County weighs prairie chicken issue and highway signs waiver
County officials discuss federal impact on prairie chicken habitat and weigh how BLM and ExxonMobil may respond. The board approves a corrections plan update and grants a waiver for Garden City Co op to place two highway signs directing harvest traffic, with conditions on zoning and private land standards.
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BLM
Carlson
ExxonMobil
Kansas Department of Corrections
Beth Beavers
Community Corrections
Garden City Coop
U.S. Highway 50
John McClelland
Garden City Co-op
McClelland
Co-Op
Lane
Grant
Finney County
Community Planning Department
Scott
Kearny
Duane Drees
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Planning Commission
Pro-Russian activists declare Donetsk region independence
Pro Moscow demonstrators seize Donetsk provincial building and proclaim the Donetsk People's Republic calling for a May 11 secession referendum. Similar actions in Kharkiv raise fears of a wider east Ukraine crisis as Ukraine and Western powers condemn Moscow.
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Donetsk
Ukraine
Russia
Crimea
Washington
U.S
White House
Jay Carney
John Kerry
European Union
State Department
Kharkiv
Gennady Kernes
Viktoria Syumar
Security and Defense Council
Black Sea
West
Yatsenyuk
Carl Bildt
Moscow
Bildt
Committee proposes second grade readiness program
USD 457 discusses a second grade readiness plan detailing math and number standards for first graders, with criteria for advancement and parental involvement. The board weighs mandatory retention concerns while aiming for district-wide standards and summer preparation, no action taken yet. A consent agenda includes concrete improvements at Abe Hubert and track replacement at Kenneth Henderson Middle School. Officials praised GCHS wrestling team for state title and Buffalo Broadcasting System students for KA-B awards.
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Natalie Kondrade
Gertrude Walker
Stewart
Amber Doyle
Abe Hubert
Jessica Perez
Buffalo Jones
Jean Clifford
Clifford
Gloria Hopkins
Hopkins
Darren Dennis
Lee Construction
Garden City
Penrose Stadium
Huber Land
Kenneth Henderson
Charles Cawby
Cawby
Canby
Stabbing at Walmart: Suspect faces attempted murder charge
A 31-year-old Walmart employee Estrella Parral was stabbed multiple times at Garden City Walmart by suspect Crough who had prior convictions. Parral survived and was hospitalized in good condition. Crough surrendered at 2606 E Fair St Apt 15 and is jailed on a $500,000 bond. Investigators seek motive. no known link between attacker and victim.
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Ics Department
Walmart
Estrella Parral
Garden City
Parral
St. Catherine Hospital
Crough
E. Fair St
Apt
Michael Radke
Finney County
Michael Reagle
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