Halstead News

USD 440 is celebrating their recent "Standard of Excellence" achievement awarded by the state in reading/language arts and mathematics.

Published online 11/20/2009 11:04 PM This time, teachers get their own field trip Teachers 'explore' resources at event By Ken Stephens - The Hutchinson News - kstephens@hutchnews.com More than 500 teachers enjoyed a field trip to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center on Friday night - and maybe a little more than usual because they didn't have ...

Corn and soybean crops that are forecast to be the largest in Kansas history are coming in, and elevators are bursting with fall grains.

Published online 11/17/2009 10:17 PM McPherson Concrete Products employees Francisco Gonzalez and Oscar Garcia tie rebar before they pour a ring of concrete for a new grain silo at the Patterson elevator Tuesday.

Published online 11/7/2009 10:45 PM More school districts to mull joining funding group Additionally, Hutch will ponder further support of organization As state revenue forecasts fall and school districts brace themselves for another round of cuts in state aid, Schools for Fair Funding, the coalition of school districts seeking to pry more money ...

Halstead Bank's Williams got his start in Washington, D.C. Wichita Business Journal - by Chris Moon U.S. Sen.

OCTOBER 7, 2009: Jason Prock right a soldier returning form Iraq talks with Ryan Kadolph about the Ford Cobra Mustang he bought from him inside Auto Pros while he was stationed in Iraq in Wichita, Kansas on Wednesday, October 7, 2009.

Carol Margaret Halstead, 78, Jacksonport, passed away on Sept. 7, 2009. Carol was born Aug.

KAREN JACOBS / Hesston Record Hesston Swather Tucker Schmidt slips inside of the intended receiver to pick off a Halstead pass.

SPORTS: Swathers tame Dragons 28-6 in season opener Last Updated: September 04, 2009 The Hesston Swathers opened the 2009 grid season with a 28-6 win over county rival Halstead on Friday, Sept.

Lisa Miller presents Grand Prize Winner Verne Goering with his $250 check Record announces winner Last Updated: September 03, 2009 The Hesston Record announces this year's Sweepsteaks Winners.

This town of nearly 500, built on small farms, moved from dreaming of suburbia to fighting for its survival Monday night.

July 3 and 5 - 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4 - 10 a.m. to midnight Fireworks are allowed on private property with approval of landowner or occupant.

BOB LATTA / Hesston Record A Halstead player drives on her Andale opponent in action in the Hesston College summer basketball program.

Horses in need of help are the focus of a benefit concert Saturday at Emma Creek Farm near Halstead.

Light drizzle fell as groups of neon-clad bicyclists pedaled their way down Main Street in Towanda on Wednesday morning.

In the warm morning sun, local artist Tina Murano and three workers installed 30 mosaic circles on the outside wall of the new Kansas Humane Society building in northeast Wichita.

Paige Welch came to this town for a 28-day stay at the Valley Hope Treatment Center, located in a wing of the former Halstead Hospital and Hertzler Clinic.

Valley Hope Association, which provides alcohol and drug addiction treatment at facilities in seven states, is breaking ground today for a new inpatient treatment facility in Moundridge.

Wichita water officials will update people on the progress of a massive aquifer recharge project at a meeting at 7 tonight in the Halstead High School Gymnasium, 520 W. Sixth St.