Baxter Springs News

Bluebirds in the region will find about 60 additional rooms available next nesting season, and some of them might be cozy as early as this winter, thanks to a bluebird box construction project taken on by ...

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Cherokee County District Judge Kent Lynch on Thursday sentenced a Commerce, Okla., woman to 18 months on probation with intensive supervision.

Galena High School students on Monday continued a 12-year tradition of honoring veterans on Veterans Day.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Cherokee County voters on Tuesday elected David Groves, a Baxter Springs police officer, as their new county sheriff, according to complete but unofficial returns.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - People living in Cherokee County Rural Water District No.

The polling place at the Baxter Springs Community Center just before 10 a.m. was busy, but there were no lines.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - David Groves, the Democratic nominee for Cherokee County sheriff, has spent just more than $7,000 on his campaign, and his Republican opponent, Garry Abram, has spent just more than $2,000. ...

Well-wishers gathered at the Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce office Thursday for a reception for Jim Hall, new chamber executive director.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $20.5 million contract to clean up mine waste around Baxter Springs and Treece.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - With open positions for sheriff and county clerk, there likely will be plenty of interest in races on the Nov.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - As the economy appears to be wobbling, people in Cherokee County are again facing increasing property taxes.

GALENA, Kan. - The Galena City Council met Tuesday to try to find ways to give pay raises to city employees.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Cherokee County school districts have experienced slight increases or slight decreases that are not expected to affect state funding.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The 2009 Baxter Springs city budget includes decreased spending and a small increase in property taxes.

A Pittsburg man is sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of a former Pittsburg State University athlete.

The men, like some of the battles in which they fought, have been part of the overlooked Civil War, said Collins.

The "Union" pursuit of Confederate Guerrillas and Bushwhackers in Missouri was frustrating to the "Union Hounds" because the "Confederate Foxes" always seemed to mysteriously disappear into the bush, brush and ...

Topeka theatre fans were taken back to the windblown days of 1871 in Baxter Springs, KS with the scene of Topeka Civic Theatre's newest production.

A noose dangles above Hanging Rock in 1871 outside Baxter Springs, Kan., where four men ride in, but only three ride away.

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs City Council has set a public hearing for Sept.