Valley Center News

Short summer off the table By Chris Strunk Last Updated: February 09, 2012 What some have called year-round school won't be happening in Valley Center anytime soon.

Nikko, Aaron Coash's 5-year-old pet, died Jan. 26 after drinking antifreeze. Coash is trying to gain support for a law that would require antifreeze makers to use an additive that wold give the liquid a bitter taste.

Questions remain in 'Lou Castro' murder case By Matt Heilman Last Updated: February 09, 2012 The preliminary hearing for the man accused of a 2003 murder in rural Valley Center has been postponed until March 8. The hearing, initially scheduled for Feb.

Was a 2001 plane crash that killed Mona Griffith, her boyfriend and her 12-year-old daughter a tragic accident, nothing more? Jeff Chace says he can't help but have that question.

Springston the finalist for job in Missouri By Chris Strunk Last Updated: February 02, 2012 Scott Springston, superintendent of the Valley Center school district since 2006, is the finalist for the same position at a much larger district.

Prayers for Paxten By Matt Heilman Last Updated: February 02, 2012 A nearly 14-month battle has ended for a Valley Center toddler and a community is grieving with her family.

The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates - creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann predicted Sunday that the November elections will end abortion as she made her first public appearance in Minnesota since dropping out of the Republican presidential race.

These buildings have been described as a former compound in rural Valley Center.

Valley Center Police Chief Mark Hephner says it's been two months and not one person has called to claim a Purple Heart medal, found alongside a street.

Twenty-five Kansas House members have agreed to sponsor a proposed "personhood" amendment to the state constitution to ban abortion and are close to introducing it, the leader of a group pursuing the measure said Friday.

Bond was set at $2 million Thursday for a man charged with murder in the 2003 death of a Kansas woman whose drowning was initially ruled an accident, along with several other charges including rape and child sexual exploitation.

These houses have been described as a compound in rural Valley Center. A fugitive who is now facing a murder charges and sex crimes against children lived here.

The case of a Valley Center woman who died in 2003, is now open again. Patricia Hughes' death was ruled "accidental" after she drowned in a pool.

A group of abortion opponents is pushing for a state constitutional amendment banning the procedure in Kansas.The chairman of a Valley Center, Kan., organization said Friday it has support from 25 House members for a bill that would let voters decide whether to ban abortion in the state.“The Kansas Bill of Rights recognizes that all men are ... (more)