Suspect Identified in Garden City Rape Case
Garden City police identified an adult male suspect in a rape reported Wednesday at 10 30 a m in the south central area. The 17 year old victim was taken to St Catherine Hospital and officers were still seeking the suspect who knew the girl.
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Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Mike Utz
Utz
Man Injured In Gray County Single Car Crash
A Dodge City man, Jeffrey L. Banning, 32, was injured in a single car crash on U S Highway 56 five miles west of Ensign in Gray County. The 2002 Chevy Silverado rolled after leaving the roadway at 1 50 p m. He was transported to Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City wearing a seat belt. Hospital policy restricts release of patient condition.
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Dodge City
Gray County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ensign
Jeffrey L. Banning
Banning
Western Plains Medical Complex
KHP
Police seek assault charge against boy in Garden City
Garden City police refer a case to Finney County Attorney to file aggravated assault charges against a 16 year old boy linked to an incident Monday on Campusview Drive. Four males in a green four door vehicle allegedly waved a gun at three children and later a pellet gun was found in the car after it was located on Colony Street.
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Garden City
Finney County Attorney's Office
Campusview Drive
Mike Utz
Utz
Colony Street
Back to the Garden Reunion Planned at Lamplighter Lane
The Back to the Garden Reunion is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday at the home of Jim and Carol Taylor 1005 Lamplighter Lane.
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Carol Taylor
Lamplighter Lane
Humane Society to host adoptathon at Farmers Market
The Finney County Humane Society will hold an adoptathon from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Farmers Market in the Westlake Ace Hardware parking lot. Dogs puppies cats and kittens from the Finney County Garden City Animal Shelter can be adopted on site with rebates on adoption costs.
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Finney County Humane Society
Farmers Market
Westlake Ace Hardware
Fleming St
Finney County
Garden City
Scott City weighs city sales tax to fund nonprofits
Scott City officials study a possible city sales tax set at about 0.5 to 0.6 percent to fund nonprofit groups, including the Scott County Historical Society and golf course. A voter decision is anticipated next November, with the plan aiming to broaden funding beyond current property tax support and avoid immediate property tax relief.
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Scott City
HNS
Fred Kuntzsch
Scott
Kuntzsch
Photographers showcase at Garden City arts center this weekend
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council presents a fourth annual juried photography show at the Arts Center on Main in Garden City. The event features a 7 to 9 pm reception, judging Saturday by Wichita photographer Michael Summers, and runs through Sept. 12 with prizes totaling up to 125 dollars for best of show and 100 dollars for top color and B W classes. youth entries receive ribbons.
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Arts Center On Main
Garden City
The
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council
N. Main St
Wichita
Michael Summers
Southwest Barrel Racing Association
Finney County Fairgrounds
Broacbuster
Not Worthy
Stevens Park
Man seeks to withdraw plea in child indecent liberties case
Gustavo Ramos-Belda, 42, convicted July 11 of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child and domestic battery, asked to withdraw no contest pleas. Judge Frederick denied the motion and set Aug 31 for further plea-withdrawal hearings. If granted, he faces original charges and possible prison terms. he remains jailed.
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Gustavo Ramos-Belda
Kansas Ave
Apt
David Belling
Western Regional Public Defender’s Office
Robert Frederick
Belling
Ramos-Belda
Lois Malin
Finney County
Frederick
Malin
Area Mental Health Center
Teens plead guilty in Riverton High School plot case
In Cherokee County Court two 17 year olds James Tillman and Robert Hunt pleaded guilty to conspiracy to riot and were placed on probation for the school year and freed from house arrest. Three others 18 year old Charles Coy New 16 year old Caleb Byrd and 15 year old Andrew Jaeger pleaded not guilty to the same charge and a November 27 trial date was set for New with no date for the juveniles. Authorities say the Myspace discussion described how to disable cameras and weaken school windows as part of an alleged plot to attack Riverton High School with cameras and windows mentioned by the sheriff.
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Columbus
Southeast
Kansas
James Tillman
Robert Hunt
Cherokee
Charles “Coy
New
Caleb Byrd
Andrew Jaeger
Columbine High School
Colorado
Riverton High School
Myspace.com
Cherokee County
Steve Norman
Governors push ethanol industry gains and goals
Governors of Kansas and Missouri told an ethanol convention that industry growth is strong but still formative. They urged new markets and higher targets, with Blunt pushing 10 percent ethanol in Missouri by 2008 and Sebelius aiming for 25 percent of fuel by 2025. They noted 4.8 billion gallons produced nationwide and urged automakers and retailers to expand E85 use and pumps amid calls for innovation and cleaner production.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Matt Blunt
Kathleen Sebelius
American Coalition For Ethanol
Middle East
Middle West
Blunt
Sebelius
Governors’ Ethanol Coalition
U.S
Bush
Coalition
South Dakota
Tom Daschle
Exxon
Daschle
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