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Andover

Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 32.0 °F

Humidity: 59 %
Wind Speed: 4 mph WNW
Pressure: 30.1 "

Dew Point: 19 °F
Gusts: 29 mph WNW
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• College thrives as economy falters
  

  After years of construction, students at Butler Community College's largest branch campus finally have a place to hang out between classes.

• 'Rain Man' impresses Wichita students
  

  A visit from the man who inspired the Academy Award-winning film "Rain Man" turned into something of a Trivial Pursuit game in a Wichita Sunday school class.

• Man Arrested After Standoff in Andover
  

  An Andover man is under arrest after a standoff Monday afternoon. Butler County Sheriff Craig Murphy says he went to the man's home on W. Second Street shortly after noon to serve an eviction notice.

• Marriage License Applications
  

  Alferez, Castaneda J., and Andrews, Devon N., both of Wichita. Allilasisi, Tolulope, and Campbell, Summer R., both of Wichita.

• Bullpups finish strong in eighth-grade football
  

  Three shutouts highlighted the Arkansas City Middle School eighth grade's 2008 football season.

• Corn Mazes, Hay Rides and More
  

  A Halloween trip to a pumpkin patch used to have a pretty self-explanatory purpose.

• Andover moves to 2-0 in district
  

  Andover High rushed for over 430 yards and threw for 80 as they defeated Augusta in game two of Kansas District play Friday night in Andover.

• Butler County man critical after crash
  

  A 46-year-old Butler County man is in critical condition at a Wichita hospital today after being hurt in a one-vehicle crash northeast of Andover on Wednesday morning.

• Masterson rebuts election mailer about his finances
  

  A mailing appearing in Senate District 16 mailboxes highlights Republican candidate Ty Masterson's financial problems and accuses him of taking a Central American vacation instead of paying his bills.

• New Andover Public Library opens
  

  With features including an expanded book selection and a planned coffee house, the new Andover Public Library has opened - three years after it launched a capital campaign.

• Kansas Cosmosphere camp graduates
  

  Maggy Botros, 13, of Wichita was one of 10 finalists to compete in the Discovery Channel's Young Scientist Challenge this month in Washington, D.C. She became a finalist and claimed a $1,000 prize by submitting ...

• Echoes from a nightmare
  

  When I was catching up with Donna Sue Smithhisler earlier this year, four years after a tornado decimated the family home in rural Harper County, she told me she and her husband, Dan, were doing well.

• Six days left to register to vote
  

  Monday is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election. Registration forms are available at the Sedgwick County Election Office, and most area city halls, QuikTrips and Dillons stores.

• Witness firm on role Robinson had in slaying
  

  Everett Gentry may have lied in the past about key events in the murder of Chelsea Brooks, but he's never wavered in his claim that Elgin Ray Robinson Jr.

• Election provides learning opportunity for kids
  

  We're in the midst of one of the most charged presidential elections in decades, and the children are watching.

• ACCOUNTING
  

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• New Andover Y rising from dust
  

  Patrick Philips, of C-I Electrical Contractors, Inc., pulls electric wire near the pool at the Andover YMCA being built near Kellogg and Andover Road, Friday, October 3, 2008.

• AG Warns of Scam Using Deceased Kansans' Identities
  

  Attorney General Steve Six is alerting Kansans that his office has received reports that deceased Kansans' identities are being used in fraud schemes.

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City Description

Andover is a city in Butler County, in the Wichita metropolitan area, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,698. Andover is well-known because of the tornado that hit the city in 1991 (see the Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak). The city name is often confused with Andale, Kansas, a smaller city in western Sedgwick County. Andover has a satellite campus for the Butler County Community College. When the Kansas territory was first mapped, the original Andover area was called Minneha. (The Indian name was later changed to Cloud City.) The first settlement in Bruno Township was in February 1869, when Vincent Smith Arrived on Dry Creek (2 Miles East of Andover Road on 21st Street). He filed his claim on May 10, 1869. Other early settlers began to arrive in the spring of 1870, and soon all the land was claimed.he First Bruno Township election was held April 9, 1872. The first township officers were N.B. Daniels, Trustee; Jacob Brown, Treasurer; J.D. Reber, Clerk; Isaac Newland and Samuel Reed, Justices of the Peace; William Riser and Isaac Stroup, Constables.Bonds totaling 18,000 dollars were issued for the extension of the Frisco Railway through Bruno

City Contained By:

• Butler County
• Kansas

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 17.8709179613 km squared

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