Laney Nicole Velleca, daughter of Drew and Stacy Velleca, Olathe, was born Oct. 13, 2009.

When Robert Balloun began serving on a volunteer board for the Russell Food Pantry, the organization was distributing food to about 30 households a month.

It's a musical potluck. With everything from guitars and fiddles to autoharps and a saxophone, Pickin' and Jammin' at the Deines hardly has a boundary.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announces the department has certified 44 water treatment operators and 57 wastewater treatment operators from August to December 2009.

It might have been tempting to ease into his first job fresh out of college, knowing that he had the support of people who knew him growing up.

A number of Kansas City area families had a better Christmas thanks to the efforts of employees, agents and district managers of the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies.

The Wheatland District of the Coronado Area Council of Boy Scouts of America wants the public to help it celebrate Boy Scouts' 100th anniversary.

Barton County officials have been undertaking their annual 'new year' details, and they will continue to do that this coming week, too.

It's a wicked winter wind that's howling this morning. No matter where you may live in Kansas, wind chills are well below zero.

Brittany Murrell passes the ball to Madison Connally in the Jan. 5 loss to the Lady Broncos of Russell.

The 50 or so Kiwianians who turned out to listen to U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran were to serve as his voice of reason for his return to Washington, D.C. Instead, the exchange between Moran and members of the Russell Kiwanis Club on the last day of 2009 turned into something closer to what could only be described as an essay on "What's the matter with ...

Following is a list of several area and local community leaders and former or current business owners who died in 2009.

Lory Herrick saw a need that wasn't being met in the region from Hays to Salina, so beginning earlier this month, she decided to fill the gap.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment was notified Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the active ingredient in 13 lots of nasal H1N1 vaccine is expected to fall below the pre-specified limit before the vaccine expiration date, sparking a non-safety-related recall of doses shipped to 78 providers in 21 ...

Published online 12/11/2009 9:25 PM Armories to close in 18 towns Kingman, Larned cope with the news A struggling economy and changing military patterns doomed 18 Kansas National Guard armories, including six armories in the western half of the state.

The slick roads caused multiple accidents in Riley County on Sunday. At around 4 pm, 22-year-old Ashley Lately of Topeka was driving her 98 Chevy Lumina on I-70 near Deep creek road when she lost control of the vehicle and hit a guard rail then rolled the vehicle into the ditch.

Denver teaches harsh lessons on driving in snow. At 6 a.m. Wednesday, I started the trip across Kansas for the Mile High City, where hundreds of people are gathering for the 19th Annual International Conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education.

Four children sat atop horses Tuesday night at the Miles of Smiles corral, bouncing as they rounded the cones, laughing at the possibility they could be tagged "out." Laurie Sisk/Telegram J.R. Garcia, 5, grins Tuesday at Miles of Smiles, a therapeutic horseback riding center, as Elaine Lott helps hold him in place.

Patches of ice on western Kansas highways led to at least three crashes that resulted in injuries or possible injuries Sunday, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.

A one-vehicle accident on Old U.S. Highway 40, approximately 2.7 miles west of Dorrance, resulted in the injury of a 59-year-old Russell man Monday.