Saturation Patrols Target Impaired Driving This Weekend
Garden City police will boost patrols over Labor Day weekend from 10 30 p m Friday to 2 30 a m Saturday. DUI task force officers will watch for slow driving cross lane violations red lights and other signs of intoxicated driving and may act on breath smell bloodshot eyes slurred speech or other cues. The drive aims to saturate designated areas with roving officers to curb impaired driving and emphasize speeding and seat belt violations.
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Garden City
Sobriety Checklane Set for This Weekend
Finney County Sheriff's Office and Kansas Highway Patrol plan a DUI sobriety checklane from 11 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday. Extra deputies will staff the task force focusing on reducing highway injuries and deaths by arresting impaired drivers passing through the checklane.
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Finney County
Knowles and Smith Set to Perform at Friday Living Room Concert
Nathan Knowles and Deena Smith, multi instrumental singer songwriters, are the next High Plains Public Radio Living Room Concert Series performers at 7 30 p m Friday in the studios at 210 N Seventh. Cookies from Herbs Hamburgers will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Knowles
Deena Smith
High Plains Public Radio
N. Seventh
Sebelius Uses Education Ad To Portray Leadership
Gov Kathleen Sebelius launches a television spot in Topeka Wichita and later Kansas City arguing she ended gridlock over school finance and strengthened public schools. The ad contrasts earlier criticism with a claim of leadership as lawmakers passed a 541 million dollar aid plan, while Republicans question the impact of her role.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Wichita
Kansas City
Sebelius
Christian Morgan
GOP
Jim Barnett
Morgan
Bob Beatty
Washburn
Kansas Supreme Court
Nicole Corcoran
Barnett
Beatty
Gas prices ease as driving season ends across area
Local gas prices slip with unleaded averaging 2.83 per gallon in Garden City as wholesale oil prices retreat. Tim Carr of the Kansas Geological Survey links the dip to lower oil costs, end of the driving season and easing hurricane and Middle East tensions. National average sits at 2.82, while area stations vary 2.78 to 2.94 per gallon.
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Tim Carr
Energy Research
Kansas Geological Survey
New York Mercantile Exchange
Associated Press
Garden City
Pete Maestas
Garden City Co-Op Inc
AAA
Carr
Kansas
Ernesto
Florida
Middle East
Man seeks to withdraw plea in sons' trailer fire deaths
LIBERAL AP A man who pleaded guilty to killing his two young sons in a trailer fire asks to withdraw his plea. Robert Fox contends proper procedure wasn’t followed when he pleaded guilty to two counts of reckless second degree murder in the March 2004 deaths. He says sleep deprivation and pressure influenced the deal. Prosecutors say the plea was proper and Fox chose it. A Sedgwick County judge will rule soon. Fox originally faced capital murder charges for the deaths of 6-year-old Chance Fox and 4-year-old Rowdy Fox in Hooker, Oklahoma, where they were visiting him in southwest Kansas. He pleaded guilty July 26, sparing a possible death sentence. Fox maintains his innocence.
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Liberal
Robert Fox
Fox
Steven Maxwell
Kansas
Maxwell
Seward
Tom Smith
Chance Fox
Rowdy Fox
Hooker
Okla
Topeka church hires first amendment attorney
Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka has hired Jonathan Katz of Maryland to defend against a defamation suit filed by Albert Snyder over protests at Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyders funeral in March. The suit claims privacy violations and defamation related to online postings.
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Westminister, Mad
Kansas
Iraq
Albert Snyder
Fred Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church
Lance Cpl
Matthew Snyder
Maryland
Topeka
America
Snyder
York, Pa
Phelps
Westboro Baptist
Jonathan Katz
Silver Spring
Baltimore Examiner
Katz
Banks warn of scams educate seniors on identity theft
Local banks warn about a phishing scam targeting seniors that requests personal financial data. Community police note scammers pose as banks. hang up, contact banks, and run annual credit checks. Banks provide brochures and warnings on statements. Officials say tracking money is possible but often overseas transfers hinder recovery. Public safety and banking officials urge shredding personal information and safeguarding mail.
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Craig Wheeler
Commerce Bank
N. Main St
Garden City
Mike Utz
Utz
Joe Kennedy
Landmark National Bank
Landmark
Jim Cross
US Attorney’s Office
Cross
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Finney County Senior Citizen Association
10Th St
Ambassador Singers
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Norma Nichols
Herb
Price
Juice
Sebelius’ Campaign
Marvin Wilson
Buffalo Range
Boy Scouts of America
Ethan Hinojosa
Ernesto Hinojosa Jr
Carolina Hinojosa
Ernesto Hinojosa
Gertrude Walker
Bill Phillips
Money Stop
Marlene Smeltzer
Presto
Kansas Ave
Phillips
Mayra Moreno
The
Topeka Church
First Amendment
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