Ellinwood News

The cities of Ellinwood and Larned will celebrate July 4 with rockets' red glare.

Keri Wise and Joseph Vinduska were married May 29 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ellinwood.

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Barton, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush and Stafford counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Great Bend.

She's looking for as many good men as she can find. Now in her 15th year of heading up the Sterling Old-Fashioned Fourth of July parade, Millie Casey has two floats decorated for military personnel to ride on and will be happy to add a third if it's needed.

It has been 10 years since someone viciously beat Dana Hupfer and left her in a Wichita parking lot.

The wife of Harold Eugene Hughes, who died Tuesday at a rural Ellinwood home, said some information printed about her was not correct.

ELLINWOOD a ' An initial investigation shows that a deadly shooting Tuesday in rural Barton County took place in self defense.

Investigators in Barton County are on the scene of a deadly shooting. Officials with the Barton County Sheriff's Department say it happened in the eastern part of the county near Ellinwood.

The carcasses of several rabbits, a possum, a turkey, a duck and possibly a raccoon were found last week on a road about a mile south of Ellinwood in Barton County.

As I write this column, this part of Kansas is under a blizzard warning. So far, I've seen sleet and snow, so even though there are daffodils and jonquils blooming - or trying to! - in the J. J. Krehbiel Park, it seems a bit premature to talk about spring.

As the snow continues to fall on much of the state, noteworthy accumulations - in some cases startling totals for March in Kansas - are being reported.

Members of the Drug Free Youth in Town group will celebrate their accomplishments with a Drug Free Fest next month, said Cyndee Christianson, coordinator of the Teen Court at the Juvenile Justice office in Great Bend.

Farming is still a top priority for Ron Seyfert, but in early April he'll be stepping away from a lead role in agriculture.

The sixth annual Ladies Night Out, hosted by the Ellinwood Chamber of Commerce, will be 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 26.

Amy Robinson, 31, of St. John, was injured when she lost control of the 2000 Ford truck she was driving south on Northeast 80th Avenue about 9 miles south of Ellinwood, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

The Barton County Commission decided this week to hold a series of community meetings to open communication with the public.

Belleville Public Library is one of 256 libraries in the United States to be named an American Star Library by Library Journal magazine.

A 20-year old man is in critical condition after his vehicle was struck by a train.

A 20 year-old man was critically hurt after his car collided with a freight train in Ellinwood Saturday.

Doctors at a Wichita hospital treat a man after his car is hit by a train. It happened around one Saturday afternoon in Ellinwood.