St Dominic Open House Tuesday at Catholic School
St Dominic Catholic School invites families to an open house Tuesday with staff introductions and classroom tours from 5 30 to 6 30 p m The schedule notes classes begin Wednesday with a half day and a full day Thursday In Independence AP a Montgomery County mule tested positive for West Nile virus after euthanization following paralysis a Kansas State University test confirmed the diagnosis No human cases are reported in Kansas with multiple counties reporting horse infections spotlighting the spread of the virus by mosquitoes
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Meade
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Kansas
ONEOK Settles Hutchinson Explosion Lawsuit
ONEOK will pay an undisclosed sum to settle a lawsuit from last year’s deadly Hutchinson natural gas explosions. Heirs of John and Mary Ann Hahn filed the suit against ONEOK and two subsidiaries Kansas Gas Service and Mid-Continent Market Center. A Sedgwick County judge was to rule on removing a cap on punitive damages next week.
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ONEOK
Hutchinson
John
Mary Ann Hahn
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Mid-Continent
Sedgwick County
Tyson to close hog farms in restructuring
Tyson Foods plans to close company owned and leased hog farms and end contracts with 132 contract hog producers in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma as part of restructuring the live swine operation. About 200 jobs will be eliminated. Tyson cites ongoing operating losses and aims to protect the remaining business.
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Springdale
Ark
Tyson Foods Inc
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tyson
John Tyson
Leaders to sample Garden City during Leadership Kansas tour
Leadership Kansas brings six month program to Garden City Wednesday through Friday to showcase southwest Kansas culture and agriculture. The group, touring stops across Colby Goodland Emporia Wichita and Hutchinson, aims to broaden leaders views beyond Wichita and highlight farm diversity and regional economy. Consuelo Sandoval notes Garden City’s inclusive, diverse culture and hopes peers gain new insights from the visit.
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Kansas
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Western Kansas
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Reeve Cattle Co
Agri Energy
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Colby
Goodland
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Wichita
Hutchinson
Jennings
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Lifetime
Art in the Park attracts crowd at Stevens Park
The 33rd annual Art in the Park drew a large crowd under windy autumn skies in Stevens Park. More than 100 booths offered stained glass, scrimshaw and wood crafts while judges named Wanda Stallings Best of Show and Jean Bailey the purchase award.
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Garden City
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Holcomb
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Wayne
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Lawton
Okla
Dunns
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Melvina Galliart
USDA
Lil’ Miss Priss
Boot Hill Museum to undergo major renovations in Dodge City
Renovations at Boot Hill Museum include a new exhibit People of the Plains and plans to install a donated Bucklin church building. A $100,000 matching grant funds renovations while the museum raises money to move the Bucklin church. The front Street replica will gain new murals, historic items and signs as part of the remodel.
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Dodge City
Bucklin
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Boot Hill
Plains
Pankratz
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Doll house raffle aids ACDC in southwest Kansas
A 35 inch by 48 inch L shaped Victorian doll house with seven furnished rooms was displayed at Citizens State Bank and later moved to Impressions on Main Street. Carrie Stasch owns the house which will be raffled in November to raise funds for Russell Child Development Center to support staff salaries and equipment. Tickets cost 5 each or 20 for five with about 75 dollars in tickets sold Saturday. United Way blackout prevents sale in Finney County between August 26 and November 8.
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Garden City
Citizens State Bank
N. Main St
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Russell Child Development Center
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Stasch
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Wichita
Vicky Hunter
Qualls
ACDC
Deanna Berry
Sharon Hixson
Finney County
United Way
Kansas
Amanda Schulz
Kate Sexson
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