COFFEYVILLE — A 37-year-old Independence man was arrested after breaking into a rural Coffeyville home on Tuesday morning while the homeowners were in the house.

Sheriff Robert Dierks said John Henry Jones was arrested after breaking into a home near the intersections of county roads 2400 and 4500 northwest of Coffeyville. Dierks said Jones was armed with knife when he broke into the home.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR

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COFFEYVILLE — David George was selected to fill the vacant Coffeyville City Commission seat at a special commission meeting on Monday night.

However, it took city attorney Paul Kritz to cast a tie-breaking vote in order for George to assume the seat left vacant with the recent resignation of commissioner R.J. Warren.

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COFFEYVILLE — Seven Coffeyville residents have expressed interest in seeking the vacant city commission seat created with the recent resignation of commissioner R.J. Warren.

The seven applicants for the commission position include:
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
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A Coffeyville city commissioner on Tuesday sought the resignation of Jeff Morris as city manager.

Morris remained quiet during commissioner Jim Taylor, Sr.’s allegations that Morris had not done his job well. Taylor specifically mentioned the “sloppy work of staff” in the lease agreement between the City of Coffeyville and Coffeyville Community College as a reason for having Morris replaced.

Taylor also said that everything involving the City of Coffeyville had “turned into a mess” because of the city staff and a majority of the city commission that follows the staff’s lead.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
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COFFEYVILLE — Taxpayers in the Coffeyville Community College tax district, which includes residents in Coffeyville, Dearing, Tyro, Caney and Havana, will now shoulder the bulk of the operational costs to maintain Veterans Memorial Stadium in Coffeyville under a lease agreement approved by CCC and the City of Coffeyville earlier this week.

The stadium, which opened in 2001, is owned and maintained by the City of Coffeyville. It is used primarily for football, track and soccer programs at Coffeyville Community College and Field Kindley High School in Coffeyville.
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A 31-year-old Caney man was arrested on Tuesday, June 23, for allegedly making bomb threats to two Bartlesville businesses.

Police chief Rick Pell said Aaron Leon Perkins, age 31, of 401 S. Wood, was arrested after receiving information that Perkins had said he had planted bombs at the Walmart Supercenter and Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bar Read more

Approximately 270 Caney Valley High School alumni, their spouses and guests attended the 2010 USD 436-Caney Valley High School Alumni Banquet on May 29 in the Lincoln Grade School Gym.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
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INDEPENDENCE — A group of women from the midwestern United States — each with a collective interest in pioneer lifestyles — met Wednesday afternoon at the Little House on the Prairie site to celebrate their unique sisterhood.

The Farmgirls On the Loose Tour made a visit to the Little House on the Prairie site as part of a six-state tour of Little House on the Prairie sites or former homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the “Little House” novels.
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COFFEYVILLE — A retired school teacher and administrator from the Topeka school system will be the new head principal at Field Kindley High School for the 2010-11 school year.

USD 445 Board of Education members on Monday gave approval to the hiring of James Dodge of Topeka to be the Field Kindley principal, replacing Ben Smith, who resigned to accept a principal’s position in Abilene, Kan.
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