Bond set at 1.3 million in fatal Garden City shooting
Michael George, 32, was charged with first degree murder and related counts after police say he shot Karlton Waechter, 21, at the East Garden Village mobile home park. Waechter died at St Catherine Hospital. Investigators noted multiple shots and an attempted robbery may have preceded the fatal firing.
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Garden City
East Garden Village
Mobile Home Park
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Michael George
Terrace Place
George
Poplar Street
Karlton
Ralston
Waechter
Roundup CVB to meet at 4-H building
The Finney County Convention and Visitors Bureau will meet today at 2 30 p m at the Finney County Fairgrounds 4 H Building. Meetings are open to the public. The next meeting will be May 27 at the Hampton Inn.
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Finney County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Finney County Fairgrounds
Hampton Inn
Preliminary hearing set in Guebara case in Finney County
A Garden City man once serving part of a life sentence for the 1983 murder of his wife faces a preliminary hearing May 29 on an attempted second degree murder charge and firearm possession by a felon for the Feb. 24 shooting of Raul Tapia in Bancroft Street. Guebara, 51, was released in 2005 after several parole pleas and now remains jailed in Finney County with bond set at 2 million.
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Garden City
Paul Guebara
Finney County District Court
Robert Frederick
Guebara
Raul Tapia
Bancroft Street
Razmi Tahirkheli
Tapia
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Conkling St
Genny Guebara
Finney County
Don Harness honored for Windsor Hotel preservation work
Garden City officials declared April 21 Don Harness Day honoring his nearly 20 years with the Finney County Preservation Alliance for Windsor Hotel efforts. Harness outlined a May 1 crowd funding launch to restore the Windsor cupola, aiming for 36 000 by August with gifts from 1 500 supporters at 25 dollars each.
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Don Harness
Windsor
Garden City
Finney County Preservation Alliance
Garden City Commission
Harness
FCPA
Commission
Windsor Hotel
Wekan.kanstarter
Hallie
Landon
Lauren Harness
John Stevens
Kansas State
Kansas Department of Transportation Transportation
Lois K. Walls
Chris Law
Save the Windsor Hotel
Kansas
P.O. Box
Garden City Commission swears in incumbents and selects roles
Cessna hands mayoral gavel to Dell as Garden City commissioners Cessna Dale and Fankhauser are sworn in. Chris Law becomes vice mayor. Rules of order and official newspaper designation set. Water repairs at Big Pool progress with May 1 completion target. Trash rate set at 20 dollars, Lake Avenue closure for fair, and helicopter rides allowed. Widening Kansas Avenue eyed at 1.4 million with 15 percent city share. Elephant Stakeholder Committee formed to pursue custody of Lee Richardson Zoo elephants.
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Garden City
Cessna
Melvin Dale
Dan Fankhauser
Chris Law
Commission
Garden City Telegram
Fred Jones
Jones
Garden City Recreation Commission
GCRC
Lake Avenue
Finney County
Fankhauser
Kansas Avenue
Kansas Department of Transportation
Steve Cottrell
Dale
Lee Richardson Zoo
City Commission
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CVB
Pio
E. Mary Savegar
Ceac Aralar
Kinzie Bangerter
Wichita County
Scott City
Mayor Gavel
Dell
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