The contests at the heart of the Walnut Valley Festival
Since 1972, the Winfield festival has crowned national champions in flat-pick guitar, mandolin, banjo and more.
By Wade Ellison
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Since 1972, the Winfield festival has crowned national champions in flat-pick guitar, mandolin, banjo and more.
By Wade Ellison
The Queen Anne house at 421 E. 11th Ave., with its fish-scale cedar shingles, was listed on the National Register in 2003.
By Jolene Marquardt
Built around 1912 with Carnegie money, the library at 1001 Millington was designed by Oklahoma City architects.
By Garrett Pruitt
The 1917 church at 320 College Street was designed by Ernest Olaf Brostrom and joined the National Register in 2005.
By Wade Ellison
A Feb. 1 fundraiser at Southwestern College raised $2,400 to buy bed nets against malaria.
By Garrett Pruitt
A new Winfield Recreation Commission camp is teaching 27 fourth- through sixth-graders about exercise and eating well.
By Loretta Vance
The 38th festival brings back Mountain Heart, John McCutcheon and Beppe Gambetta, and adds the Infamous Stringdusters.
By Garrett Pruitt