Cowley College says Experience the imagination, passion, and talent of Cowley College’s Art and Design students! Join us for the Student Showcase on Tuesday, December 2nd from 5:30-7 PM in the Brown Center Wright Room. This free event highlights the best of our students’ creative achievements – you won’t want to miss it!

Cowley College says Big news, Tiger Nation! Cowley College has been recognized by the Aspen Institute as one of the Top 200 community colleges in the nation for the 2027 Aspen Prize! This acknowledgment reflects our commitment to student achievement and strong outcomes both in the classroom and beyond.

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that $100,000 has been awarded to support 20 new tourism marketing projects across Kansas. These projects will help communities elevate their advertising efforts and inspire new visitors to explore the Sunflower State. In total, the 20 grant recipients will invest more than $177,000 in matching funds towards approved marketing projects. Several standout initiatives from this year’s awardees showcase the creativity and collaboration happening across Kansas: Digital Passport Program: Kansas I-70 Association is developing an interactive digital passport program tied to both World Cup travel and the America 250 celebration, giving visitors new ways to experience attractions along the corridor.

Join Southwestern College for the 93rd Annual Presentation of Eagerheart! Experience the timeless Christmas play by A.M. Buckton, presented by the Southwestern College theatre department and Campus Players organization. Eagerheart will be performed at Messenger Recital Hall, located at 100 College Street, Winfield, KS
Eagerheart Show Dates:
December 3 at 11:00 A.M.
December 7 at 6:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.!
Admission is free with a donation of a non-perishable food item for the Winfield Food Pantry

The Artesia City Council has received an update from the IT department, which told council members that they have made progress in fixing computers at the public libraery. The IT Department reports that the computers may be back online in the next couple of weeks.

The council has also approved a change to the city’s election resolution. The change means that another seat from District 4 will be voted on in upcoming elections. This means that two council seats from District 4 will be voted on, in addition to one seat from the other three district and the office of mayor.

Jury selection got underway on Monday in Mingo County, in the murder trial of Timothy Kennedy. He’s facing charges in the death of West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard in 2023. Judge Joshua Butcher has not issued a ruling on a change of venue motion, but decided to call in 100 jurors between yesterday and today. Kennedy’s lawyers have raised concerns that many jurors had made up their minds on his guilt. The defense requested the case be moved to McDowell county, but the judge is waiting to see if a panel of impartial jurors can be selected before making a ruling.

West Virginia’s high-school sports transfer rule is back in the spotlight. Lawmakers approved the one-time transfer rule in 2023, but many coaches and parents now say it’s too loose and needs tightening. Delegate J.B. Akers says public-school teams are meant to reflect their communities, not individual shopping for programs, and he wants lawmakers to revisit the rule in the upcoming session. Eyewitness News said

Delegate Dana Ferrell plans to reintroduce a bill that limits transfers to a student’s freshman and sophomore years, saying upperclass moves can skew competition and disadvantage smaller schools. Ferrell also wants students to be allowed to return to their original school if a transfer doesn’t work out.

Kentucky State Police say a 69-year-old man was shot and killed by troopers in Lawrence County as they searched for a woman wanted on assault warrants.

Troopers went to a home on KY 1715 in the Martha area just before midnight Saturday. While they were there, a man from a neighboring home, identified as Timothy Keeton confronted them and ordered them to turn off their cruiser lights, saying he would shoot them out.

Investigators say Keeton went back inside, came out with a gun, and was shot when he raised the weapon toward troopers. The shooting remains under investigation.

A Maryland man accused in a Charleston homicide was denied bond Monday in Kanawha County court. Thirty-four-year-old Joshua Scales of Hyattsville had requested home confinement, but the judge rejected it.

Scales is charged with murdering 34-year-old Ethan Samuel Chic-Colbert, the St. Albans man convicted in a high-profile 2012 child-death case. Chic-Colbert served time after an 11-year-old boy was killed on I-77 while trying to get help for his mother during an assault.

Chic-Colbert was fatally shot in January along Elizabeth Street in Charleston. Scales is scheduled for trial on February 23, 2026.

State Police are investigating the deaths of two brothers found inside a McDowell County home. Troopers say they discovered the bodies during a welfare check Sunday evening on Stewart Street in Welch.

The deaths are being treated as suspicious, and investigators say the men had recently moved to the area. Both bodies have been sent for medical examination as the investigation continues.