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What is a Valentine Diner?

Arthur Valentine and his wife Ella owned as many of 50 diners that were manufactured by Ablah Hotel Supply. Around 1938 Ablah discontinued manufacturing the diners and Valentine arranged with Hayes Equipment Manufacturing Company to build his sandwich shops. The diners were fully equipped for $5,000 with monthly installments of $40.00. They came with a grill, counter, and stools were […]

Cherokee County Inmate Roster

Arrest Date, Name, Age, Arresting Agency, Charges, Bond Amount, Release Date (if applicable). 2-27-2024 4:29 pm, Charles Wayne Abernathy, 40, CKSO, Probation violation, No bond, In custody. 2-27-2024 4:48 pm, James Andrew Johnson, 39, CKSO, Aggravated assault X4, Aggravated endangering a child: reckless <18, Criminal threat: unknown circumstance, Criminal damage to property: felony, $20,000, 2-27-2024 7:27 pm. 2-27-2024 10:30 pm, […]

Riverton High School Honor Roll

Mr. Chad Harper, Principal of Riverton High School Has Announced The Honor Rolls For The Second Quarter. They Are As Follows: Superintendent’s Honor Roll: Students making a 4.000-4.000GPA: FRESHMEN: Cambree Anderson, Carleigh Busby, Chloe Green, Brooklyn Green-Lawson, Rylee Heistand, Katie Rogers, Ty Shouse, Josie Stewart, Aydin Witherspoon. SOPHOMORE: Joleigh Forgey, Elizabeth Helms, Josiah McDonald, Ava Price, Noah Shultz, Riley Sturgis. […]

Joplin Man Receives 51 Month Sentence in Burglary Case

Kevin Lee Hanten, 41, of Joplin, was sentenced to over 4 years imprisonment in Cherokee County District Court on Friday. In January, Hanten pled guilty to Attempted Aggravated Burglary, Theft and Interference with Law Enforcement. The charges stem from a December 2020 residential burglary in Lowell, where Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies pursued Hanten on foot as he fled the crime […]

Riverton Middle School Honor Roll

Payton Ackerson, Nathaniel Adams, Eastin Adler, Raileigh Anderson, Ryder Barnett, Payton Baylor, Colton Bebee, Josiah Beck, Taytum Berry, Brayden Bilke, Dylan Bond, Hunter Bottero, Blakely Boyes, Paige Boyes, Hayden Brixey, Emilee Brown, Kenah Bunyan, Evelyn Burke, Bridger Burrows, Abbigail Busby, Leland Chesnutt-Culley, Jaclyn Clark, Ava Coleman, Dieonna Combs, Tatelin Cowgill, Bayleigh Cramer, Bo Crowder, Kinley Culley, Carter Darnaby, Treylee Deckard, […]

Local Students Earn Honors at Fort Hays State University

HAYS, Kan. (March 8, 2024) – Fort Hays State University has named 1,646 students to the Deans’ Honor Roll for the fall 2023 semester. The Deans’ Honor Roll includes undergraduate students only. To be eligible, students must have completed 12 or more credit hours and earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.60 for the semester. Full-time on-campus and FHSU Virtual […]

Columbus Man Sentenced to Over 26 Years in Prison For Child Sex Crimes

Brian Curtis Stewart, 38, of Columbus, was sentenced to 313 months imprisonment on Friday in Cherokee County District Court. Following his two-day criminal trial in January, a Cherokee County Jury found Stewart guilty of one count of rape and five counts of aggravated incident liberties of a child, crimes which Stewart committed between March and late August 2016. Stewart was […]

Riverton heads to State


A determined bunch of Rams are headed back to the State Tournament after a win over Girard a team that they had lost to twice this year and are peaking at the right time with a 52 to 40 win at Caney Saturday to send them to Hutchinson. The game began as most big games do with a feeling out […]

USD#508 Accepts Three Resignations

The USD 508 board of education held a regular meeting on Monday, March 4, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at 1108 Military Ave. Members present were: DeAnne Binns, Linda Crotts, Casey Eaton Kerri Jensen, Josh Sweaney, Jami Thiessen and Carrie Williams. Also present were: David Pendergraft, Superintendent, Carrie Oakes, Board Clerk, Cory White, HS Principal, Cord Baldwin, HS Assistant Principal, Jason […]

Memorial honoring 83 Kansans killed in Iraq, Afghanistan

Junction City, KANSAS – Kansans have always answered the call to defend the freedoms of Americans. A memorial honoring the 83 men and women from Kansas who died while doing so in Iraq and Afghanistan will be unveiled in a ceremony in Heritage Park May 19 at 3 p.m. The memorial is dedicated to those who died while serving in […]


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