Kansas Students Protest Bathroom Legislation At Capitol
About 25 students demonstrated outside the Statehouse to oppose a Kansas bill defining gender for restroom use on campuses by birth anatomy. Jamie Banda, 17, helped press the message while Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook defended the measure as protecting student privacy and welfare.
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Ron Schwartz remembered as fighter and community leader
Ron Schwartz, long serving Garden City Community College trustee and local businessman, battled stage 4 renal cell cancer since 2012 and died midweek after a prolonged illness. He co owned Burtis Motors since 1990, served FCEDC since 2005, and the campus honored him with Schwartz Drive. Garland Funeral Home will publish full obituary and service details.
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Weekend rainfall and storms threaten central Kansas
Forecasters predict heavy weekend rain across Garden City and nearby towns with 2 to 5 inches in eastern areas. Rain totals near 1.5 to 2.5 inches for Garden City Syracuse Ulysses Scott City and Cimarron. Thunderstorm chances peak Sunday at 80 percent then decline through Tuesday with mid to upper 60s temperatures and a 20 percent rain chance by Wednesday.
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Oakley residents arrested after 15 hour barricade
Oakley residents Beverly A. Ford and William Ford were arrested after a 15 hour siege that began Friday at 2 a.m. Oakley Police Department and Kansas Highway Patrol responded, with the special response team taking two people into custody by 5 p.m. Ford is charged with kidnapping interference with law enforcement criminal threat and criminal restraint. William Ford faces felony interference with law enforcement charges.
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