Woodson County News

Woodson County Sheriff David Waddell, who is scheduled to resign this week, been charged with domestic battery.

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.

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

The Woodson County Sheriff has been charged with making false information on vouchers and reimbursement forms for goods purchased for personal use.

Law enforcement officers are trying to determine why more than six small baggies containing cocaine have been found on Yates Center city streets in the last week.

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.

JIM AND SUSIE Aber have taken photographs all over the state. And I do mean over.

The man accused of killing an El Dorado teenager back in November 2007 makes his first appearance in court.

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.

A study released by the Kansas Health Institute shows that out of 105 counties, eight counties in southeast Kansas placed 94th or worse.

The Kansas 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.

An investigation into a body found in rural Woodson County gets help from the Parsons police.

NATURE is the original comeback kid. If you clear underbrush, it returns. Burn off a pasture and that just makes it greener quicker.