Sumner Newscow report — Jill DeJarnett became the winner of the Kansas Wheat Festival $500 grand prize.

In a notable distinction for law enforcement, Sumner County is home to not one, but two women serving as police chiefs—Laura Freeman in Oxford and Rebekah Rickstrew in Caldwell.

In November 2024, the Christian County Board of Education voted to approved to establish their own law enforcement agency.

Sumner Newscow report — The 2025 Kansas Wheat Festival is now history. For all the pictures taken by Sumner Newscow photographers of the past two days, click here.