Burrton News

County Attorney David Yoder said he has a commitment to the concerns of victims and to vigorous prosecution of serious offenders.

John Thrasher draws the winner of a 2008 Arctic Cat 400 automatic 4-wheeler as Russ Buller and Dan Erb look on.

In September, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will seat a council charged with writing a new transportation plan for the state.

Robert Burrton, 20, 412 W. 13th St., was sentenced to 136 months in prison on two sex crimes cases Wednesday in Harvey County District Court.

Marti Lee and Jason Avants, for graduating as clowns. - Cliff and Ruth Dole Senior Center of Burrton, for receiving the RSVP "Station of the Year" Award. via Newton Kansan

Two brothers were injured Thursday when a crane bucket they were in tipped as they were working on a communications tower east of Hutchinson, dumping them to the ground. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

Samantha and Michael Baumann and their two young girls from Burrton are going through more grief and hardship than any couple should ever have to endure. via WIBW-TV Topeka

“I don't know where I'm getting my strength, except through God.”

BURRTON UNITES FOR FAMILY

Sam and Mike Baumann are the center of one big love story. A couple of kids from the same town, they didn't really know each other -- he's four years older -- until she graduated from high school and they started dating.

Their life is full of the details that small towns such as Burrton, 30 miles northwest of Wichita, seem to produce: They've been married for 17 years. They live a quarter-mile from his folks. He farms part time with his dad. She stays home with their two daughters. Read more

“You definitely don't want to be in a vehicle. The chances of survival in a vehicle are not good”

The Hesston tornado reached the town at 5:42 p.m. within minutes of the time Hesstonians got into their basements or other shelters, such as the walk-in refrigerator that likely spared the lives of Pizza Hut ... via Hesston Record

Trip planned to check water recharge project Last Updated: March 05, 2008 04:16:46 PM The Regional Economic Area Partnership of which Hesston city government and Harvey County government officials are members ... via Hesston Record

“Instead of new lines through the hills, we got them to use existing line routes”

Another familiar face will be on the ballot this fall when voters are asked to elect two Harvey County commissioners. via Newton Kansan

“If you build it, they will come”

Manufacturing investment, entrepreneurship helping Harvey Co. towns thrive By Amy Bickel - The Hutchinson News - abickel@hutchnews.com BURRTON - This tiny town of 932, with no stoplight, may seem just like any ... via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

“But I won't forget the regional spelling bee.”

Jessie Dilts, winner of the 2008 Harvey County Spelling Bee, misspelled a word during the same round the other remaining two contestants also did. via Newton Kansan

“It's always been fun coming to this place”

Boy Scouts from across the country are braving frigid temperatures this weekend. via WIBW-TV Topeka

“Through ongoing investigation and intelligence, we are working on cases and trying to get a winning edge on this war against meth”

The Harvey County Sheriff's Department made an arrest Thursday of a person with the components for making methamphetamine in his car. via Newton Kansan

“With the Kansas Comprehensive Transportation Program coming to an end in 2009, now is the time to establish an effective, successful vision for our transportation future.”

A new year and nearly time for the 2008 Kansas Legislative session. It will be busy, fast-paced and I genuinely look forward to it. via Newton Kansan

The Harvey County Sheriff's Department is trying to locate the owner of a black calf that was found Nov. via Newton Kansan

A fourth suspect who fled, after a foot chase where shots were fired at a Hays police officer, was arrested Sunday in North Carolina. via Salina Journal

This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating Kansas history. The series' name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: 'To the stars through difficulties.'

For 500 episodes on Saturday nights, Milburn Stone was Kansas' most beloved son.

He played cranky but lovable 'Doc' Galen Adams on the CBS series 'Gunsmoke' from 1955 through 1975.

Stone was born July 5, 1904, near Burrton. He graduated from Burrton High School in 1922.

While in school, he decided he wanted to be an actor, even though he gained an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy and considered a career in the Navy. Read more