Herington News

Howard R. Riggs, 80, died Saturday, Oct. 4, at his home in Burns. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct.

Friday, October 3, 2008 Six area schools sent runners to the Council Grove Invitational cross country event on Thursday, with Northern Heights finishing second in the girls race and Osage City third in the boys ...

An explosion destroyed a house early Saturday and the bodies of the elderly couple who occupied the home were found in the wreckage, authorities said.

Shari Weber, a Republican who is trying to unseat Sen. Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, has raised questions about political meddling in the aftermath of her termination as president of the Community Bankers ...

A Junction City man and a Herington woman were arrested on felony drug charges after a Dickinson County sheriff's deputy found about 9 1/2 grams of methamphetamine on the man's person during a traffic stop ...

Friday, August 15, 2008 Mission concert The fourth annual free Flint Hills Community Band Concert will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove.

Descendants of Albert and Auguste Schubert gathered in Ramona the weekend of July 26-27 for the annual family reunion.

A supper and layette shower honoring Travis Carlson was held Saturday evening at the Burdick United Methodist Church fellowship hall.

As promised in my last column, there were many other July-August happenings that deserve recognition.

A Herington teenager was injured Monday night in a one-vehicle accident southwest of Herington in Dickinson County.

A 16-year-old girl is dead after the car she's riding in crashed into a ditch Friday night in Marion County.

An 80-year-old man was injured Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision at the junction of US-77 highway and Interstate 70 in Geary County.

Kalona city workers were given a 3.5% across the board pay increase effective July 15 by a 5-0 vote of the Kalona City Council meeting Monday evening, July 21, Councilman Ken Herington noted there were two ...

A 16-year-old girl from Kansas City, Mo., Kelly Anne Weakley, was killed Friday night when the car she was riding in rolled in a ditch.

A 16-year-old girl is dead after the car she's riding in crashed into a ditch Friday night in Marion County.

A 9-year-old Herington boy was in critical condition Tuesday after being struck by a pickup truck last Wednesday while fishing at a children's pond, said the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office.

' Jesse Wray, 9, Herington, was in fair condition Tuesday morning at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City.

Books appear to be such simple, ordinary things. But you have to watch out - ' a book can be nimble and sneaky.

The lines outside the tornado-ravaged town of Chapman formed early on Saturday, as eager volunteers showed up in droves to clean up Mother Nature's mess.

Marguerite Elizabeth Utech, 82, of Ramona, died June 4 at Hillsboro Community Medical Center.