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- McPherson students construct way to Vegas
But first he wants to see if he can win some money in Las Vegas. Not by gambling a ' hea TMs not old enough a ' but by showing off his home building knowledge and skills.
- Suspended Kansas Road Projects Are Back on Track
Two major road expansion projects that were suspended in November because of funding concerns are back on track.
- Hybrid Melt Distribution For Coex Pipe Dies - American Maplan
It's not unusual to extrude pipe with a lattice basket die, then feed the pipe through a succession of crosshead spiral-mandrel coating dies to add functional layers.
- Economy? Mattress Hub not losing sleep
Most businesses these days seem to be taking a wait-and-see attitude, with some canceling expansion plans or putting them on hold.
- Extrusion: Viega adds D-S lines for PEX tubing
Crosslinked polyethylene tubing manufacturer Viega has increased capacity at its new 439,000-sq-ft manufacturing and logistics facility, with the addition of "several" Davis-Standard extruders.
- Santa visits Arcadia, hands out toys
A special event sponsored by the Bridgewater family for several years had 150 people enjoying cookies and hot chocolate as Santa handed out stockings and Teddy Bears to the children in Arcadia on Friday, Dec.
- Abilene, McPherson to give rehab grants
The city of Abilene and McPherson County will benefit from Homeowner Rehabilitation Assistance Awards announced Tuesday by the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation.
- Concrete delays US 56 project; businesses hit soft spot
Conditions aren't right for pouring; inconveniences hurt sales by to 25 percent.
- Icy forecast comes to fruition
An ice storm predicted to descend upon north-central Kansas was still in the developmental stages by Thursday afternoon, but no one doubted National Weather Service warnings.
- Deaths
Darrell K. Bedford, 40, a dairyman and welder, died Dec. 12, in McPherson. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.
- Mom gets probation for dumping baby Eds: APNe ...
A 19-year-old McPherson woman who left her 6-week-old daughter in a Dumpster in May and then told police the child was kidnapped is sentenced to 18 months of probation.
- Mother Who Left Baby In Dumpster Gets Probation
A McPherson mother who left her baby in a backyard trash dumpster has been sentenced to 18 months probation.
- Police search for missing Moundridge teen
Police in Moundridge are searching for a missing teen. Sixteen-year-old Olivia Nichole Stucky was last seen Monday, Dec.
- McPherson School Not At Risk, Despite USA Today Study
It listed an elementary school in McPherson as one of the most at-risk schools in the nation for pollutants and cancer-causing toxins.
- Report: Air quality toxic around KS schools
Concerns are mounting over a USA Today investigation over high amounts of toxic chemicals near a Kansas school.
- Viega lays off 16 in Wichita, McPherson
Plumbing fixture maker Viega North America has laid off 16 employees, 2 percent of its North American work force, the company said Monday.
- Cali man scammed $548K from family friends in KS
In his plea, Burkholder admitted that from 2003 through April 2005, while he was living in California, he fraudulently persuaded his parents in McPherson to raise $548,000 on his behalf from friends and members ...
- Contract hauler loses mail, is arrested for DUI
The mana s identity wasna t available Friday morning from the KHP. Salina Postmaster Richard Brake said Friday that the man was working for the person who has the contract with the U.S. Postal Service to ...
- Salina News Update December 5th
Friday marked day four in the Cameron Nelson murder trial, as prosecutors continued with their witnesses.
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City DescriptionMcPherson is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States, in the central part of the state. The population was 13,770 at the 2000 census. The city is named after General James Birdseye McPherson, a Civil War general.
It is the county seat of McPherson County and home to Central Christian College and McPherson College.
McPherson, Kansas, was founded in 1872. In 1887, city officials began a failed attempt to have the community named the state capital. By 1888, the community was at the junction of four railroad lines.
In 1994 Terry Nichols bought a ton of ammonium nitrate from the Mid-Kansas Coop in McPherson. The chemicals would be the principal ingredient used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
The first basketball team to represent the United States in the Olympics featured six McPherson residents of 13 total players. This team went on to defeat Canada 19-8 in the Gold Medal game at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
McPherson is located at 38°22′19″N 97°39′44″W / 38.37194, -97.66222 (38.371923, -97.662177).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16.1 km²), of which, 6.1 square miles (15.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Central Christian College
- McPherson College
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