Gas leak scare shuts Finney County center brief evacuation
Authorities evacuated the Finney County Administrative Center at 10 AM amid reports of a possible natural gas leak. Sheriff deputies supervised the building, no leak was found, and occupants returned by 10:30 AM. Commissioners moved to the County Counselor’s office to continue executive session. Nearby, the Southwest Kansas Community Concert Association announced a 7:30 PM show at Clifford Hope Auditorium featuring a quartet performing 1940s and 50s tunes with plans for touring.
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Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth Street
Finney County Sheriff Department
SEC
Tom Burgardt
W. Pine
Southwest Kansas Community Concert Association
Clifford Hope
Garden City High School
Jody Briskey
Rob Dorn
Jerry Elsbernd
Matt Felmlee
Great American History Theatre
St. Paul
Minn
United States
Europe
Public Radio
Free program at GCCC on underage drinking safety
Garden City community members can attend a Thursday event at Garden City Community College focusing on underage drinking and summer safety. From 7 to 9 p.m., sponsors include the Garden City Police Department, Southwest Regional Prevention Center and GCCC. The session covers warning signs, parental roles, and actions if youth drink, with free admission and preregistration via Norma Jean Dodge or Jessica Barbo.
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Garden City Community College
Garden City Police Department
Southwest Regional Prevention Center
Gccc Business and Industry Institute
Norma Jean Dodge
Jessica Barbo
GCCC to Present Student Director Showcase One Acts
Garden City Community College box office opens Tuesday for the 2002 Student Director's Showcase. Irene Bates directs The Adding Machine and Kris Sisk directs The Monkey's Paw with back-to-back shows Friday Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Tickets cost 6 general, 5 students seniors and children. Box office hours 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday plus one hour before each show. Reservations at 620 275 3244. Bates makes directing debut.
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Garden City Community College
Irene Bates
Kris Sisk
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Bates
Garden City
Elmer Rice
Sisk
Holcomb
Brainerd Duffield
W.W. Jacobs
Plane diverted to Wichita over suspicious wire on bathroom floor
An America West flight from Washington to Phoenix was diverted to Wichita and grounded overnight after an air marshal found a suspicious wire in a bathroom under a CO2 compartment. Officials later said the wire came from a toilet paper holder.
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Wichita
America West
Washington
Phoenix
Latricia Harper
Teens take anti smoking message from Statehouse to streets
In Topeka Kansas TASK teens campaign against tobacco using ads and a rally at the Statehouse arguing youth should avoid smoking while lawmakers consider raising cigarette taxes by 65 cents to 89 cents per pack. Nine out of ten adults agree that price increases deter youth smoking though many teens still light up.
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Topeka
Kansas
Statehouse
Ryan Bishop
Jefferson West High School
Meriden
Missy Carden
Mulvane High School
Sheena Nagaraja
Manhattan High School
TASK
Mike Webb
State Department of Health and Environment
Bill Graves
Wichita State mulls nine percent tuition rise
Wichita State University President Don Beggs considers a 9 percent tuition increase for next school year as state budget shortfalls threaten to force a 6.4 percent budget cut. If approved, in state tuition would rise about $6.50 per credit hour to roughly $78, with total costs near $100 per credit hour including fees. Some students call the plan understandable while acknowledging higher prices. The university also weighs budget cuts such as not filling vacated positions, freezing salaries, and trimming non instructional spending.
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Wichita
Wichita State University
Don Beggs
Beggs
Wichita State
Bridget Elpers
Lori Walter
Walter
Pole vaulter in Wichita critical after 12-foot fall at relays
Samoa Fili, 17, Southeast High School senior, fell 12 to 15 feet during a vault at the Wichita East Relays and struck the back of his head. He remained conscious initially but deteriorated after ambulance transfer. School district will review the incident amid helmet-mandate calls and a recent Penn State death.
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Wichita
Samoa Fili
Scott
Hadley
Sedgwick County
Johnson
New York
Penn State
Kevin Dare
Minneapolis
Reno County split over diversion fines funds transfer
Reno County faces a potentially lucrative dispute as District Attorney Keith Schroeder weighs a lawsuit if traffic diversion fines plus a $25 fee are sent to the state. Judge Steve Becker suggested the money is a state fine, while Schroeder argues the sum is a county fee. About $100,000 in diversion fees and similar in court costs are involved, but Becker's nonbinding view leaves the funds in Reno County for now. Treasurer Clark Miller will not move revenues without County Counselor Joe O'Sullivan's order, and O'Sullivan has opined the funds may stay locally.
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Hutchinson
Keith Schroeder
Reno
Steve Becker
Schroeder
Reno County
Becker
Clark Miller
Joe O’sullivan
O'Sullivan
Garden City burglary task force cracks third ring
The Garden City Police burglary task force reports a third organized burglary ring in a week. Two men, Bobby Jones, 21, and Jeffrey Rigdon, 20, are in custody and charged with burglary felony theft and misdemeanor criminal damage. A 17 year old boy is named but未 arrested. Affidavits filed. ties to Feb 4 home burglary March 9 auto burglary and earlier assaults.
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Garden City
Bobby Jones
Jeffrey Rigdon
Rigdon
Jones
Task Force
Wichita
Mike Utz
Campus
Utz
Eastside robbery suspects captured by Garden City police
Police arrested Hugo Mesino and Emigdio Sanchez after a daytime robbery at East Garden Village. They allegedly threatened Robert Gallegos with a pistol and knife, stole a cell phone and $30, then fled in a gray Ford Thunderbird. Authorities recovered a loaded gun clip, a semi automatic, and four grams of cocaine. Both men face multiple aggravated burglary robbery and assault charges with Sanchez also charged for cocaine possession.
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Eastside
Garden City
East Garden Village
Mike Utz
Robert Gallegos
Hugo Mesino
Emigdio Sanchez
Mesino
Gallegos
Utz
Sanchez
Finney County
E. US. Highway 50
Karen
Scott County Commission to receive corrections update
Scott County Clerk Pam Faurot says the Tuesday agenda is light. Tad Kitch director for Community Corrections will outline a funded plan from the Kansas Department of Corrections, noting cuts and a 1.7 million dollar budget reduction. Also discussed: Great Plains Development renewal and Manning School insurance inclusion. 5 p.m. employee meeting on Blue Cross coverage.
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Scott County Commission
Scott County
Pam Faurot
Tad Kitch
25Th Judicial District
Kansas Department of Corrections
Kitch
Great Plains Development
Ron Radil
Great Plains
Faurot
Court House
Michigan Township
Manning
Blue Cross
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Oscar Alvarado
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