Burglary on Crestview Drive Loots $5885 in Goods
Finney County deputies probe a weekend burglary at a rural Crestview Drive home with no forced entry. Items stolen total $5885 including clothing, a television, VCR, PlayStation, jewelry, tires and rims. No suspect details released. Also notes EMT class at Garden City Community College and multiple local incidents.
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Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Crestview Drive
Bascue
Jones Family Leads Kansas Livestock Association Era
Larry Jones, 51, becomes the 86th KLA president at the Wichita convention as a four-state alliance forms to boost marketing for cattle producers. The Jones family has led since 1945, with his grandfather and father earlier serving as presidents. Jones plans focus on CAFO regulation, beef safety, and market access while guiding J.O. Cattle Company with his brother Bob and five children at home.
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Oklahoma
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Kansas State University
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Bob Jones
Topeka
Washington
Legis
EPA
Texas A&m
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Kate
Laramie
Kahlen
Kelsey
Jordon
Teens Ring Bells for Salvation Army Drive at Local Stores
Area teens including Desi Alvarado and Abraham Liberto ring bells at JC Penney and other stores as part of the Salvation Army Christmas drive. They volunteer for community service hours and a Kansas City trip, have raised about 14 thousand dollars toward a 100 thousand goal, and have logged over 500 hours. The program relies on teens from groups like 4 H and local schools and stores to fill shifts.
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Desi Alvarado
JC Penney
Abraham Liberto
Kansas City
Alvarado
Harold Frost
Frost
Kansas Children’s Service League
Security State Bank
Jennie Wilson
Liberto
April Oberheim
Cody
Construction slows in county amid rising values
Finney County and Garden City saw November construction values near one million dollars with most projects under 50 000. Garden City totals 979 099 from 36 projects while Finney County reports 32 750 and Holcomb 40 000 in November. Year to date Garden City at 37.7 million and Finney County at 6.2 million. Holcomb 1.3 million.
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Holcomb
Summerwood Court
E. Maple St
Castlewood Place
E. Kansas Ave
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Vfw Road
Industrial Park
W. River Road
Jeremy
Task force urges changes to Kansas transportation funding
The Transportation 2000 task force told Gov. Bill Graves that the state should redirect sales tax revenue from new and used vehicles to the 10 year program and avoid further general fund transfers. They warned the 1.3 billion deficit risk across all rural and urban transport modes without continued funding.
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Transportation 2000
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State of
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Task Force
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