U S 83 Crack Repair Set to Start Next Week
The Kansas Department of Transportation will begin a crack repair project on U S Highway 83 in Finney and Scott counties Monday. Traffic through the work zone will be reduced to one lane under a pilot car, with delays under 15 minutes. Huff Sealing Corporation of Albion Illinois is the contractor at a cost of $217,521, with completion expected in October.
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Finney
Scott Counties
Garden City
Scott City
KDOT
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KCSL Holds Finney County Head Start Open House
The Kansas Children's Service League invites the public to open houses at Garden City Head Start locations on Monday from 10 am to 2 pm and 4 to 7 pm. Visits will showcase classrooms, staff, and facilities at Ballinger Street, N Eighth Street, and East Highway 50. Parents can enroll with birth certificates and proof of income.
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Garden City
Ballinger St
N. Eighth St
E. Hwy 50
KCSL
Finney County
Kansas
Claudia Martinez
kcsLorg
FHSU Alumni Board Adds Four Directors
Fort Hays State University announces four new directors for its Alumni Association. Dan Sharp of Healy leads Sharp Brothers Seed Co with a four year term. Joining him are Mary Johansen Martin, Denise Stegman Riedel, and David Voss, all filling four year terms or three for Martin. All are alumni and part of the association’s 24 member board.
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Hays
Dan Sharp
Healy
Fort Hays State University
Sharp
FHSU
Sharp Brothers Seed Co
Mary Johansen Martin
Denise Stegman Riedel
Overland Park
David Voss
Colby
Martin
Riedel
Riedel Communications
Voss
Unicare Health Plan of
Kansas
Topeka
United States
Kansas committee questions SRS closings
Lawmakers seek details on Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services plan to shut nine offices. Officials say cuts meet a $1 million mandate, while critics warn residents lose services and nonprofits bear costs. A September hearing is requested.
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Topeka
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Joint Committee On State
Robert Siedlecki Jr
Lawrence
Senate
Ways and Means
Carolyn McGinn
Sedgwick
Lawrence Journal-World
Ex-Westar official Wittig wins 36 million payout
Former Westar Energy executive David Wittig will receive 36 million plus 3.1 million in legal fees and 2.7 million in stock compensation to settle a long running dispute. The settlement, funded from shareholder reserves, closes the chapter after Wittig and Douglas Lake faced charges of conspiracy and circumvention of internal controls.
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Topeka
Westar Energy
David Wittig
Wittig
Westar
Topeka Capital Journal
Gina Penzig
Douglas Lake
10Th
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Lake
New Canaan
Dan Lykins
Lykins
Kansas Board of Regents
Wittig and Lake
Kansas Corporation Commission
ECC
Mark Sievers
FBI uses highway billboards to track Fake Beard Bandit
Federal investigators deploy electronic billboards across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma to capture a suspect linked to seven robberies in the region. The “Fake Beard Bandit” targeted banks in Olathe Joplin Shawnee and Oklahoma through late May to July. The suspect is described as 25 to 35 years old, 5 8 to 6 feet tall, 150 to 180 pounds, often wearing sunglasses then a fake beard during robberies.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
FBI
Olathe
Kan
Joplin
Shawnee
Finney County Extension budget hearing on Monday
Finney County commissioners will hear from Extension Council members about 2012 budget cuts at 8:30 a.m. at the Administrative Center. They previously reduced funding to 200,000, with 210,000 this year reflecting 1997 levels. A public hearing will precede finalizing the 2012 budget and mill levy of 36,898, expected to raise 17.9 million in property taxes.
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Extension Council
Ninth St
K-State Extension Council
Public University
County Commission
Gctelegram.com
Board of Education
Wiley St
USC
Jean Rush
Rush
Kansas Association of School Boards
United Health Care
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