Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Leavenworth(Leavenworth Times) The hunt continues for just one group: When the U.S. Army started replacing horses with tanks several decades ago, military foxhunts began disappearing all across the country. Today there is only one remaining. “We are the last military fox hunt left,” said Lee McGuire, master of foxhounds at the Fort Leavenworth Hunt. However, even that claim is a bit of a stretch considering the quarry McGuire’s foxhounds most frequently pursue is coyotes. The coyotes chased the foxes out of the area years ago, McGuire said. Foxes, coyotes or whatever, the Fort Leavenworth Hunt is going strong and shows no signs of slowing down, much less disappearing. McGuire said that on the bi-weekly hunts there are usually between 20 and 25 participants. However, on the season-opening hunt there have been as many as 110.Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division(The Times and Democrat, St. Matthews, S.C.) Soldier with local ties signs re-enlistment papers from hospital: Times and Democrat Correspondent Larry P. Jordan and his wife, Bonnie, learned the frightening news Friday afternoon that their oldest son, Staff Sgt. Redic Paul Jordan, had been seriously wounded in southern Baghdad, Iraq, when his patrol hit an improvised explosive device, or IED. “Paul received a head wound from a piece of shrapnel that hit him about half an inch below his helmet on the left side, just forward of his ear, and it is still lodged in his head,” Larry Jordan said Monday. “He also suffered a fractured skull and a lot of minor cuts.” Fortunately, his son was able to walk away from his vehicle. The driver of the vehicle, Paul Jordan’s good buddy, was killed, blown apart by the explosion. Staff Sgt. Jordan is scheduled to be flown to Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., perhaps as early as Tuesday. He will stay overnight at Andrews before being flown to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Tex., his father said. From there, his son will be flown to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he will continue to recuperate.Kansas National Guard[(Newton Kansan) Newton Guard member awarded Purple Heart:][3] Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, adjutant general for the Kansas National Guard, was in Newton Saturday to bestow a Purple Heart and other awards to a soldier based at the National Guard Armory in Newton. Sgt. 1st Class Lloyde Mattix of Clearwater, who is a platoon sergeant with Battery B of the 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery out of Newton and Pratt, was sent to Iraq to help in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. On Feb. 22, he received shrapnel injuries to both of his legs when he was hit by indirect fire on Feb. 22. He’s still getting follow-up treatment for his injuries. [3]: www.thekansan.com/stories/070207/topstories_070207005.shtml