A A $180,000 grant using federal stimulus funds is allowing Cherokee County to buy three foreclosed houses from a county bank.

Cherokee County officials rescued three horses and two burros from a private pasture in rural Galena on Saturday morning after finding that they had no food or water, Sheriff David Groves said.

Globe/Roger Nomer Geneva Tanner puts out birdseed Tuesday afternoon at Schermerhorn Park in Galena.

Former Cherokee County Attorney Michael Goodrich is scheduled to be released today from the Federal Bureau of Prisons after serving his sentence.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - A plan to increase the Cherokee County hotel and motel guest tax wouldn't affect existing taxes in Baxter Springs and Columbus, County Counselor Kevin Cure said Monday.

GALENA, Kan. - The Galena City Council on Monday night approved seeking bids for a sidewalk along Schermerhorn Road leading to Seventh Street.

Another deadline has passed without an applicant for a state-owned casino in Cherokee or Crawford counties.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has announced his intentions to remain in office for another year, and that is good news for our country.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 9:37 p.m. GALENA, Kan. - A southeast Kansas prosecutor has dropped a charge of driving under the influence against former Pittsburg State football coach Chuck Broyles.

GALENA, Kan. - The Galena and Baxter Springs school boards have approved an agreement turning the operation of the Cornerstone Alternative High School over to the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center in Greenbush for the next school year.

GALENA, Kan. - City Attorney Kevin Cure on Monday said he could decide as early as today to drop a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol against former Pittsburg State University head football coach Chuck Broyles.

Joplin Globe PRN hours needed at Skilled Nursing Facility in Galena, KS. Very light need, just 2 hours every other week.

The doctors of Orthopaedic Specialists of the Four States were dressed in tuxedos Thursday as they debuted their $8 million building near the Missouri state line.

Around 1990 the city put up 47 angels along the main streets in Galena, Kansas. Since then the angels have become a mainstay of the city's holiday decorations.

PITTSBURG, Kan. - Law enforcement personnel have determined that in the past year, 300 more high-school students in Southeast Kansas began wearing their seat belts as the result a student-led campaign that was piloted last year in Crawford County.