Yates Center News

Eleven Kansas Livestock Association members were recently honored at the organization's convention in Wichita for their support of 50 years or more.

The City of Neosho Rapids council meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the community building.

The Nickell Memorial Armory at 2722 S.W. Topeka Blvd. houses the Kansas Adjutant General's Department.

Two Kansas farmers have been sued over unauthorized use of a proprietary wheat variety developed by Kansas State University researchers.

Lloyd and Floyd Simmons, twins from Yates Center, Kansas, pose for a photograph on V.E. Day in May of 1945.

Uniontown wrapped up the Three Rivers League volleyball championship by sweeping Pleasanton and Crest here Tuesday night.

The Coffey County Republican reported that the Burlington USD 244 Board of Education Monday passed a resolution that will allow a 4-mill tax levy for capital improvements.

Helen Evangeline Fulton, 94, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday evening Sept. 23, 2009 at the Fort Scott Medicalodge.

Time to test your knowledge of current events. Question No. 1 -- How much did the cost of family health insurance premiums rise between 2000 and 2009 in Kansas, as reported in a survey by Families USA, a liberal health research and advocacy group? A. 22.7 percent.

A small Kansas town is trying to figure out who littered the streets with several small bags of cocaine last weekend.

Jill Schlagel and Lonnie Singmaster announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Schlagel of Spring Hill, to Mark Grisier of Yates Center, Kan.

Monday, September 14, 2009 The Yates Center Police Department and the Woodson County Sheriff are jointly investigating a number of bizarre incidents where green or clear small baggies or zip-lock packets are being discovered on city streets in Yates Center.

Staff photo by Michael Schweitzer. Marilyn Dean, of Yates Center, puts out price tags at her Wholesale Fireworks stand Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the Manhattan Town Center.

No person or organization is an island, functioning only within itself, and Tri-Valley Developmental Services is strengthened because of the dedication to the organization shown by many individuals within the communities we serve.

National Weather Service officials are warning that a rain-wrapped tornado may be on the ground east of Yates Center.A tornado warning is in effect until 2:30 p.m. for portions of Woodson and Allen counties.

The attorney general's office has charged a Wichita man with first-degree murder in the death of a man whose body was found this weekend.