Stacy Sparks, associate professor of journalism and program coordinator for convergent journalism, was named recipient of the Charles H. and Verda R. Kopke Award for Distinguished Teaching during Southwestern College Commencement exercises Sunday, May 9. The Kopkes established the award in order to honor outstanding faculty members. Sparks holds a bachelor of arts degree in … Read more
Working with the Scholarship Committee, the Cowley College Foundation awarded 485 total semester scholarships during the 2020-2021 academic school year. The scholarship committee actively collects and analyzes data for both institutional and foundation scholarships. The mission of the committee is to identify current institutional scholarship practices in order to develop consistency and best practices including … Read more
The Southwestern College Summer Theater Festival will hold auditions for the upcoming production of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda the Musical” on Friday, May 21, from 6 to 8 p.m., and on Saturday, May 22, from 1 to 4 p.m., in the Richardson Performing Arts Center on the campus of Southwestern College. The auditions are open to … Read more
Michael Steiner, a recent student at Cowley College, as well as current Cowley College students TJ Ziegler and Kolby Caster, make up members of the band “Michael Steiner & The Misfits”, which will perform Saturday, May 22 at the Burford Theatre in Arkansas City. The group will open for the Wichita-based rock band Epic. The … Read more
Former Cowley College assistant coach Donnie Jackson is returning to the school after being named the 21st head coach in the history of the Tiger men’s basketball program. Jackson was highly sought after by a number of schools following a stellar eight-year run as head coach at Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa. Jackson is no stranger to … Read more
The City of Arkansas City will hold a public meeting for a housing rehabilitation grant at 6 p.m. today at Adams Elementary School, located at 1201 N. 10th St. The meeting will be held in the library. Please enter through the northeast door facing 10th Street. The meeting also can be viewed remotely via GoToMeeting … Read more
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has amended its travel quarantine list to remove the state of Colorado but has added more than 20 Colorado counties to the list, effective as of May 6. The travel quarantine period is seven days with a negative test result or 10 days without testing, with release … Read more
Burford theater arts presents Aaron Watson live at Island Park in Winfield, August 12th at 8 p.m. Tickets are 40 dollars in advance and 45 dollars at the gate. You can get more details at burfordtheater.com.
The Arkansas City Police Department has identified and arrested a suspect in a recent rash of vehicle burglaries and thefts throughout the Arkansas City area. Jonathan Eugene Jester, 34, of Wichita, was arrested Friday on suspicion of four felony counts of burglary of a motor vehicle, as well as one felony count each of criminal … Read more
More earthquakes in Kansas this weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake rattled the town of Hope early Saturday morning. It was a magnitude 3.2. On Friday night, a quake with a magnitude 2.7 rattled the town of Esbon.