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Highlights
Week of Oct. 29
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Hope and hilarity Chuck Terrill
Quick to turn the church channel
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| Birthdays & Anniversaries |
Celebrations
Oct. 30 through Nov. 5
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| Classifieds |
CLASSIFIED ADS
Week of Oct. 29
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| Columns |
From the library Janice Sharp, director
Be sure to ‘Trick or Treat on Main Street' Oct. 31
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Out of the office Chris Strunk
Farewell to city's first chief of police
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The View from Sunflower Gardens Marilyn Bentley
We all have names to be honored
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| Commentary |
What's on your mind
Views from News readers
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| Deaths |
ALVA PITTS
Alva “Al" Lee Pitts, 81, died Oct. 21, 2015. He was retired as chief of police in Valley Center.
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BRILLYN WEERTS
Brillyn Joseph James Adams Weerts, 4, died Oct. 23, 2015.
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CAROLYN PAPPS
Carolyn Virginia (Stafford) Papps, 70, Valley Center, died Oct. 22, 2015. She was a retired Learjet Aircraft fabricator.
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FLOYD CASEBIER
Floyd Leland Casebier, 67, of Emporia, died Oct. 17, 2015. He was retired from the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps.
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JEFFREY TRACY
Jeffrey Dean Tracy, 49, of Park City, died Oct. 15, 2015. He was a retired First Fleet over-the-road truck driver.
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PATRICIA PLACE
Patricia R. "Pat" Place, 85, of El Dorado, died Oct. 25, 2015.
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ROBERT BATES
Robert Dean Bates, 65, of Park City, died Oct. 26, 2015. He was a retired U.S. Postal Service carrier.
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| Editorials |
Parking available at sports complex
Parking is available, it seems, but many drivers are finding it more convenient to park their vehicles in no-parking zones.
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| General |
Highlights
Week of Oct. 29
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Highlights
Week of Oct. 29
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| Heard on Main Street |
Heard on Main Street
Week of Oct. 29
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| Kechi |
Kechi council takes issue with Wichita’s tax proposal David Dinell
A proposal by the city of Wichita to receive a larger portion of Sedgwick County sales tax revenue found no support among Kechi City Council members.
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| Looking Back |
Looking Back
Week of Oct. 29
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| Park City |
Park Board members vent at council, then resign David Dinell
Saying they were disappointed in recent actions of the city council, two Park City Park Board members submitted their resignations at the Oct. 27 council meeting — but not before letting its members know why.
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Police investigate possible pit bull attacks The News staff
Park City police are investigating reports of two pit bulls apparently terrorizing a local neighborhood.
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| Police & Fire |
Blotter Buzz
Week of Oct. 29
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Kechi police reports
Oct. 19 through 25
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Park City police reports
Oct. 16 through 25
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Valley Center police reports and fire calls
Oct. 18 through 25
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| Recreation League |
81 Speedway
Oct. 24 results
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FOOTBALL PICKS: McDaniel gets another weekly win The News staff
Week 8 picks listed
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Junior Hornet football
Oct. 24 games
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| School |
A fall night for families
The Valley Center Public Library hosted Fall Family Night Oct. 22.
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| School |
HORNET FOOTBALL: Season ends with 20-0 loss to Bishop Carroll Chris Strunk
Bishop Carroll 20, Valley Center 0
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| School |
School menus
Nov. 2 through 6
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| School |
State playoffs remain a possibility for VC Chris Strunk
Hornets to host Bishop Carroll in final district game
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Substate loss to Kapaun ends Hornets’ season Randy Fisher
Valley Center finishes with 18-19 record
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Valley Center girls win cross country regional David Dinell
Hornets to compete at state meet in Lawrence
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Valley Center’s season ends in regional semifinals Taylor Messick
Hornets finish with 6-10-1 overall record, 3-3 in the league
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| Sheriff |
Sheriff's reports
Oct. 18 through 24
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| Valley Center |
Barton Solvents agrees to $1.1 millon penalty Chris Strunk
Barton Solvents Inc. agreed to pay $1.1 million in civil penalties and submit to a third-party audit to identify compliance with federal environmental and occupational guidelines involving the 2007 explosion and fire at Barton's former Valley Center facility as well as an explosion at its plant in Des Moines, Iowa, the same year.
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Man arrested after armed robbery report The News staff
A rural Valley Center man was arrested Oct. 24 after a reported armed robbery at Walmart, 53rd North and Meridian.
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Report of suspicious underwear man false Chris Strunk
Students say man coaxed them
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Senior Club, city at odds Chris Strunk
Funding for senior director cut even while city seeks to enhance program
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Teenager hurt in one-car wreck on I-135 The News staff
A Wichita teenager was hurt in a one-car wreck that snarled commuter traffic on I-135 in north Sedgwick County early Oct. 26.
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Two killed in shooting David Dinell
Upon arrival, a witness told officers that a man fled the vehicle. That man went up to a group of people several hundred yards away outside a nearby residence and told them he shot three people. Police say there was no relationship between those people and the shooter.
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