Baxter Springs News

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BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - A draft plan outlining how to spend $2.6 million to restore wildlife to Cherokee County land and water damaged by decades of mining was presented Thursday to residents at a public ...

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - A group hoping to restore Spring River and its tributaries in Cherokee County is trying to decide among potential demonstration projects as a way to educate the public about the river's ...

Kansas school districts in Cherokee County have set budget hearings on their proposed spending plans for 2008-09. The Baxter Springs School District has proposed a 2008-09 budget with spending of $13.7 million, ...

Garry Abram and David Groves will face off in November for the office of Cherokee County sheriff.

A second defendant has been sentenced in the 2007 shooting death of former Pittsburg State University basketball player Jamie Richardson in Baxter Springs.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Sex-crime charges in two cases from the administration of then-County Attorney Michael Goodrich were dismissed recently in Cherokee County District Court.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - Dennis Burke told the Baxter Springs City Council that the town's sesquicentennial celebration was an example of many people from many organizations coming together to make an event ...

Sales-tax revenues for Cherokee County and all but one of its towns have increased in the first half of the year, according to figures from the Kansas Department of Revenue.

RIVERTON, Kan. - A federal buyout of houses damaged in flooding last June in Cherokee County is progressing, said Jason Allison, county emergency management director.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - When the Baxter Springs City Council revisits its policy on city employees who are running for office sometime after the November election, it will consider a provision to notify ...

The helium-filled balloons may turn out to be a good investment for David Groves.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - When the Baxter Springs City Council revisits its policy on city employees who are running for office sometime after the November election, it will consider a provision to notify ...

This is a segment from The Learning Channel's "Route 66: Main Street America," from 2000.

By Roger McKinney rmckinney@joplinglobe.com BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs Personnel Committee on Monday decided to recommend to the City Council to remove a policy prohibiting city employees from ...

A Baxter Springs man will not be going to prison for blackmailing a former Cherokee County prosecutor.

GIRARD, Kan. - Aaron Graham will face a mandatory sentence of life in prison after pleading guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the Jan.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs City Council on Tuesday defeated a motion to enforce a policy forcing employees who are candidates for political office to resign or take a leave of absence during ...

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - Baxter Springs' own Sgt. Josh Seal returned home this weekend and brought the U.S. Army's All-American Free-Fall Team with him.

By Roger McKinney rmckinney@joplinglobe.com BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - Chris Meek is resuming his law practice with a new partner after returning from Europe, where he served on the defense team of an accused war ...