National Night Out Roundup at Stevens Park Tuesday
National Night Out promotes prevention and community policing with events at Stevens Park from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Garden City sponsors include the Garden City Police Department the Fire Department and the Finney County Sheriff's Office with National backing by Target and the National Association of Town Watch. Speakers include Garden City Commissioner John Doll Police Chief James Hawkins and Sheriff Kevin Bascue. Residents are urged to lock doors turn on lights and join a neighborhood block party with free food and activities for children. Call Master Patrol Officer Robert Scrivner at 276-1800 to host a block party attendance.
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Stevens Park
Target
National Association of Town Watch
Garden City
John Doll
James R. Hawkins
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Nation
Robert Scrivner
Half Fast Singers Set to Perform at Garden Valley
The Half Fast Singers will present a free musical program at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Garden Valley Retirement Village, 1505 E Spruce St. Director and guitarist Dr. Mark Neuman leads the group with vocalists Wen Wurst Rich Taylor and David Miller providing humor and vocals.
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Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Mark Neuman
Wen Wurst
Rich Taylor
David Miller
Teen killed at Lyon County fair during Mud-A-Thon
In Emporia, Kansas a vehicle in a mud track event veered off the course, struck a spectator pickup, and killed 17 year old Hannah Deaver of Shawnee who sat in the back with another teen. Police say the modified truck went airborne after hitting a guard rail during the Lyon County Fair.
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Emporia
Kansas
Hannah Deaver
Shawnee
Lyon County Fair
Deaver
Six candidates vie in Big First GOP primary
A six person race for Kansas 1st District Republican nomination heads to a Tuesday primary amid a three way poll tie among Jim Barnett Tim Huelskamp and Tracey Mann. Each candidate touts limited government debt and repeal of national health reform while presenting distinct resumes from medicine farming business to military service. The winner faces Democrat Alan Jilka in November.
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Jerry Moran
First
Marck Cobb
Galva
KWCH
Jim Barnett
Tim Huelskamp
Tracey Mann
Rob Wasinger
Sue Boldra
Cobb
Barnett
Emporia
Hays Daily News
Kansas
Huelskamp
Fowler
Kansas Senate
Topeka
Sen. Barnett
Mann
Salina
Quinter
Wasinger
Hays
Cottonwood Falls
Sam Brownback
Fort Hays State University
Boldra
US Air Force
Alan Jilka
Jilka
School funding takes center stage in Kansas governor race
Education funding looms as a major issue in the Kansas governor race as more than 70 of 293 districts threaten October lawsuits over financing. Brownback avoids a specific formula while Holland seeks adequate funding, with litigation looming over school finance promises.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Joan Heffington
Derby
Boeing
Heffington
Ers
Kathleen Sebelius
Holland
Department of Education
Sebelius
Kansas Supreme Court
Boards of Education
Kansas GOP Senate race heats up with old ethics lines
In the tight Republican primary in Kansas, Rep. Moran and Rep. Tiahrt trade character attacks as Moran cites a House ethics probe of Tiahrt and Tiahrt counters with Moran’s own ethics inquiry. Both campaigns question each other’s conservatism while a former Moran aide leaks an internal email.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jerry Moran
Todd Tiahrt
Moran
U.S. House
Tiahrt
Washington
Ronnie Metsker
Overland Park
GOP
Johnson County
Tom Little
Mound City
Senate
House
House Appropriations Committee
Office of Congressional Ethics
U.S. Justice Department
Washington House
C Street
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Pau Thi
Emma Schiffelbein
Finney County Fair
Tim Shallenburger
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