BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

CHERRYVALE — Construction of the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad’s new railyard began Tuesday when the first clumps of dirt were turned at a ceremony attended by dignitaries and dozens of railroad employees.

The new switch yard — where freight cars will be switched on a daily basis — will be built at an area four miles north of Cherryvale. The switch yard will be located easet of U.S. 169 highway and south of U.S. 400 highway between county roads 5800 and 6000. The switch yard will include as many as six miles of switching tracks for the transfer and exchange of as many as 50,000 rail cars per year, said Rick Webb, chief executive officer of Watco, Inc., the parent company of the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

A Cherryvale High School senior who graduated from the school on May 15 has filed a lawsuit against USD 447 and former CHS head football coach Chris Endress.
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A 73-year-old Cherryvale man was in custody Monday afternoon (May 24) following a three-hour standoff with law enforcement.

Police chief Matt Dennis said local police were alerted to a situation at 810 W. Main shortly after 2 p.m., when Fred Jones of Cherryvale was observed to be in a suicidal state. Jones was followed to an area near U.S. 169 and county road 5200 where a standoff then began. Jones was carrying two loaded guns — a rifle and a handgun — and was threatening to shoot himself and any law enforcement officers who were approaching him, Dennis said.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR

CHERRYVALE — A Cherryvale man faces numerous vehicle charges following a motorcycle chase that left the man injured late Thursday night, May 20.

Police chief Matt Dennis says local police spotted Douglas Heiskell, age 28, of Cherryvale driving a motorcycle without a visible license plate on Main Street shortly after 11:15 p.m., Thursday.  When the police officer attempted to pull Heiskell to the side of the road, Heiskell sped away on Main Street, traveling in an easterly direction at speeds reaching 90 miles per hour.
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