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- Which mile would I sponsor on the TransAmerica bike trail?
One of the many ways that the Adventure Cycling Association raises funds for its non-profit activities is to ask members to sponsor a one-mile stretch of a bicycle route.
- With whispers of snow flurries in the forecast...
I thought it would be good to take another look at how much snowfall Wichita and other parts of Kansas receive each winter.
- NuWa to Stop Production, Firm Remains Open
NuWa Industries Inc., Chanute, Kan., will stop production of its high-end fifth-wheels on Christmas Eve, but is keeping its sales staff and parts and service departments open after the first of the year.
- Farm Transition Workshops Planned in Kansas
Bringing family members into the farm business and passing the farm from one generation to the next can be the best - and worst - of times.
- Genealogy Query - BLACKWOOD : EWING
Looking for the relationship between the Blackwoods and Ella Ewing . There is a picture of Ella with her cousin Teent) Tina Blackwood.
- Cowley caps East Title
Defeating Neosho County 25-13, 21-25, 25-14, 25-14 Monday in Chanute, the No. 3-ranked Cowley College volleyball team clinched at least a share of its third Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division title in the past ...
- Ethics inquiry examines spending from senator's campaign account
The state ethics commission is wading through complaints of campaign finance impropriety made against Sen.
- Law Enforcement Reports
1, at 6:14 p.m. for no liability insurance coverage and an Anderson County warrant and was released the same day at 8:21 p.m. on a $1,000 bond.
- Statewide Listening Tour Meetings Seek Public Comment
Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Roderick L. Bremby and the KDHE Executive Team will hold public listening meetings across the state starting in late September.
- Developer has many irons in the fire
The D.J. Christie Web site lists nine Kansas cities as sites for its developments.
- KDHE Seeks Comments on Linn County Landfill Expansion and Composting Facility
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will hold a public comment period regarding the proposed expansion of a construction and demolition landfill and initiation of a source-separated composting ...
- KDHE Seeks Public/Stakeholder Comments During Statewide Listening Tour Meetings
Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Roderick L. Bremby and the KDHE Executive Team will hold public listening meetings across the state starting in late September.
- Teen Killed In Car Crash
A Chanute teenager is killed another is injured after running a stop sign and hitting another vehicle Saturda night.
- Tri-Valley Gala gets unexpected turnout
About 200 people attended the 4th Annual Friends of Tri-Valley Foundation Gala on Tuesday in Iola, Kan., to support the foundation's mission to build homes for people with developmental disabilities.
- Ash Grove Cement Company Plants in Kansas and Washington Earn Energy Star Award
Overland Park, Kan. , /PRNewswire/ -- Ash Grove Cement Company manufacturing plants in Kansas and Washington earned the federal government's prestigious Energy Star Award for the company's superior performance ...
- Antispyware Program Becomes the Problem
Six months into a three-year warranty, the power supply on the monitor that I bought with my CyberPower computer failed, so I called tech support.
- Rain dampens market
A relentless, chilly rain stopped many from coming to Emporia's Great American Market on Saturday, but a few diehards showed up - raincoats, umbrellas and all.
- Dry Air Takes Over
Dry Air Takes Over Rain-free weather is in store for much of the region this weekend, in the wake of spotty heavy rain and storms the past few days.
- Agronomist gives tips for wheat planted at non-optimal times
Agronomist gives tips for wheat planted at non-optimal times Aug. 27, 2008 CHANUTE, Kan.
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City DescriptionChanute is a city in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. Founded on January 1, 1873, it was named after railroad engineer and aviation pioneer Octave Chanute.
The city's population was 9,411 at the 2000 census. Although Chanute is the largest city in Neosho County, it is not the county seat, the position held by Erie.
According to KANSAS: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc., "In 1870 when the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston R. R. (now the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe) crossed the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line within the limits of Neosho county four rival towns sprang up, in the vicinity of the junction. They were New Chicago, Chicago Junction, Alliance and Tioga. Two years of the most bitter animosity ensued until the four were consolidated in 1872, and the name of Chanute given it in honor of Octavius Chanute, a railroad civil engineer" .
Though Chanute was not founded until 1873, settlers had begun populating the area as early as 1856. With the LL&G Railroad set to arrive shortly thereafter, the early residents of the towns of Tioga, Chicago Junction, Alliance, and New Chicago needed an ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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