Arts Center hosts open house after Holiday Parade
The Arts Center on Main at 318 North Main hosts an open house Saturday with hot chocolate and cookies after the Holiday Parade which starts at 7 p.m. Student artists from Holcomb High School exhibit paintings and photography in the student gallery. Archie Oliver teaches at the school and also has work in the main gallery.
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Arts Center
Main
N. Main St
Main Street
Holcomb High School
Archie Oliver
Mother charged in killing her newborn
WELLINGTON AP A Genda Springs woman, Rebecca Lynn Gregory, 29, was charged with first degree murder in Sumner County for the death of her newborn child. She is held on a $50,000 bond with no unsupervised contact with her 2-year-old son. Authorities searched the grounds around a pig farm for the baby’s body. The investigation began Friday and Gregory was arrested early Saturday. Officials did not disclose the baby’s gender, cause of death, or autopsy status. The baby was not born in a hospital and died in rural Sumner County.
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Wellington
Genda Springs
Sumner County
Rebecca Lynn Gregory
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Sumner County Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff's Department
Gregory
William Mott
Gerald Gilkey
Sumner
Butler County Sheriff resigns to join Army Reserve
Butler County Sheriff Stan Cox resigned on Monday to active duty with the U S Army Reserve. Undersheriff Craig Murphy will run the department until a successor is named, and County Clerk Ron Roberts will handle finances. The Butler County Republican Party will choose the new sheriff within 45 days.
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Butler County
EL Dorado
Stan Cox
U.S. Army Reserve
Cox
Leon
Sheriff's Department
County Commission
Craig Murphy
Ron Roberts
Republican Party
Scott Stoskopf
Group to watch for terrorists formed
LAWRENCE AP A Topeka man helped form the U S National Patrol a nationwide voluntary outfit to serve as eyes and ears for law enforcement against terrorists and threats. Horton 54 says membership may reach 600 to 720 plus across Kansas Missouri Mississippi Texas and Oklahoma for 25 dollars lifetime, ID card and patches.
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Lawrence
Topeka
U.S. National Patrol
Robert Lee Horton
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Horton
Kenny Massey
Douglas County
Sunday liquor sales under Kansas home rule challenge
Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments on whether cities can use home rule to allow Sunday liquor sales, a practice still criminal under state law. Wyandotte County argues cities may opt out of nonuniform provisions. the state contends liquor rules are uniform and remain illegal Sundays unless changed by Legislature. The court may rule as early as next month.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Topeka
Wyandotte County
Kansas City
Kan
Henry Couchman
Wyandotte
Kansas
Edwardsville
Missouri
Julene Miller
Miller
Couchman
Special Committee On the Judiciary
Supreme Court
Last chance to mail gifts before Christmas rush begins
Garden City postal officials say Monday is the last day to send packages to arrive by December 25. Priority Mail offers 2 to 3 day delivery, while Express Mail is 2 days but pricier. Post office warns against hazardous packing, advises early labeling, and notes expected peak Monday and Dec 17.
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Santa
U.S
Hornsbeck
Carol Wigner
Garden City
N. Sixth St
Garden City man faces domestic battery and threats charges
A Garden City man, Earl Chestnut, 47, is bound over for arraignment on three counts of criminal threat and two counts of domestic battery after allegedly beating his wife with a boot and threatening to kill her if she divorced him. The incidents occurred in late January at 1805 Pats Drive. Emily Mildred Zimmerman testified to the abuse and threats. Chestnut also faces a separate stalking charge. He is held on a $5,000 cash only bond.
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Garden City
Finney County
Earl Chestnut
Mildred Zimmerman
Chestnut
Pats Drive
Zimmerman
Steve Upshaw
Garden City Police Department
Kelly Bowman
Bowman
Michael Radke
Radke
Pats
GCCC Trustees Hear Updates on Building Projects and ESL Center
GCCC board members met at 5 45 p m in the Endowment Room to discuss the East Garden Village mobile home park facilities plan and a $40 000 retrofit option for three aging ESL trailers. Ballantyne noted construction details are being refined before final payments and that a Jan 18 grand opening remains possible with furniture and equipment timelines.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Carol Ballantyne
Ballantyne
D & D Builders
Bill Hammond
East Garden Village
Mobile Home Park
Nancy Harness
Finney County Community Learning Center
Hammond
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Wigner
Renea Ortiz
Holcomb
Jacque Lucero
Patty Ketterling
Gccc Board of Trustees
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