Sedgwick News

A discussion about fireworks is sure to spark just that. Tuesday evening, Sedgwick County will ask residents in unincorporated parts of the county their opinion on the current fireworks law.

Law enforcement officials still were searching Friday for two men who escaped Thursday evening from the Winfield Correctional Facility.

Hillsboro postmaster Becky Larsen assists Jenny Gaskell with postal business. Larsen recently became postmaster after serving for several months as officer-in-charge. After serving as officer-in-charge at the Hillsboro Post Office for several months, Becky Larsen has been appointed as the postmaster.

Five store clerks accused of trying to steal winnings from the Kansas Lottery have been charged with theft and computer crime, Kansas Attorney General Steve Six said Monday.

The Kansas Health Foundation has awarded $954,874 in recognition grants to 57 projects designed to improve the health and wellness of Kansans.

The Kansas Health Foundation gives $954,874 to local non-profits. It will help with 57 different projects across the state.

Reno Co. changes its bridge approach Policy gives flexibility on whether to replace bridges More than 20 river bridges on rural roads in Reno County would not be rebuilt when worn out or destroyed under guidelines of a proposed county bridge replacement policy.

Kansas Medical Center in Andover has signed a contract with Preferred Health Systems, making the medical center part of the PHS network.

In 35 years of farming, Scott Van Allen has never planted so much wheat this late in the fall.

Sixth grader Lucas Theoharidis took first place in the Sedgwick Elementary Nature Trail race on Thursday, October 22.

Sedgwick Country Sheriff Deputy Narciso Narvais explains TASER manufacturer's new target area guidelines.

A series of collisions involving five vehicles - one of them a semi-trailer truck - has shut down westbound Kellogg near the Sedgwick/Butler county line this afternoon.

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents of Sedgwick and Butler County of a potential indoor air problem involving carbon dioxide and methane.

Do we really want to live in San Diego? I know we always say, "It can stay like this every day," but after endless temperate, moderate, mild weather, during which we've hardly had to water, or wear deodorant, or crank up the AC, I feel like I'm losing my grounding, my pace, my sense of identity.

Radar and ground reports indicate 3 to 6 inches of rain have fallen over northern Cowley, eastern Sedgwick and southern Butler counties, the National Weather Service said this morning.

Ah, finallythe start of the 2009 cross country season. Things were kicked off tonight with the Clearwater Invitational, which featured plenty of different races: Open races for the boys and the girls and then 2-mile races for Senior/Junior and Sophomore/Freshman divisions.

Less than 50 miles separate Kansas State University's experiment fields near Hesston and Hutchinson.

Maybe Sedgwick Countya s faith in Justice Concepts Inc. will have been justified in the long run, by getting the jail population numbers under control.

"Public safety is a top priority for my administration, which is why during the last round of budget cuts our Department of Corrections was spared.

"Public safety is a top priority for my administration, which is why during the last round of budget cuts our Department of Corrections was spared.