Winfield News

A 15-year-old will spend the next few years in a juvenile detention facility - " and could do prison time as an adult - " for shooting Angela Krepps during a robbery in rural Cowley County this summer.

Police in Arkansas City bust what they're calling a large underage drinking party.

October 23, 2009 Burglary / Theft / Damage to Property 800 Block East 7th, 0836 hours, a man reported that his vehicle had been broken into and items taken overnight.

Reports of smoke inside Whittier Elementary School in the 1400 block of Mound St.

The Calamity Cubes' second album, Long Cold Winter , sounds like it drifted straight from the campground at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, soaked in sweat, alcohol and a hint of something toxic - maybe gasoline or propane.

Barack Obama, the reluctant war president, spent part of Wednesday's eighth anniversary of the U.S. operation in Afghanistan discussing the difficult conflict with his national security team, a day after doing the same with bipartisan leaders of Congress.

Local acoustic picker Jim Earp went to the annual Walnut Valley Music Festival in Winfield, Kansas, this year and came home with honors.

Congressional candidate Wink Hartman announced Friday that he'll be embarking on a campaign tour of the 4th District.

Kasia Jacqueline Foos and Michael Wentworth Moore were married July 18. 2009, at the Church of the Resurrection, Bel Aire, with Father Sherman Orr officiating.

Sgt. Tyler A. Juden, 23, of Arkansas City, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 due to injuries received during active duty with the United States Army in Afghanistan.

People dotted the route from Ponca City to a funeral home in Arkansas City on Monday to honor the return home of Sgt.

Daniel Cox, formerly of Arkansas City, was killed in action in Afghanistan Saturday, September 12, 2009.

A person dies after hitting a parked car with his moped in Winfield. Winfield police say it happened at about five o'clock Saturday in the 500 block of East 10th Avenue.

"Thus it is said that one who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements." Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

Adam Swaney sits at a dining table surrounded by drawings of animals and Elvis Presley, mostly Elvis.

BMNN wrote: on Sep. 16, 2009: The combination music festival and instrument contest affectionately known as "Winfield" is the Walnut Valley Festival held in Winfield, Kansas.

Two soldiers with ties to Cowley County have died in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced Monday that 23-year-old Sgt.

Faced with rising waters in the Walnut River, officials for the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield have pushed the "land rush" back two days to Saturday.

The mother of a 6-year-old southeast Kansas girl whose death has been linked to swine flu says her daughter had severe underlying health problems.Margaret Dennett told The Winfield Daily Courier on Thursday that her daughter had a history of severe lung damage from recurring pneumonia.

The threat of more rain and rising waters is causing some changes at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield where organizers are dealing with an ever-rising Walnut River.