BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

COFFEYVILLE — Fireworks erupted among members of the Coffeyville City Commission Tuesday night as the commissioners got into a heated discussion about a proposed downtown housing program.

However, much of the sparring focused on how commissioner Jim Taylor, Sr., has objected to the proposed program. Taylor has been an ardent critic of the proposed housing program, which calls for a 32-unit, low-income apartment complex to be built on the Mill Supply property at Union and Eighth streets.
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Coffeyville Police are helping identify the body of a dead woman found in a rural Cherokee County ditch on Tuesday morning.

KOAM TV is reporting that Job Humble, Coffeyville police chief, was notified by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department early today after finding the body of a dead woman.  A body of pills was found on the woman’s person, which is believed to be connected to Coffeyville.  A detective with the Coffeyville Police Department was dispatched to Cherokee County to aid in the identification of the woman.  An autopsy is being scheduled.

More details will be made available on this website.

Cherryvale 29, Neodesha 6

Caney Valley 47, Yates Center 0

Caney Valley and Cherryvale each undefeated at 4-0.

A story in this week’s Montgomery County Chronicle regarding this Friday night’s varsity football game between Caney Valley and Yates Center has an error.   The game will be played AT Yates Center and not at the CVHS Stadium.   The Chronicle apologizes for the error.

Matt Dennis, Cherryvale police chief, said Preston Moore of 807 E. 10th, was arrested Wednesday night following the discovery of drug paraphernalia on the property.
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AUSTIN, Minn. — The Caney Valley High School FFA Chapter made history on Tuesday when it brought home a third-place trophy from the National Barrow Show.

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MIAMI, Okla. — An Independence man was arrested in Ottawa County, Okla., early Monday in connection with the apparent kidnapping and rape of an Independence woman.

Garth S. Howell, 44, of Independence was denied bond on Tuesday during his first court apperance in Miami, Okla. Howell is accused with kidnapping and sexual assault of a female companion from Independence.
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