McCune News

Thirty-year-old Chris Perkins left behind a five-year-old son when he was killed in a crash involving a Wichita police officer Sunday night.

A tentative plea deal has been reached in the case of a small-town Kansas mayor who killed two dogs after receiving a call that they had been bothering a neighbors children.

The mayor of McCune, Kan., is expected to sign a plea agreement that would drop two felony animal cruelty charges related to the shooting of two dogs earlier this year, according to his defense attorney.

A first-degree murder charge is expected against Duane E. Wahl, 33, formerly of McCune, Kan., now of Mulberry, Kan., in the disappearance of his former roommate.

Two vehicles collide head-on, killing one woman and sending another to a hospital.

A 30-year-old Parsons woman was killed Monday evening in a car accident that happened just east of McCune.

Pat and Sue McCune are the owners of this home at 101 Hilltop Lane, which is one of six homes on the 27th Annual Holiday Home Tour sponsored by the Delta Theta Tau sorority.

Health officals and residents divvy up limited supplies of the H1N1 vaccine. As the H1N1 flu virus becomes widespread across the nation Four Staters are preparing by seeking vaccinations.

A man who reported a drive-by shooting earlier this month at his home in Mulberry has been charged with making a false report.

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com MULBERRY, Kan. - A man who moved away from McCune after the mayor shot and killed his dogs earlier this year reported a drive-by shooting Monday afternoon at his home in Mulberry.

A drive-by shooting in Mulberry, Kansas with ties to another story of violence we brought you several months ago.

A rash of arsons was reported over the Labor Day weekend in Crawford and Neosho counties.

Jerry D. Weast, who is about to celebrate ten years as superintendent of Montgomery County schools, talks about his years on the job and the mentors that guided him toward a career in education.

A judge has determined that enough evidence exists to put McCune Mayor Don Call on trial for shooting two dogs.

Earlier this year the mayor of McCune admitted killed two dogs who his neighbor said was chasing children.