County weighs zoning gaps in horse arena disputes
Finney County Commission looked at discrepancies between land use and zoning records amid ongoing planning efforts. Kaleb Kentner noted regulators also face a lack of clear rules on rodeo arenas while a Maple Street horse track attracts yearly complaints of illegal activity and gambling.
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Kaleb Kentner
Finney County Commission
Finney County-Garden City- Holcomb
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Kentner
Planning Commission
Katrina carves gulf coast havoc in Mississippi
Rescuers in boats and helicopters searched for survivors as Katrina battered the coast. Governor Barbour warned Harrison County could see as many as 80 deaths, with New Orleans flooding rising due to a levee breach and pumps failing. Officials planned sandbag drops to seal the breach and aid recovery efforts.
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Gulfport
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Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Haley Barbour
United States
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Barbour
Harrison County
Biloxi
Gas price spike hits Garden City stations
Jose Montes rushed to fill up at Kwik Shop on Campus Drive as prices jumped 16 cents overnight from 2.59 to 2.75 a gallon. While some stations moved to 2.75, many pumps remained at 2.57 to 2.59 midmorning as motorists faced higher costs and expressed frustration.
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Kwik Shop
Campus Drive
Jose Montes
Montes
Campus
Garden City
Helena Harms
Harms
District adds 25 security cameras to two campuses
Gar den City High School and its Alternative High School expand surveillance with about 110 cameras total after installing Nex outside and inside the campuses. Officials say the system boosts safety, deters truancy and vandalism, aids incident review, and could identify those responsible for a sparkler bomb incident outside the high school Friday night.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
Darren Dennis
Finney County Community Learning Center
Bill Weatherly
Dennis
James Mireles
Rain Fails to Rescue Kansas Crops as August Deluges Arrive Late
In Kansas August rains arrived too late to save many crops but helped replenish soil moisture after years of drought. Farmers like Bob Timmons waited for fields to dry while rivers and creeks flooded some areas, and rainfall set records in Wichita and varied across counties, with Western Kansas above normal but not intensely wet.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kevin Lickteig
Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission
Paola
Fredonia
Bob Timmons
Wilson County
Jonathan Behle
Kansas State
Russell
Concordia
Garden City
Behle
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