Joint facility meeting of Finney County tax bodies
Four taxing bodies in Finney County will convene with Garden City officials to discuss collaboration on facilities needs. Finney County and Garden City City Commissioners USD 457 board members and Garden City Community College trustees will attend, with the Finney County Economic Development Corp. joining. Endowment Room Student Center GCCC hosts 5:30 PM to 7 PM.
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Finney County
Garden City City Commissioners
USD 457
Garden City Community College
Finney County Economic Development Corp
GCCC
Victims Identified in Emporia Apartment Explosion
The deceased are 19 year old Emporia State University student Dana Hudson and her two children Dana and Gabriel aged 13 months. Seven others were injured in the weekend blast and fire at Eastgate Plaza. Cause is under investigation. Witnesses heard the mother calling for help amid the flames. The explosion occurred just before 9 a.m. Sunday in the Eastgate Plaza complex.
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Emporia
Emporia State University
Dana Hudson
Topeka
Gabriel
Hudson
Eastgate Plaza Complex
Topeka Woman Shot by Husband Then Killed Self
Police investigate the death of 39 year old Risa Schnegelsiepen in Topeka in what police believe is a case of spousal homicide followed by the husband Vaughn Schnegelsipen shooting himself. The suspect was her husband and the father of her children. the couple was married and seeking a divorce.
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Topeka
Risa Schnegelsiepen
Vaughn Schnegelsipen
Topeka Capital-Journal
Rocky Nichols
D-Topeka
Shawnee County
Pepper spray incident evacuates EPA regional HQ
An accidental pepper spray release forced evacuation of the EPA regional headquarters in Kansas City Kansas. Employees reported eye and nose irritation and a small pepper spray can was found on the first floor. One woman was hospitalized briefly for exposure and later released. Authority treated the event as an accident.
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Kansas City, Kan
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Dale Armstrong
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Armstrong
Sherrer seeks AG opinion on Oz payment deadline
Lt. Gov. Gary Sherrer asks the state Attorney General for a legal ruling on his authority to extend the October deadline for a 400000 repayment by Oz Entertainment Co. and Wyandotte County's Public Utilities Board. He notes a new law sets the date and hints at discretion in approving any extended terms.
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Secretary of Commerce and Housing
Youth model fashion at Finney County Fairgrounds 4-H event
At the Finney County Fairgrounds 4-H activities 7 to 17 year olds presented clothing construction and fashion revue entries judged by Susan Alexander Jennifer Gleason Jeanne Clauson Jana Ross. Judges scored 70 percent for appearance 30 percent for construction with emphasis on fit material and sewing quality. Winners were announced after a 7 p.m. fashion revue and the display runs August 8 to 11.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Susan Alexander
Ulysses
Jennifer Gleason
Kinsley
Alexander
Gleason
Jeanne Clauson
Jana Ross
Dodge City
Ross
Russell electric plant set to power up after explosion
Russell Kansas readies its downtown electric plant for first generation in weeks after an $11 million insurance rebuild following last August's blast that injured two workers. A turbine plant in the industrial park will add 29 megawatts total to meet city needs.
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Russell
Don Augustine
Gary Hobbie
Hobbie
Kansas City
Augustine
Kansas
Craig Sanford
Jim Hlaus
Hlaus
Sanford
Fort Riley to Send 1200 Soldiers to Kuwait Rotation
Fort Riley will dispatch 1,200 soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division to Kuwait for a four month deployment as part of Task Force 1-34 Armor. The unit, called Americas Team Centurions, includes troops from Fort Hood and Fort Carson. Command Sgt. Maj. Nathaniel Hopkins says the mission aims to deter aggression. Families face mixed feelings as loved ones depart, with speakers recalling prior deployments. Capt. Kirk Gibbs notes prior service in Bosnia and anticipation of the mission.
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Fort Riley
Kuwait
1St Infantry
Southwest Asia
34Th Armor
Rebecca Nuce
Kirk Gibbs
Kim
Gibbs
Bosnia
Menninger clinic stays in Topeka amid failed Baylor talks
The Menninger psychiatric clinic will remain in Topeka through at least summer 2002 after failing to reach an affiliation agreement with Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist Health Care system in Texas. CEO Dr. Walt Menninger cited the need to tie to a medical school and said the clinic would wind down services and cut staff to cut losses while exploring future affiliations. Gov. Graves offered to reopen discussions to keep Menninger in Kansas.
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Topeka
Menninger Psychiatric Clinic
Baylor College of Medicine
Walt Menninger
Menninger
Houston
Methodist
Texas
Baylor
Peter Butler
Bill Graves
Kansas
Walt
Graves
Department of Commerce and Housing
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Sherrer
Laura McGowan
James
Finney County Fair
Lacey Fisher
Jeanne Clawson
Clawson
Englewood
Menninger Clinic
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