The Caney Police Department will be issuing tickets during a seat belt awarness campaign on March 22-28.

Police chief Rick Pell said motorists and passengers should be advised of the seat belt laws in Kansas.

“We’re not going to issue warnings; we’ll be writing tickets in accordance with state law,” said Pell.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
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When the Congressional Gold Medal was bestowed to surviving World War II female pilots last week, a Coffeyville native who earned her wings in Montgomery County almost 60 years ago was not present.
However, female pilot Mildred Darlene “Micky” Axton was there in spirit.
Axton, who was born, raised and educated in Coffeyville, died in February — one month shy of the national first formal recognition of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) by the U.S. Congress.

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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

INDEPENDENCE — Plans for asphalt being applied to 26 miles of county roads and chip-and-seal mixture applied to 22 miles of county road were revealed at Monday’s Montgomery County Commission meeting.

Robert Bever, public works director, presented his plans for asphalt and chip-and-seal mixture application during the summer months. He described the plan as being “aggressive” because of the amount of asphalt road to be covered with a new layer of asphalt.

“Typically, we try to apply asphalt to about 15 to 20 miles of county roads each summer,” he said. “This year, we’re pushing that number to more than 26 miles.”
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
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A professional screenwriter and one of Hollywood’s most recognized web designers are collaborating on a project that retells the story of the murderous Bender family of Labette County.

Mark Patton, a Chanute native now living in Sedona, Ariz., and New York City-based web designer Daniel Karcher are combining their talents in hopes that a major studio will buy Patton’s script concerning the Bender family’s murderous deeds at their rural Cherryvale inn in the early 1870s.
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