Kansas Sampler Hosts First Of Rural Tourism Classes
INMAN – On July 21 and July 22, the Inman-based Kansas Sampler Foundation hosted its first “Rural Tourism: Come and Get” classes, which is an […]
Month: July 2009
Interstate Crash Results In One Person Air-Lifted To Hospital
MOUNDRIDGE – At 11:55 p.m. Sunday Moundridge Fire Department, Police Department and Emergency Medical Services crews responded to an accident on Interstate 135. The crash […]
Poker Night Goes Well
Tuesday night Travis Schafer, of Goessel, decided he wanted to have some fun before he moved to western Kansas to be a teacher in Ransom, […]
Walter Cronkite Dies At 92
Famous television anchorman Walter Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. July 17 in his Manhattan, N.Y. home after a fight with cerebral vascular disease. His funeral […]
Winning Feels Good, No Matter The Competition
Living in a part of Kansas where winning, especially in high school athletics, is looked upon favorably and even held as a tradition in some […]
Concrete Poured, Lawn Gets Mowed
Friday was a busy day for me. Father Steve ordered several yards of concrete to make a patio that would allow mother Karen to go […]
Federal minimum wage will increase to $7.25 Today
~press release~ WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor reminds employers and employees that the federal minimum wage will increase to $7.25 today. With this […]
Moundridge Elevator Catches Fire
Moundridge Fire Department crews were dispatched to the Mid Kansas Coop around 3 p.m. Wednesday for a fire in the leg between the north elevator […]
McPherson Co. Fair 2009
CANTON – The 2009 McPherson County Fair took place July 15-19 at the Canton Fairgrounds. The following images comprise a randomly organized pictorial of this […]
Media Vultures Swoop Into Town
I’m glad I didn’t have an open wound July 15 because if I had, I probably would have had my flesh tour from my bones […]
Power Outage Scares Editor
I’m used to living in the country. That’s where I grew up. However, that doesn’t mean I’m immune to tiny jolts of fear. Being without […]
Storm Strikes: Power Poles Knocked Down Leaving Moundridge In The Dark
McPHERSON COUNTY – On July 14 a storm rolled through McPherson County. It struck the southern part of the county the worst. In Inman, tree […]