Junction City News

A homeless shelter in Junction City will be getting a face-lift by the local Elks lodge this spring.

The history of Junction City began when it was officially recognized on Feb. 9, 1859 by a special act of the Kansas Territorial Legislature.

The friendship between Ken Dunlap and Moe Vinson started in the workplace, moved to the garage and is now featured in two national magazines.

Junction City's Founder's Day celebration tonight will focus on this year's theme, "Junction City in Bloom." The focus of the evening will be on several of the city's parks, which have been around since the city's beginnings.

Through the generosity of the St. Xavier Parish Foundation, students and staff at St.

A benefit concert Thursday to help the American Red Cross assist the victims of the Haiti earthquake will feature more than a dozen area acts.

Since 2008, Junction City has been offering the Citizen's Institute to educate residents on municipal practices.

The Junction City Commission heard a presentation on Ventria Bioscience and approved ordinances related to building permits and day care operations at its meeting Tuesday at the Municipal Building.

""What's the most important thing to remember when collecting evidence?"" asked Staff Sgt.

The Juneteenth breakfast was held Saturday morning at the Larry Dixon Center. Organizer Joneice Pitts said the money raised went to their scholarship fund.

An Alta Vista man is behind bars for a series of coin operated vending machine break-ins. Tips after authorities released a surveillance photo led police to 27-year old Juston James Kerns.

Junction City Police Detectives in cooperation with the Alta Vista Town Marshal, and the Wabaunsee County Sheriffs Office arrested 27 year old Juston James Kerns of Alta Vista, Kansas in connection with a series of coin operated vending machine breakins that had been occurring in the Junction City and Salina areas since the 10th of January of this ...

To prepare for construction, the city has been busy installing infrastructure to support the planned new mental hospital.

A total of five thefts from motel vending machines have been reported over the past two weeks in Salina and Junction City, according to a statement from the Salina Police Department.

Geary County authorities say Mark Anthony Hernandez was arrested Saturday evening after he was seen walking in Junction City.

A subject who was being sought by the Geary County Sheriff's Department was arrested without incident by a Junction City Police Department officer Saturday evening.

Susan Gillespie was notified Friday she will receive the Kansas Music Educators Association's Music Teacher of the Year award.

U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., 1st District, toured Valley View Senior Life Friday morning in order to better understand Junction City's care of senior citizens.

Kansas saw records in corn and soybean production in 2009, according to a release from the United States Department of Agriculture and Kansas Department of Agriculture.

The Geary County Sheriffa s Department is seeking the publica s assistance is locating a prisoner who was mistakenly released from custody Wednesday evening at the Geary County Detention Center.