Finney County News

Nearly 1,000 people in Reno County believed eligible for the federal "stimulus" check have failed to file a tax return in order to claim it, federal officials said.

The Kansas Supreme Court's decision extending the right to jury trials to juvenile defendants has courts reeling statewide.

Kansas Wheat Report: Day Seven of Wheat Harvest and "Farmers are Happy with Yields" Date Posted: Jun.

One of the newest companies to come to the Kansas oil patch, Presco Western LLC, is drilling directional wells in Haskell and Finney counties.

A Kansas Supreme Court decision to allow juveniles the right to a jury trial may stress an already burdened court system and has brought a mixed reaction from prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Renee Kortz has made candles for herself for years now. She got started in the craft after her stepmother bought equipment and supplies to make candles and then decided she didn't want to pursue the hobby.

"Jet" and "jackrabbit" both start with J, so they were to go on the collage Jake Underwood, 3, was making, with some help from his mom, Brandi, Thursday at the Pierceville-Plymell Elementary School library.

Juvenile offenders in Kansas have a constitutional right to a jury trial, the state's highest court declared Friday in a decision that could force prosecutors to retry hundreds of open cases.

Walter Geiger might not sleep the night before the annual meeting on the Western Kansas Weather Modification Program on Thursday.

After working on a community college level to help students transition from high school to college, Nancy Harness plans to focus on the same issue next school year, but this time in a different job.

On Friday June 13, 2008 at approximately 12:37 a.m. officers of the Garden City Police Department were dispatched to the 2200 block of Crestway Dr.

A former Garden City man arrested in Dallas on a 13-year-old allegation of attempted first-degree murder remained in the Finney County jail this morning.

The Garden City Telegram, on using city funds for holiday celebration: Garden City and Finney County earned praise last summer for making sure the community had a Fourth of July fireworks show.

'Lobbyists have reported spending more than $1.1 million to influence legislators for the second consecutive year, largely because of a fight over two proposed coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas.

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With the year's biggest issue off the table, lawmakers will return to the Statehouse today for a tame ceremonial end to the legislative session.

Who: Children done with kindergarten through age 13 What: Presentations, games, arts and crafts, and other activities, centered on a different theme each week.

Memorial Day weekend storms that spawned tornadoes also packed some whopping hail that damaged some western Kansas crops."Three miles north of Scott City it was hailing baseballs, but they weren't getting any ...

The University of Kansas School of Engineering honored more than 275 graduates at a recognition ceremony Sunday, May 18.

The Finney County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a Holcomb man in rural Finney County.