S. Santa Fe, Salina.

Casting wary eyes on the sky and the radar, Butler County officials scrambled Thursday to prepare for possible flooding.

Until now. "It was absolutely terrifying," she said. "I'd never been in a situation like that before, so I didn't know what to do." Beason and her 15-year-old daughter, Jordan, were the beneficiaries of one of three car rescues that Harper County firefighters carried out Sunday night and early Monday morning, as 6.5 inches of rain fell here in a ...

Raymond E. DeVasure, 74, of Wichita, Kan., formerly of Lebanon, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009.

"It is intimidating to a small community to talk about that many dollars," said Lyle Wellbrook, a member of the committee working on the Anthony Theatre restoration project and owner of the nearby Marshall Jewelry store.

There is or was a Lear family related to Dobbins family living in Anthony, KS. They had in their possesion a Dobbins family book or history.

Students from nine Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, April 1, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.