Garden City DUI checkpoint planned for Sunday
Garden City Police will run a sobriety checkpoint from 1 to 3 am in a high traffic area within the city. The aim is to identify intoxicated drivers and remove them from streets while minimizing disruption for sober motorists. Funded by the Impaired Driving Deterrence Program grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Garden City opens multiple schools for back to school tours
Garden City Public Schools schedule open houses across several elementary and middle schools on Tuesday and Thursday to acquaint students and parents with teachers and classrooms. Events run 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at sites including Alta Brown Buffalo Jones Edith Scheuerman Jennie Wilson Plymell Bernadine Sitts Charles O Stones and Victor Ornelas with sign in, supplies, and orientation details guiding families through the district’s back to school process for the 2009-10 year.
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Garden City
Alta Brown
E. Pine St
Buffalo Jones
Taylor Ave
Edith Scheuerman
Wilcox St
Jennie Wilson
Dents
Plymell Elementary
Plymell Road
Bernadine Sitts
Belmont St
Charles O. Stones
Jennie Barker Road
Victor Ornelas
E. Spruce St
Kenneth Henderson
Fleming ‘St
Abe Hubert
A St
Georgia Matthews
Johnson St
Jennie Barker
Taxidom Sampling Report From Garden City Gas Stations
A morning survey conducted across ten Garden City gas stations documents an informal taxidom sampling effort. Officials note varied compliance and pricing patterns, with observers cataloging fuel types and pump readiness across locations.
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Garden City
Kansas reports first swine flu death in Sedgwick County
Wichita area resident with chronic condition suffered worsened by H1N1. Victim died earlier this week but flu not sole cause, KDHE says case confirmed July 30. State logged 247 confirmed cases. 23 hospitalized, with Johnson County accounting for 33 hospitalizations.
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Kansas
Topeka
Wichita-area
Sedgwick County
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Jennifer McCausland
Dickinson County
KDHE
Maggie Thompson
Johnson County
Kansas City
Health Department
Tions
Nancy Tausz
Tausz
Leon Wasinger
Wichita
National Weather Service Office
Barton County
Senators block Obama nominees over Leavenworth plan
Kansas's Senators Brownback and Roberts halt 10 Obama nominees for senior posts at the Pentagon and Justice Department to press for answers on housing Guantanamo detainees at Fort Leavenworth. They demand Leavenworth be removed from consideration and warn they will continue until responses are given.
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Kansas
U.S
Barack Obama
Pentagon
Justice Department
Fort Leavenworth
Congress
Obama
Army
John McHugh
New York
Sam Brownback
Pat Roberts
White House
Leavenworth
Michigan
al-Qaida
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Guantanamo
Administration
Brownback
Roberts
Rival newspapers settle lawsuit in Liberal Kansas
The 121 year old Southwest Times and the High Plains Daily Leader settled a federal suit after mediation in Wichita. Terms were undisclosed. Publisher Earl Watt and 15 former employees formed the daily after cutbacks at the Times. Both sides kept quiet on details.
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Wichita
Kansas
Liberal
U.S. District Court
Earl Watt
The
Southwest Times
Watt
High Plains Daily Leader
James Guttmer
Liberal Publishing Co
Liberal Publishing
Gadsden
Lancaster Management Inc
Larry Phillips
Phillips
Brief Kansas rain brings relief from heat
Thunderstorms moved from eastern Colorado into Kansas overnight dropping brief heavy rain across Reno and Barton counties. Great Bend logged 1.23 inches while Syracuse and Holcomb reported around 0.8 inches. Highs near 80 offered a one day reprieve before heat returns this weekend with hot, breezy conditions and a small Monday shower chance.
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Mike Scott
Dodge City
National Weather Service Office
Syracuse
Holcomb
Scott
Reno County
Sheriff's Department
Great Bend
Wasinger
Southwest
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