Rural

Rural Consumption Boosts Indian Economy

24 May 2012

New Delhi -- As growing wealth fuels spending in thousands of villages across India, rural communities are emerging as new commercial frontiers, raising hopes that the nation's vast countryside will become an engine of future economic growth. For Arun Sharma, a school teacher in Rohua village in Bihar state, which lags behind other Indian states in terms of development, the recent transformation ...

Rural/Metro recognizes firefighters for saving man from burning home

23 May 2012

When Rural/Metro firefighter Dustin Dinwiddie walked into a smoky, flame-filled room at the end of a hallway inside a burning mobile home, he felt something touch his leg."I was assigned to the interior attack crew with two other firefighters," Dinwiddie said as he...

Rural, Northwest meet in battle of softball powers

23 May 2012

Washburn Rural and Olathe Northwest are used to playing in the championship game of the Class 6A state softball tournament, having done so in three of the last four seasons.