A standoff in Anthony has police there waiting. A Harper County dispatcher tells us it began just after 12:30 Wednesday afternoon.

Best wishes to City Manager Robert Layton on his efforts to bring trash franchising to Wichita and, in turn, bring down the needlessly high rates paid by residents and businesses.

Cracking down on the increasingly troubling problem of underage drinking is the goal of a forum now making its way across Kansas.

If he's been called any nicknames, they haven't been to his face, Rice County farmer Clark Schmidt says with a grin.

WHEN TRAVELING THE state, I like to look for something original in each town, something residents have created, restored, or put on display.

Two men working on an oil rig in Harper County were injured Thursday after the rig exploded.

Two workers have been injured in an oil well explosion in south-central Kansas. KAKE-TV reported that the explosion occurred Thursday morning at a rig 4 miles south of Bluff City around 9:30 a.m. Harper County emergency workers said two workers suffered burns in the blast.

Two workers have been injured in an oil well explosion in south-central Kansas. KAKE-TV reports that the explosion occurred at a rig 4 miles south of Bluff City around 9:30 a.m. Harper County emergency workers said two workers suffered burns in the blast.

Emergency management workers honored the best of their bunch. The Kansas Emergency Management Association held its annual awards banquet Thursday night.

A church in Anthony is gutted after a mid-morning blaze that did $1 million in damages.

Published online 9/3/2009 11:11 PM KDOT awards 3 highway maintenance projects The Kansas Department of Transportation awarded three state highway maintenance projects in southwest Kansas this week.

Monday, August 10, 2009 Cox Machine, a manufacturing company specializing in precision parts and assemblies for the aerospace industry, plans to expand its facility at 5338 West 21st in Wichita.

Harper County authorities are looking for a missing person who hasn't been seen for nearly a month.

Harper County authorities are looking for a missing person who hasn't been seen for nearly a month.

As my wife and I drove across Kansas to Santa Fe, N. M., for the July 4 weekend to see our son, I continually noted the abundance of dark green cornfields sitting next to the deeply rich, golden tones of recently cropped wheat fields.

Firefighters from several communities were called to downtown Anthony this afternoon after an explosion caused a fire that damaged several downtown buildings.

The Harper County Sheriff told KAKE News that the fire in downtown Anthony was brought under control just before 5 p.m., but now thick, black smoke can be seen billowing out of a building again.

Eyewitness News Reporter Rebecca Gannon is on the scene of a gas explosion and fire involving a trash truck in Anthony.

A 123-year-old Harper County bank, with a branch in west Wichita, failed Friday and will reopen as a branch of South Hutchinson-based SNB Bank of Kansas.

A tornado struck a house three miles west of Maple City early this morning, according to Cowley County emergency management coordinator Brian Stone.