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Get ready to rev your engines and kick off the summer in style at the 16th annual Swing Into Summer Cruise Night and Car Show, rolling into Stockton this weekend! Here’s what to expect during the two exciting days: Friday, June 19th: Put your pedal to the metal for Cruise Night!

After months of drought, above-average temperatures, freeze damage, and an unusually early crop development, wheat harvest has finally begun across Rooks County and the surrounding area. Producers entered the spring expecting one of the earliest wheat harvests in recent history.

A Plainville man will spend the next 65 months in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections following his sentencing on Tuesday, June 3, 2026. District Judge Curtis Brown handed down the sentence in Rooks County District Court.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?' And the boys and girls who were part of the sixth annual Paradise Flats Theatre Collective and Cardinal Drama Camp took that Dr.

A Stockton man continues to be held in the Rooks County Jail on a $100,000 bond following his arrest on Monday, May 4, by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Rooks County Sheriff’s Office deputies.

A wave of motor vehicle accidents—from multi-car collisions to unexpected encounters with livestock—has kept Rooks County emergency responders on high alert throughout April and early May.

At the Stockton City Commission meeting on Tuesday, June 2nd, Jayne Prockish was present during Public Comments to discuss the dog situation by her house. She noted that she spoke to the Commission over 80 days ago about the dogs in her neighborhood and feels that nothing has been done.

The Plainville City Council began its June 2nd regular meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by the approval of the Consent Agenda. Included in the Agenda were the May 19th regular meeting minutes, the bills paid for $285,638.00, and the KDHE Drawdown #23 for $263,216.10.

At the start of the Rooks County Commission meeting on Tuesday, June 2nd, the commissioners met with emergency management director Adam Bryant, who presented them with his proposed 2027 budget.