by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — Think nothing goes on in Sumner County? Here’s 100 news items which occurred in 2016.

– Two-car four-person fatality accident on U.S. 81 at 9-mile corner claims life of Ray and Marcia Waugh and Tim and Cheryl Baumgartner.

– Lancy Lough charged with aggravated kidnapping.

– City Council fires City Manger Roy Eckert after stormy 19-month tenure.

– Kip Etter verbally says he’s resigning, then says he doesn’t, Mayor tells him step down, he eventually retains seat.

– Principal John Walton resigns from Lincoln Elementary at semester break.

– Wellington resident Jessica Burnett convicted of sex scandal involving minor.

– Jason Schoemann not charged with Sunday Morning stabbing in altercation with son.

– Bravo’s Italian Bistro opens in November after Rocco’s closes suddenly in January.

– Tyler Ryan resigns as Wellington head football coach after four years. Native Zane Aguilar hired.

– Lincoln Place building condemned by council. Its status currently is in limbo.

– Wellington City Attorney Mike Brown resigns. Shawn Dejarnett named as replacement.

– Two Clearwater men die in early morning crash in Sumner County on Ridge and 119th St.

– Shane Shields hired as Wellington City Manager.

– Sylvester Provencio, Nick Reedy convicted in Caldwell assault case.

– Provencio, charged with rape, set for jury trial in January.

– Garage fire sends Wayne Bradford to Via Christi with burn injuries. He eventually dies.

– Jason Boyd case dismissed by judge for alleged South Haven police embezzlement case.

– Sumner County votes approve Cowley College project in November by 54.58 percent.

– Passtime Bar loses CMB license for 30 days for slot machines.

– Wellington City Council purchases irrigation system for golf course during special meeting.

– Sumner Sheriff criminal investigation launched on Sedgwick sheriff deputy for mishandling prisoner.

– Former County Treasurer Carolyn Heasty dies.

– Dr. Travis Hubin, an emergency doctor at SRMC, is taken into custody on a porn investigation.

– WHS Project Prom committee takes After Prom celebration to Wichita for first time.

– City Sludge smell brings down Wichita television stations down during graduation weekend.

– Explosion at power plant keeps Wellington powerless for more than an hour.

– Wellington girls basketball team places third in Class 4A state tournament in Salina.

– Anita Judd-Jenkins unseats Kasha Kelley in 80th District during primary.

– Mark Whitener is hired as USD 353 Wellington Superintendent.

– Longtime dentist Robert Wills retires after 38.5 years.

– Tect Aerospace will add 70 jobs at Wellington facility in five years.

– Short family donates 18 acres of land for Cowley County campus in Wellington.

– Runway extension delayed by federal government. But council applies again and it gets approved.

– Milan grain terminal opens for business.

– Sumner Economic Development Commission moves to downtown facility.

– New earthquake record in Wellington, 5.6 magnitude in November.

– Wellington awaits for CDBG grant after application submitted last summer.

– Dollar Generals opens in Caldwell, still looking at Conway Springs.

– Diana Page, Medallion hunt organizer and leader of the 1990s Wellington an All-America City movement, dies.

– EDF builds 75-turbine wind farm in Geuda Springs area.

– Northwest Sumner County residents protest wind farm. Commissioners approve it anyway. Third one in Sumner County.

-100 homes damaged in Sumner County flooding in September.

– Former Oxford football coach turned NFL coach Bruce DeHaven dies.

– Structure fire causes $20,000 damage at TECT Aerospace building.

– Caldwell boys basketball team gets ranked No. 1 in December KBCA poll.

– Despite protests from December fatality, KDOT declares 9-mile corner safe.

– David and Jami Kucher win residential Christmas decorating contest; Barbara Jon’s wins business award.

– Wellington High school girls golf team is proposed.

– Fire destroys James McEachern house on 1202 S. C.

– K-49 closed until May for bridge repair north of Caldwell.

– 1996 WHS Grad Joel Leftwich named to head Trump’s ag department transitional team.

– Wellington has its first 0-9 season in football history.

