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- City avoids dog license
The City may require local veterinarians to produce rabies vaccination records when requested by law enforcement authorities.
- Reception to honor Odell planned
After more than 42 years of serving with the Cowley County Sheriff's Department, Bob Odell is hanging up the star.
- That burnin' ring of fire
Ark City smokers react to area ban By FOSS FARRAR Traveler Staff Writer reporter@arkcity.net Arkansas City may be the next target for a smoke-free zone in Cowley County, after Winfield has banned smoking in ...
- Joint venture benefits Winfield
In the arms race for new facilities, Southwestern College president Dick Merriman was already keenly aware that Winfield had fallen well off the pace.
- Private memorial set for McMaster
A private memorial is planned for Hal "Craig" McMaster, 61, of El Dorado, who was killed in an accident Tuesday.
- Picking at Peaceful Bend
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has committed to capturing performances by today's top practitioners of the flatpicking art, and bringing those performances to guitar players everywhere via DVD.
- Youthful Santa turns tables for Christmas
Just like the real Santa Claus, Taylor Nolen, 12, loves bringing joy to people. Taylor -- sporting a red shirt, Santa hat and snowy white beard -- handed out a Beanie Baby to each Winfield Resthaven resident at ...
- Winfield Lake gets thumbs up
Not too many Cowley people worry about the water supply. In fact, water is generally taken for granted, but those involved in taking care of local watersheds take the matter very seriously.
- Roads slick, fatality reported
Light freezing rain or freezing drizzle this morning caused numerous accidents including a fatality north of Arkansas City, an emergency management official said.
- Weather blamed for two deaths on Kansas roads
Icy weather challenged motorists and public works departments Tuesday in much of Kansas, including a south-central county where two people died in separate accidents.
- CCL van involved in fatality accident; names released
UPDATE: Hal C. McMaster, 61, El Dorado, was killed this morning when the van he was a passenger in slid off the highway and into a row of trees, according to a crash log from the Kansas Highway Patrol.
- Ice May Be To Blame For Deadly Crashes
The weather may be to blame for two crashes that killed two people Tuesday morning.
- Municipal court
Theft - Jared W. Chaney, 18, of 694 Beechwood St., guilty, fined $250 and court costs, sentenced to one-year probation, ordered to complete shoplifting counseling and 35 hours of community service work, barred ...
- A National Smoking Ban Rasmussen Survey Says One in Five in Favor
More than one-fifth of all Americans believe that the federal government should outlaw smoking, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey .
- Season for giving
Kiwanis member Ken Legleiter places a $1,000 check from the local Kiwanis Club into a Salvation Army kettle on Saturday at Country Mart.
- Development groups have tax credits to sell
Two Wichita-based business development agencies need to sell almost $700,000 in 75 percent state tax credits before the end of the year.
- Tonight's sports postponements
The inside scoop on Kansas high school sports. << Send postponements our way Tuesday's postponements @ An hour and 29 minutes ago by Kirk Seminoff Basketball Andover Central at Hutchinson, tentatively ...
- Whooping cough reported in Winfield
A confirmed case of Pertussis has been diagnosed in a Winfield High School student, according to a letter sent home with Winfield school district students and dated Monday.
- Community National excited about its future in Winfield
The newest bank in Cowley County is the Community National Bank in Winfield. The bank opened in temporary offices at 800 Main Place in early 2007.
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City DescriptionWinfield is a city situated along the Walnut River in the west-central part of Cowley County, located in South Central Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was estimated to be 11,861 in the year 2005. It is the county seat and most populous city of Cowley County.
Winfield is home to Southwestern College, a four-year private Methodist college and once also held St. John's College before it closed in 1986. The city is well known for hosting the Walnut Valley Festival, a large bluegrass and acoustic music festival, on the third weekend of every September and the Winfield Country Roundup in the first weekend in June. The fictional castaway Mary Ann Summers hailed from Winfield.
Winfield is situated along the Walnut River at its confluence with Timber Creek. It is located 17 miles (27 km) north of the Kansas-Oklahoma state border at the junction of U.S. Route 77 and U.S. Route 160. State highway route K-15 follows US-77 to the north of the city and US-160 to the east. K-360 is a bypass around the southeastern part of the city between US-77 and US-160. Arkansas City is 13 miles (21 km) south of Winfield along US-77, and Strother Field, a general aviation airport, is about ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Southwestern College
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