Leoti News

In her Wednesday night speech, Palin said, "I guess a small town mayor is like a community organizer, except you have actual responsibilities." Western Kansas community organizers and mayors talked about ...

Three pharmacy students at the University of Kansas have been awarded $6,000 in scholarships from the National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation.

On a stormy afternoon, Walter Geiger sat in front of his two computer monitors at the Kearny County Airport with a radio in his hand.

Trying to take the pulse of agriculture halfway through 2008 is as difficult as herding cats.

FROM TOP: Karen Ann Bland stops outside the chapel that Willis Reimer built on the edge of his family farmstead outside of Selkirk, Kan.

Westar Energy, Inc. will break ground Tuesday on a new wind farm project in Barber County, south of Wichita.The Flat Ridge Wind Farm is a 100-megawatt project being developed by BP Alternative Energy North.

ESRI to Maintain Waterworks and other Infrastructures Does a municipality have to be large to realize the benefits of digital document management and a geographical information system ? "The answer, in our ...

I've overheard a lot of discussion amongst people lately about their dislike of Kentucky.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued administrative orders assessing civil penalties for violations of state food service or lodging regulations, or for operating without a license. via WIBW-TV Topeka

“I always admired the hospital administrator in my hometown because of the job he did and the way he helped the community”

By Jamie Winkler * Fallon Star Press * April 11, 2008 Banner Churchill Community Hospital has hired a new leader with a promising philosophy. via RGJ.com

“One day I looked in the log book where visitors register and on a single page, I saw names from six different foreign countries.”

By Ron Wilson, director, Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University. via Salina Journal

“But she'd be in the back, grabbing a sander or masking off a car before it was painted. That was just the way she has always been.”

By Kathy Hanks - The Hutchinson News - khanks@hutchnews.com The five children of Maggie Moser know she's the best mom in the world. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

“Everyone now wants his chairs facing the TV set”

By Amy Bickel - The Hutchinson News - abickel@hutchnews.com One story in The News this week in 1958 said TV was changing the American way of life. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

“A Civil War in Kansas, More bloodshed to be expected today.”

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.'

As pioneer settlement in Kansas spread west, there were skirmishes, sometimes bloody and devious, over the establishment of county seats.

Kansas, already notorious as 'Bleeding Kansas,' nicknamed because of the violent territorial disputes over whether the state would be admitted to the union pro-slavery or anti-slavery, continued its reputation long after the Civil War. Read more

“They may not be your grandkids or your kids but they're kids.”

The push for a school bond issue in the Western Kansas town of Leoti is over, but some residents say they will continue to fight. via KAKE-TV Wichita

“I just don't believe that building is safe, and (board members) just don't believe they can back up and wait for someone to come out from Topeka in a month or two.”

After a narrow defeat of a bond issue that would have replaced Leoti's R.B. Stewart Elementary School, the Board of Education decided Monday night to hire an engineering firm to conduct a thorough inspection of ... via Garden City Telegram

As Wichita looks to another school bond issue, Wichita County is dealing with another school bond defeat - the third in five years. via More to Life

“Five votes in this community is significant with the number of voters we have”

The fate of Wichita County's 85-year-old elementary school is now up to the state fire marshal and architect after voters Tuesday rejected a bond issue that would have built a new school. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

January 5, 2007: Vestas has received an order for four projects in Inner Mongolia comprising 232 units of the V52-850 kW turbine. via The Auto Channel