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Highlights
Week of Dec. 1
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Hope and hilarity Chuck Terrill
Simple things are best
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| Birthdays & Anniversaries |
Celebrations
Dec. 2 through 8
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| Classifieds |
CLASSIFIED ADS
Week of Dec. 1
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| Columns |
From the library Terry Foster
Lot going on at the library
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Out of the office Chris Strunk
On the rebound too soon
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The View from Sunflower Gardens Marilyn Bentley
We like the song ‘Home on the Range'
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| Commentary |
What's on your mind
Views from News readers
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| Deaths |
ARTHUR LAUCK
Arthur “Frank" Lauck, 90, Wichita, died Nov. 21, 2016. He was a retired trainer with General Motors.
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BRANDON HORNBAKER
Brandon Wesner Hornbaker, 33, of Park City, died Nov. 26, 2016. He owned an IT consulting business.
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DALE HAWKEY
Dale Hawkey, 81, of Newton, died Nov. 17, 2016.
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OLETA MOTT
Oleta May (Sullivan) Mott, 78, died Nov. 23, 2016.
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PEDRO GONSALVES
Pedro A. “Tony" Gonsalves, 52, of Belle Plaine, died Nov. 22, 2016. He was a retired master sergeant with the U.S. Air Force.
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| Editorials |
Library group deserves thanks
In a few short months, a dedicated group of supporters turned years of toil and hopeful thinking into a reality. They raised hundreds of thousands of dollars toward the more than $2 million project. Combined with the efforts of so many before them, the library will contribute $1 million.
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| General |
Highlights
Week of Dec. 1
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| Heard on Main Street |
Heard on Main Street
Week of Dec. 1
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| Letters to the Editor |
Spare readers the gory details
Your articles on the Goodpaster homicide have been more graphic than I would share at the coroner's office. You may believe the public has a right to know, and that's your right, but the public in my household doesn't want to know the gruesome information. The pictures tell us everything. We don't need to know, and are not titillated by horrible images portrayed by uncensored details.
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| Looking Back |
Looking Back
Week of Dec. 1
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| Park City |
Clinic project moving forward Taylor Messick
The Park City council unanimously approved an ordinance authorizing the issuance of taxable industrial revenue bonds in the amount of $1.2 million to AMB Group LLC. This is the project started by cardiologist Dr. Hossein Amirani and his two business partners who will bring an after-hours, urgent-care facility to Park City.
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| Police & Fire |
Blotter Buzz
Week of Dec. 1
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Kechi police reports
Nov. 21 and 22
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Park City police reports
Nov. 21 through 23
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Sheriff's reports
Nov. 20 through 26
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Valley Center police reports and fire calls
Nov. 21 through 27
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| School |
13 Hornets receive all-league honors Chris Strunk
Thirteen Valley Center High School football players were chosen for 14 spots on All-Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II postseason teams. The Hornets finished the season 9-2 overall and 4-1 in the league.
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Boys basketball freshmen
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Boys basketball junior varsity
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Experience, talent keys for Hornets Randy Fisher
Last year's Valley Center High School girls basketball team went 14-7 under first-year coach Trent Preheim. That was their best record since the 2004-05 team won 22 straight games before losing in the first round at the state tournament.
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| School |
Highlights
Week of Dec. 1
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| School |
Hornets use winning mentality Randy Fisher
Also an assistant coach in football and baseball, Unrau is a proponent of his hoopsters playing more than one sport. Twenty-two players who came out for basketball played football this fall.
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Jacobs signs to play softball at Friends Randy Fisher
A high school athlete's search for the right place to play college sports can be stressful. That stress eased for Valley Center High School's Ashlyn Jacobs when she signed Nov. 22 to play softball at Friends University.
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New head coach leads wrestlers Taylor Messick
After a fifth-place team finish with five individual state medalists last season, the Valley Center High School wrestling squad is gearing up and looking to keep the team's strong tradition alive under first-year head coach Tate Lowe.
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Rodriguez signs for uncharted waters at K-State Randy Fisher
For Marisa Rodriguez, that excitement will bring a new adventure as well. That adventure officially began Nov. 22 when she signed with Kansas State University. But she won't be playing volleyball, as she did at Valley Center High School. Instead, Rodriguez will embrace a new challenge as a member of the Wildcat rowing team.
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| School |
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town this weekend.
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School menus
Dec. 5 through 9
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| School |
Valley Center High School dance team
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Valley Center High School junior varsity cheerleaders
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Valley Center High School varsity cheerleaders
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Vega signs to play soccer at Hutchinson Taylor Messick
Vega has earned all-league honors in the last two seasons in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II — including a second-team forward nod last season, which was cut short by a torn ACL. Mikayla's dad, Pete, said she was in talks with Kansas State, Missouri State and Oral Roberts before the injury — but a chance to play for a school closer to home while getting back to full health might be exactly what she needs.
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Wrestling coaches
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Wrestling freshmen
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Wrestling juniors
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Wrestling managers
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Wrestling sophomores
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| Valley Center |
Hearing set in beating death case Chris Strunk
The 9 a.m. Feb. 2 hearing is scheduled to be in Judge Jeffrey Goering's courtroom at the Sedgwick County Courthouse.
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Holidays officially begin in Valley The News staff
The annual Valley Center community Christmas tree-lighting will kick things off Dec. 2 in McLaughlin Park.
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LEAVING THE STATION Chris Strunk
Ambulance time in Valley Center cut to 2 hours a day
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