– TECT Aerospace announces it is adding 70 new jobs at Wellington facility.

– Trump receives 62 percent of the vote in Sumner County.

– Larry Alley knocks off Don Shimkus in hotly contested state senate race.

– Anita Judd-Jenkins finishes off primary win with general election win over Michelle Schiltz in District 80.

– Kyle Hoffman is reelected over Jolene Roitman in District 162 race.

– 27-year-old Belle Plaine man killed when hit by train in October.

– Belle Plaine football team ends 31-game losing streak against Northwest-Arma. Picks up second win against Leon-Blustem.

– Kylie Aufdengarten/MeKenna Adams place fifth in state tennis tournament.

– Winfield coach Linn Hibbs returns home to Wellington to beat Crusaders in wild 21-20 overtime game.

– Jaycee Schettler is named 2016 Duchess of Wellington.

– Homeless Ivory the white German Shepherd dog gets flown out of Wellington Airport and finds new home in Colorado.

– Fundraisers help assist in expenses as Rachel Overfelt of Wellington seeks a new kidney.

– WHS Basketball sensation Lauryn Snipes signs with Florida International University.

– Former State Security Bank employee Richard Lara charged with multiple counts of bank fraud and misapplication of funds; could get 30 years.

– Construction of retail center gets started south of McDonald’s with estimated completion date undetermined.

– KDHE condemns waterline providing raw water of a few Mayfield residents. City Council struggles on what to do next.

– County Commissioners send Cowley College proposal to general election voters; squash idea of mail-in ballots.

– Spinalators win 2016 great race over Enchies in photo finish.

– Female passenger killed in two-car accident west of Oxford in July.

– Sumner County Republican Party Chairman Jason Janowski announces he won’t vote for Trump.

– Construction for Security and Safety project comes to conclusion at USD 353. Middle school auxiliary gym is a hit.

– Jason Meslin brings back Chevrolet Nova once owned by departed friend to Wheat Festival parade.

РSumner County residents go nuts for Pok̩mon Go craze during summer.

– Rick Roitman is hired as Wellington High School boys basketball coach.

– More than 70 entries enter Wheat Festival Parade in biggest parade in years.

– Sumner County wheat farmers bring in more than 3 million bushels at area co-ops with bumper crop. Prices are abysmal.

– Ryleigh Buck, Wellington High School softball player, is named Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year.

– Sumner County incumbents receive no opposition in upcoming election after June 1 filings.

– Longtime WHS athletic director and boys basketball coach Brian Buchanan transfers to Goddard.

– Potential suicide situation at Madison and B Street ends peacefully after several tense hours.

– RCB Bank acquires CornerBanks in Wellington and Oxford.

– WHS softball team goes to state for the first time since 1995.

– Ted Davis, Tenneil Cobb and David Taggart are named to the 2016 Crusader Wall of Recognition.

– Potential tornadoes in Sumner County in May brings out hundreds of storm chasers but no actual tornado.

– Commerce City, Colo. truck hits car at south Kansas Turnpike toll booth.

– The late Sibyl Wells donates large sums of money to hospital and library.

– WHS girls team breaks 15 school records and is first basketball team in WHS history to go undefeated in regular season.

– Wellington Humane Society continues long journey to build animal shelter in community.

– USD 353 decides to go with outside food management service for cafeteria after longtime director Sandy Clift retires.

– Wellington City Council fined for violating open meetings act during town hall meeting.

– Heavyweight Miguel Lujan is only wrestler to make it to state.

– Argonia freshman Baylee Booker hits 8 of 8 3-pointers to break Kansas state record.

– 27-year-old Oklahoma man killed in two-car accident near Mayfield.

– Julian Cornejo named Duke of Wellington.

– Funeral Home Director Bryce Day, fighting terminal pancreatic cancer, establishes foundation to help people with funeral expenses.

-Ty Sober named Distinguished Service Award winner.

-10-year-old boy killed in ATV accident west of Conway Springs.

– Little Texas brings out crowd at Wheat Festival.

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