Baxter Springs News

The Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum is preparing to show off its $500,000 expansion.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County commissioners on Monday expressed disappointment that none of the planned Mother Road Marathon in the county would be on sections of the original Route 66.

Bingham Transportation of Baxter Springs, Kan., has a lease to haul mine tailings from an Oklahoma Indian reservation property southeast of Treece, Kan., for construction use across the U.S. Gallery: Treece, Kansas Mining history has left town changed forever TREECE - And you know the sun's settin' fast, And just like they say, nothing good ever ...

A man suspected of killing a Kansas college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn model is being held on a $3 million bond in Kansas following his extradition from Mexico.Israel Mireles, 26, made his first court appearance Friday before Butler County District Judge David Ricke in El Dorado.Mireles was extradited back from Mexico ...

Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves said he is cracking down on county residents who have illegally registered their vehicles in other states.

Six bands will be featured in free performances on the courthouse square on Saturday as part of the eighth annual Carthage Acoustic Music Festival.

"I don't know why a person with information might not come forward," said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown, flanked by about 15 members of the girls' families at a news conference.

One year after the fatal shootings of two girls in northeast Oklahoma authorities say they are "one piece of information away" from making an arrest.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Department has established a Web site that allows users to more easily track sexual, violent and drug offenders who are registered with the state.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - Las Vegas was the theme, and there were plenty of winners at the annual Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce banquet Friday night at Memorial Auditorium.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - Alma Cook was about to descend into the Grand Canyon with her husband, Paul, when she received a call on her cell phone.

The southeast Kansas communities of Baxter Springs and Galena had their share of storm damage early Friday morning.

To say that the Confederate guerrillas/ bushwhackers who operated in Missouri and eastern Kansas during the Civil War were "troublesome is a bit of an understatement.

Felony drug charges have been filed against a couple in Baxter Springs after a raid at their home.

Chris Meek's clients have included accused war criminals. The Baxter Springs, Kan., attorney said some torture defendants at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia were convicted for much less that what is described in the legal memos and reports recently released about the interrogation of detainees in U.S. custody.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The speed limit will be reduced for motorists approaching the entrance to Baxter Springs High School beginning next school year both before and after school.

RIVERTON, Kan. - Negotiations continued this week in an effort to get Cherokee County rural water districts on board with a wholesale water district seeking federal stimulus money.

Every household must address this issue. Do we buy a TV on credit or save until we have the funds to pay cash? For decades, we as individuals and collectively through our government, have opted for "instant gratification" and gotten the TV now rather than wait.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce director on Tuesday presented a progress report to the City Council.

Throughout his tenure as the commanding officer of the Department of Kansas, Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis, was constantly faced with waging a war in three basic directions.