Smith Center News

The annual Old Settler's Day festivities will take place this weekend in Smith Center.

Now they're scratching their heads even more over the spectacle 10 miles north of town, where the Transcendental Meditation movement is either building "peace palaces" or laying the foundation for a ...

A new store on the first floor of the R.R. Smith Center for Art and History will offer visitors a chance to take home a piece of the city's culture, but it has another mission.

Former UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham III has died. Fordham died early Thursday at UNC Hospitals after a period of declining health.

National Guard members reunite today in Smith Center, Kansas. More than 150 guardsmen, of the 169th Ordnance Company of the Kansas Army National Guard, met up to reminiscence about the old times.

Kansas Wheat, the cooperative agreement between the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, provides the following wheat harvest report.

James Rorstrom has found the perfect way to get the full attention of his teenage daughter when he speaks to her this week.

More than 800 bicycle riders are making their way across the sunflower state this week.

Questions about the purchase of the Lutheran Nursing Home in WaKeneey were asked and answered Friday, but it was evident that employees and residents and their spouses still prefer county ownership.

By mid-afternoon Thursday, Smith County and much of western Kansas were under yet another tornado watch, and Undersheriff David Lloyd said forecasters were predicting another 3 inches or so of rain overnight.

The Storm Prediction Center has shifted the moderate risk zone for severe weather today just a bit west from overnight.

Lutheran Nursing home employees, residents and their spouses made an impassioned plea for the Trego County Commission to change course on its decision to sell the facility to an out-of-state operator.

“Basically the wheat is thinner than normal and stressed a little bit”

Winter wheat fields in the north-central part of Kansas have fared better than expected so far this season, but fields in the western third of the state show stress from lack of moisture, industry experts said ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

“The park will be chock full of Kansas. Barns, churches, art, scenic drives, specialty shops, local cafes, events, are all promoted here. It's a guarantee that no one will leave this park without being amazed at all that Kansas has to offer.”

Sampler Festival all about Kansas Thousands of Kansans will come to Concordia's City Park Saturday and Sunday to celebrate all that is Kansas. via Chanute Tribune

Story updated at 5:47 PM on Sunday, April 20, 2008 Mike and Debbie Bryant of Athens are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Gail, to Caleb John Burgess, son of Kelly and Becky Burgess ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“People tell me they never used to lock their doors and now they say their going to”

Officials are waiting for the autopsy results of a man who was murdered in his home 18-miles south of Smith Center. via KHGI

“In any test given to a group - reasoning, math, vocabulary, legal skills - I will tell you the results. Asian-Americans and whites will do the best. Hispanics will come in second and African-Americans will come in last.”

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 "D'Souza: Affirmative action no longer needed; Former Reagan policy analyst tackles tough topics at WSU" In today's Moscow-Pullman Daily News , Amy Gray does a decent job of provding a ... via Palousitics

“I think, if I interpreted the chatterin, chirpin, and cheepin right, they were thinkin' of investin' in nestin'.”

March 18, 2008 "One statistic that you probably won't hear much about this basketball season," Ivan said, "is Sarah Tucker shooting one hundred percent from beyond the three-point line. via The Middlewesterner

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Broderick No. 1591 will sponsor the annual corned beef and cabbage dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Father Smith Center, St. via Gloversville Leader-Herald

“As the mentally ill population incarcerated locally and statewide continues to grow, so will the waiting lists”

The sister of a man with a history of mental health problems who killed the Sheridan County sheriff urged legislators Friday to spend more money on the state's mental health hospitals. via Newton Kansan