Belle Plaine News

Kansas has 293 school districts ranging in size from West Solomon Valley in northwest Kansas with 39 students to Wichita with 49,744 students.

Last weekend was a beautiful time for fall colors in the area. I headed down to the Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Kansas to document the day .

A Sumner County couple may soon get their children back several months after their 4-year-old son died in their home.

As anyone with a window can see, the skies above Wichita are dark in mid-afternoon. Not surprisingly, the National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of Sedgwick, Sumner, Butler and Cowley counties until 4:30 p.m. A line of storms stretching from Wichita to Belle Plaine is capable of heavy rain and damaging winds ...

An autopsy in an investigation involving several law enforcement agencies has found that a 4-year-old boy died of asphyxiation, Police Chief Gordon Fell said Friday.

As with other neighbors Thursday afternoon, Todd Dixon still didn't know how a 4-year-old-boy on his street had died two days earlier.

Does Belle Plaine, Kansas Really Have that Excellent Record of Helping Their Children to Succeed? The Teachers at Belle Plaine Elementary School here in Belle Plaine, Kansas, will try to come across as being nice and sincere about teaching your child while they are there.

With harvested wheat pouring into grain elevators this week across Kansas' southern regions, the yields and quality are getting mixed reviews.

At the Belle Plaine Co-op, elevator manager Pete Nulik said Thursday that he has taken in about 75,000 bushels of wheat so far with test weights averaging about 57 pounds per bushel.

The Sumner County Sheriff's Office says it seized several dogs, ducks and a chicken from a home near Belle Plaine on June 8th.

Police pulled nine battered and starving pit bulls from a home in Belle Plaine. Now, their owner faces charges of animal abuse.

Bishop Carroll's Alyssa Northcutt fought off Ashley Bowman of Mill Valley and her own teammate to win the Class 5A pole vault.

Arkansas City police detectives have filed warrants for the arrest of an Andover man in a string of weekend burglaries, which occurred recently in Arkansas City.

The Sumner County Commission calls it 'a problem that's bigger than all of us'. They're responding to a homeowners concerns about consistent flooding in a neighborhood in Belle Plaine.

The Arkansas River which flows east of town has caused major flooding like the Ninnescah River.