Butler County Times-Gazette

09/09/2025

Best of Butler County voting for 2025!
The Nomination Round (PHASE 1) has started! VOTES CAN BE CAST DAILY!! Link to nominate below.

🏆 How it works: Go to Home - Butler County Times-Gazette on the upper left on a computer or scroll down on a phone and click on the "Click Here to Nominate Now" button:
✅ Phase #1 (Sept. 1-Sept. 14) Nominate your favorite local businesses
✅ Phase #2 (Oct. 6-Oct. 19) The Top 5 in each category move on to the Voting Round
✅Phase #3 (December 16) Winners & runners-up announced in our special Best of edition! (It's a secret until then! Advertising deadline, Nov. 14)

Business Owners:
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09/08/2025

Dr. Tamara Daniel was announced as Butler Community College's sixth President in May. The Times-Gazette sat down and spoke with Dr. Daniel about her goals for the college that include more community engagement. Story below.
Photo courtesy of Rodney Dimick, Butler Community College Relations and Marketing.

09/08/2025

Every box score ✅
Every Result ✅

Your week 1 breakdown of Butler County.

BY CHARLES CHANEY Here’s the results for week 1 in Butler County Kapaun 27, Andover 14 Kapaun 7 0 13 7 — 27Andover 0 7 0 7 — 14 KMC—Wyatt Sullenger 3 run (kick)AND—Barrett Hill 45 run (kick)KMC—Cal Purvis 38 run (kick)KMC—Ken Huff 4 run (pat missed)KMC—Sullenger 1 run (kick good)AND....

09/08/2025

What a second half comeback for Bluestem USD 205 Schools against Uniontown on Friday night.

BY CHARLES CHANEY UNIONTOWN, Kan.—Bluestem could have folded after a flat first half left the Lions staring at a 16-0 hole. Instead, they clawed back with grit, turnovers and a punishing run game to stun Uniontown 30-24 on Friday night to open the season with a win. Uniontown looked to be in firm ...

09/07/2025

A questionable call at the end of the first half highlights a frustrating evening in Chanute.

BY CHARLES CHANEY CHANUTE, Kan. — Augusta left Chanute on Friday night with more frustration than points, as a controversial goal-line call late in the first half proved pivotal in the Orioles’ 22-6 loss to the Blue Comets. Chanute struck first when Kris Harding II found Kasen Audiss in the back...

09/07/2025

The defending champions were met by a tough 5A opponent on Friday night.

BY CHARLES CHANEY ANDOVER, Kan.—Defending Class 4A champion Andover Central opened the 2025 season with a frustrating night, falling 34-0 to Hutchinson on Friday at Jaguars Stadium. A steady first-half rain set the tone early, making ball security an issue for both teams. The Jaguars and Salthawks...

09/07/2025

Franklin Ekue and Jason Smith each had three touchdowns in Circle's blowout win over Field Kindley.

BY CHARLES CHANEY COFFEYVILLE, Kan. — Circle wasted little time showing its firepower in all phases, cruising past Field Kindley 55-8 on Friday night in its season opener. The Thunderbirds struck first on a deliberate but efficient opening drive that drained nearly half the quarter. Jason Smith ca...

09/07/2025

Tripp Carney scored in a multitude of ways on Friday night. He caught a jet pass, ran in an end around and had a fumble recovery for a touchdown, one of his two fumble recoveries on the night. Flinthills won a fun one in Burden.

BY CHARLES CHANEY BURDEN, Kan.— Flinthills made the most of Central Burden’s mistakes and leaned on the all-around playmaking of Tripp Carney to secure a 26-20 win Friday night. The win caps off a great start to the 2025 season as they start the year 1-0 for the second consecutive season. It’s...

09/07/2025

Rose Hill shined in the debut of their head coach Reece Petty. A nice shut out for the Rockets to open 2025.

By LIONEL TIPTON ROSE HILL, Kansas – Clearwater just had trouble keeping up with the Joneses on Friday night. And because of that, Rose Hill began the tenure of Reece Petty with a 23-0 victory over Clearwater. Senior Keedrin “K.J.” Jones and junior Kai Kirchhoff-Jones provided the rushing atta...

09/07/2025

Carter Green was every where for the Bulldogs in their season opener.

BY CHARLES CHANEY DOUGLASS, Kan.—Some games get remembered for the score. Others are remembered for the player who took over. Friday night in Douglass, the season opener was all about Carter Green. The junior running back, the reigning Class 3A state champion wrestler, powered the Bulldogs to an 1...

09/05/2025

BOIL WATER ADVISORY issued for Butler Co. RWD #3 and Public Wholesale Water Supply District #8. The affected area is highlighted in green. Details below.

09/04/2025

High school football predictions are back.

Last season, we went 251-64, about 80% (79.7% if we’re being fair). We were 74-12 (86%) on county games. Over the last four seasons, we are 1,023-276 (78.8%) overall and we are 242-58 (80.7%) when it comes to county games.

BY CHARLES CHANEY Each week, Butler County Times-Gazette’s Sports Editor, Charles Chaney, predicts the score from 20 games around the state, including every game from Butler County.  Last season, we went 251-64, about 80% (79.7% if we’re being fair). We were an impressive 74-12 (86%) on county ...