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Lightning from morning storm may have caused house fire east of Winfield Monday

Monday, August 12

Lightning is the suspected cause of a house fire early this morning at a residence east of Winfield just off U.S. 160 highway. Around 4:40 a.m. Monday, Burden Fire Dept. was dispatched to 19479 US 160 for the report of a structure fire. Winfield Fire/EMS responded to the scene as... Read More.

Sheriff report: Driver failing to yield to oncoming traffic caused crash south of AC

Monday, August 12

Multiple people were injured Friday evening in a three-vehicle accident south of Ark City on U.S. Highway 77, according to the Cowley County Sheriff’s Dept. Just after 5:30 p.m., deputies were dispatched to 77 and 322nd Rd. for the report of an injury accident. 19-year-old Avery Rappleye, of Herriman, Utah, was... Read More.

Two from Blackwell sustain minor injuries in Sumner County crash on Thursday

Sunday, August 11

Two people sustained minor injuries in an accident that occurred on U.S. 177 highway south of South Haven Thursday afternoon, according to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. Around 1:40 p.m., John Stemle, 71, Blackwell, Okla., was southbound on the highway in a 2013 Ford Escape and began to... Read More.

Chris Graham has been named new CEO at Caldwell Regional Medical Center

Wednesday, August 7

Chris Graham has been named the new CEO at Caldwell Regional Medical Center. He had spent the last five years with William Newton Hospital in Winfield. The Caldwell hospital recently made the announcement on their Facebook page. Graham has been in healthcare for 24 years and has a background in radiology... Read More.

CEO Hernandez out at Ark City Hospital; Shannon Gray, CFO, named as interim

Wednesday, August 7

Leonard Hernandez is no longer CEO at SCK Health, less than a year after joining the Ark City based hospital. SCK Health’s board of trustees made that announcement Wednesday and said Hernandez was no longer with the organization following Tuesday’s meeting of the board. CFO Shannon Gray was unanimously chosen... Read More.

ELECTION RESULTS: Jim Maxwell is unofficial winner in Cowley County commission race

Tuesday, August 6

Political newcomer Jim Maxwell has won the Republican primary in the race for Cowley County Commission Dist. 2, according to preliminary results released Tuesday night. Because there are no Democratic challengers, Maxwell is very likely to be the new commissioner for Dist. 2. Only a successful write-in campaign, which is... Read More.

Local man faces attempted 1st degree murder count; Expected to claim self defense

Tuesday, August 6

An attempted first-degree murder charge has been filed against a 24-year-old Winfield man accused of shooting and injuring another man in late June. Johnathen Jones, 24, remains in the Cowley County Jail on the attempted murder count and other charges. He is a previously convicted felon. Cowley County attorney Larry Schwartz... Read More.

Winfield’s SC had former player on first Olympic gold medal basketball team (’36)

Tuesday, August 6

Men’s Olympic basketball competition began 88 years ago in 1936 at the Berlin games and a Southwestern College graduate was a member of the first gold medal winning team. John Haskell “Tex” Gibbons played at SC in the late 20’s. In 1929, Gibbons was named First Team All-Conference and Second... Read More.

Driver going the wrong way on Kansas Turnpike causes fatal crash Sunday evening

Monday, August 5

A wrong-way driver on the Kansas Turnpike Sunday caused a multi-vehicle accident that left an Oklahoma woman dead, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. That accident occurred in Sumer County, northeast of Wellington around 6 p.m. The accident left both lanes of traffic closed for around three hours. 45-year-old Kap Cung,... Read More.

Sheriff’s office looks for driver involved in accident that critically hurt motorcycle rider

Wednesday, July 31

The Cowley County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to look for a driver who is believed to have caused an accident that left a Winfield woman critically injured Tuesday evening. 62-year-old Gena Havner was riding a 1990 Harley Davidson motorcycle west on U.S. 160 highway when the accident occurred. A white... Read More.

ACHS graduate Sean Waugh: From Ark City to the National Severe Storm Lab

Tuesday, July 30

Story submission by Alisha Call, USD 470 Sean Waugh, a 2005 graduate of Arkansas City High School, always felt a pull toward the mysteries of the weather. Yet, even in his wildest dreams, he never imagined he'd be chasing down tornadoes or walking the red carpet at a movie premiere... Read More.

Jason Fortner named to assistant athletic director position at Cowley College

Tuesday, July 30

After spending the past four years working for the Dallas Baptist University athletics department, Jeremy Fortner was recently hired as the new assistant athletic director at Cowley College. Fortner takes over for Ali Nittler, who has been hired to be an accounting instructor at the school. Fortner graduated from Campus High... Read More.