Rash of Burglaries Plague Garden City Homes
Garden City police investigate 22 daytime residential burglaries on the west side from Nov 21 to Monday with losses over 20000 dollars. Items stolen include DVDs electronics jewelry and firearms. Two arrests made. public urged to report suspicious activity and contact police at 276-1300 or Crime Stoppers at 275-7807.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Utz
Police Department
No School Friday at Garden City High School
Garden City High School will not hold classes Friday as seniors present their Buff Projects, the culmination of fall semester work. Classes resume Monday.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
GED orientation set for January 11 at Garden City CC
Spanish language GED class orientation at Garden City Community College, through the High School Equivalency Program, will be held at noon in the Student and Community Services Center. The program requires students to attend at least five hours weekly and offers classes on various days and times. Contact coordinator Itzel Rodriguez at 275-3284 before December 20 or after January 2 for information and registration.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Itzel Rodriguez
Learning Center to hold awards ceremony
Garden City Community College Adult Learning Center hosts two awards ceremonies on December 14 to honor students who achieved gains in English as a Second Language and those who completed new levels of family literacy or GED programs. Daytime event at 11 a.m. and night session at 7 p.m. at the GCCC Student and Community building.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Campus Drive
Court refuses to hear Wittig appeal in bank fraud case
A federal appeals court declined to revisit the guilty pleas of Topeka bank officer David Wittig and Capital City Bank former president Clinton Odell Weidner II. They were convicted in 2003 of hiding a 1.5 million loan from bank and regulators. Weidner had pleaded guilty on day one and later claimed he was pressured by his attorney.
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Topeka Bank
Westar Energy Inc
David Wittig
Clinton Odell Weidner II
Capital City Bank
Wittig
Weidner
Pedro Iriganegaray
Brownback courts Iowa activists as full scale conservative
Senator Sam Brownback, launching an exploratory committee for a possible Republican presidential bid, appeals to Iowa activists in Cedar Rapids. He frames himself as a full scale conservative and urges focus on base energy, spending cuts, tax reform, and a broader compassionate conservative agenda. Brownback cites Bush era lessons and demands a tough stance on spending while highlighting prison reform and AIDS work in Africa. He draws on Midwestern roots and farm ties to connect with voters, urging unity among social and religious conservatives. He notes past GOP losses as lessons for a stronger comeback.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Washington
Earli
Linn County
Bush
Africa
Congress
Linn County Republicans
Dan Abolins
Abolins
Senate
GCCC directs students showcase theater progress
Garden City Community College students display directing skills in a Drama Student Showcase at Pauline Joyce Fine Arts. Six students demonstrated how a semester of directing class builds from exercises to eight line scenes and longer plays.
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Garden City Community College
Sammie Stockemer
Brandon Proffitt
Skip Mancini
Anton Chekhov
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Riley Luckett
Luckett
Mancini
Tors
James and
Ashley
Armando Minjarez
Blake Burnside
Garden City Community Community College
Teen beaten with tire iron in Garden City High cafeteria
Garden City police say Miguel Alvarez, 17, was attacked around 7:40 am by two Garden City High School students. He was treated for head injuries at the nurse’s station then released from St. Catherine Hospital. Authorities seek the assailants. attack described as non random and not gang related.
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Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Miguel Alvarez
Garden City High School
N. Main St
Mike
Utz
Alvarez
Applebee's in Delta Township closes amid illness complaints
Applebee's in Eaton County near Lansing shut again after more customers reported sickness. Health officials investigate a possible norovirus outbreak with four new cases in three groups and 28 statewide reports since November 1. Over 200 others contacted officials about the illness.
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Delta Township
Mich
Eaton County
Lansing
Lansing State Journal
Robert Schirmer
Barry-Eaton
Michigan Department of Community Health
MDCH
Janet Olszewski
Applebee's
Mission of Health
Laura Tigges
Overland Park
Kan
Tiahrt Vying to Lead Conservative GOP Group
Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt competes in a secret ballot for chair of the Republican Study Committee, an influential GOP conservative bloc. Supporters say he can push the party, while rivals like Jeb Hensarling press fiscal hawk positions and debate within the movement. Founders endorse Tiahrt, citing stature and vision to lead.
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Washington
Kansas
Todd Tiahrt
Republican Study Committee
U.S. House
Tiahrt
Texas
Jeb Hensarling
Mark Souder
R-Ind
Souder
RSC
GOP
John Doolittle
California
Ernest Istook
Oklahoma
Dan Burton
Indiana
Sam Johnson
Todd
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