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Banks March 2025 Police Log

Calls and statistics from March from deputies from the Washington County Sheriff's Office serving the city of Banks.

By Chas Hundley

/ 18 Apr 2025

Column | 1925 in Banks: Banks grange sparks tiff with Hillsboro grange

Banks in 1925: A grange war between Banks and Hillsboro, the latest from the Buxton oil fields and more.

By Chas Hundley

/ 17 Apr 2025

Column | 1925 in Banks: Banks grange sparks tiff with Hillsboro grange

Column | 1925 in Banks: Oil derrick nears completion

Buxton's oil boom continued in this week's news from a century ago.

By Chas Hundley

/ 9 Apr 2025

Column | 1925 in Banks: Oil derrick nears completion

Column | 1925 in Banks: A Banks newspaper owner faces amputation

A Banks newspaper owner faces amputation and more in the news from 1925.

By Chas Hundley

/ 2 Apr 2025

Column | 1925 in Banks: A Banks newspaper owner faces amputation

Column | 1925 in Banks: Timber man heads to Hillsboro for appendectomy

Column | 1925 in Banks: Timber man heads to Hillsboro for appendectomy in this week's dispatches from history.

By Chas Hundley

/ 26 Mar 2025

Column | 1925 in Banks: Timber man heads to Hillsboro for appendectomy

Banks Fire District February 2025 Fire Log

Statistics from February, and a thank you from the district to the community who showed up at the annual pancake breakfast in March are in this month's Banks Fire District log.

By Chas Hundley

/ 25 Mar 2025

Banks Fire District February 2025 Fire Log

1925 in Banks: Plank road built in Buxton oil camp

Banks in 1925: Two Banks newspapers merge, plank road built in Buxton oil camp, and much more in the news of a century ago.

By Chas Hundley

/ 19 Mar 2025

1925 in Banks: Plank road built in Buxton oil camp

Banks February 2025 Police Log

'Frantic search in the heavy snow' for occupants of crashed pickup near Stub Stewart State Park reveals vehicle was stolen and intentionally ran off the road. This and more in the February Banks Police Log!

By Chas Hundley

/ 17 Mar 2025

1925 in Banks: A typing test for students, operations at Buxton oil well 'three weeks' away

1925 in Banks: A typing test for students, operations at Buxton oil well 'three weeks' away and more in the news of a century ago!

By Chas Hundley

/ 13 Mar 2025

1925 in Banks: A typing test for students, operations at Buxton oil well 'three weeks' away

Thursday, March 13 CPO 14 meeting notice

The Banks, Buxton, Manning and Timber CPO 14 will meet Thursday, March 13 at the Banks Public Library at 6:30 p.m. for a regular monthly meeting.

By Chas Hundley

/ 10 Mar 2025

Thursday, March 13 CPO 14 meeting notice

1925: A Manning veteran, gassed in the trenches during WW1, is jailed on moonshine charges

A wounded war veteran from a Manning family, gassed in the trenches during WW1, falls outside the law and is jailed on moonshining charges, and the Hillsboro Argus wonders if the U.S. government is to blame.

By Chas Hundley

/ 5 Mar 2025

1925: A Manning veteran, gassed in the trenches during WW1, is jailed on moonshine charges

A play in Roy, a dance in Kansas City, a mill in Mountaindale: Life on February 26, 1925 in the Banks region

By Chas Hundley

/ 26 Feb 2025

A play in Roy, a dance in Kansas City, a mill in Mountaindale: Life on February 26, 1925 in the Banks region