Arma News Archives

PITTSBURG, Kan. - The U.S. Department of Transportation announced last week that it will disburse almost $1 million in grant funding to the U.S. Highway 69 Association in Kansas to further the group's effort to extend the four-lane highway from Arma to U.S. Highway 400 in Cherokee County.

Shawnee County Sheriff Richard Barta congratulated 49 graduates of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center at a June 19 ceremony at the 4-H Encampment Building at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson.

Kansas authorities say two fires Tuesday that destroyed an abandoned house and a nonprofit group's building were suspicious in origin.

A tornado warning is in effect for northern Crawford County, Kan., until 4 p.m. today, according to the National Weather Service station at Springfield.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - The numbers are impressive: At 344 pages, it weighs in at 2 pounds, 14 ounces.

GIRARD, Kan. - A 74-year-old Arma man died Monday while awaiting trial on a felony charge accusing him and his wife of bilking more than $900,000 out of a 97-year-old woman.