Sterling News

Published online 11/4/2009 10:22 AM Police reports Hutchinson Police Department Tuesday, 4:11 a.m. - Thomas E. Westfall, 68, reported his residence was entered by an unknown subject and missing is his 40" Panasonic HDTV.

Published online 11/2/2009 10:29 PM Loyalty the core of woman's life Kansas Journal By Kathy Hanks - The Hutchinson News - khanks@hutchnews.com Things were at a lull Friday afternoon next to the big loom in the upstairs of Hutchinson's Et Cetra Shop.

Where Eastern Kansas ends and Western Kansas begins is an entire column in itself, but for practical purposes, if you fold the map in half, the north-south highway closest to the fold is Kansas Highway 14.

Yet he figures he's been the talk at the local elevator and morning coffee shops for his 65-acre peanut field not far from Sterling.

Published online 9/7/2009 11:16 PM Lyons, Sterling will pay less for 911 service beginning in 2010 By Clara Kilbourn - The Hutchinson News - ckilbourn@hutchnews.com LYONS - Rice County Commissioners have approved a new rate of payment for calls through the county 911 Dispatch Center for the towns of Lyons and Sterling.

Mark Galloway's been singing longer than he can remember - but he left a lasting impression on KSAL listeners Friday morning as he performed 2-songs during the third hour of the Morning News.

She's looking for as many good men as she can find. Now in her 15th year of heading up the Sterling Old-Fashioned Fourth of July parade, Millie Casey has two floats decorated for military personnel to ride on and will be happy to add a third if it's needed.

Eric William Norris, Hays, received a master of library and information science May 17 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies.

A "Blitz Build" has been announced for this week at the ninth Habitat for Humanity home to be built in Rice County since the affiliate was organized five years ago.

Race fans were treated to double features in two of the four divisions competing at Wakeeney Speedway Sunday evening, June 7. The IMCA Modified and IMCA Stock Car features that were rained out on May 25th opened the racing program on the 3/8-mile oval.

Six doctoral students will arrive at the University of Kansas this fall with $30,000 fellowships to be funded by the National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program.

Info about Wesley's presentations and workshops is available. 1st June 2009 Podcast319: Integrating Podcasting into the Classroom Using Moodle by Dean Mantz and Brian Richter posted in assessment , digitalstorytelling , distributed-learning , economics , literacy , podcasting , podcasts , web 2.0 This podcast is a recording of Dean Mantz and Brian ...

John Engelland and his neighbors consider their irrigated farmland some of the best in the state.

The state Department of Transportation wants to build a divided four-lane Kansas 96 between Nickerson and Sterling to replace the current two-lane route.

Irrigation farmers think a proposed corridor for a divided four-lane K-96, from southeast of Nickerson to northwest of Sterling, would diminish the value of two valuable resources: Water and young farmers.

Spend any length of time with 9-year-old Effie Tripp, and you're bound to hear a song or a random phrase...but never a complaint.

This news article brightened my morning today: "a Webcampinga helps link Oklahoma rural teachers." According to the article: About 25 teachers visited the K20 Center at the University of Oklahoma to participate in "K20 Alt Goes Webcamping.a They received webcams and instructions on how to use them to connect with fellow teachers and other outside ...