Dodge City Woman Sentenced for Perjury in Grand Jury Case
A 29 year old Dodge City woman, Petra Garcia Martinez, was sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to perjury and making a false statement to federal investigators. She admitted she testified falsely before a Wichita grand jury in 2011 about her brother Pedro Garcia's affiliation with the Norteños gang in Dodge City.
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Wichita
Dodge City
Petra Garcia-Martinez
Barry Grissom
Garcia-Martinez
Pedro Garcia
Drought Advice Talk For Cattle Ranchers In McCook
Ranchers can learn drought management by attending the tri state cow calf symposium and trade show in McCook on January 8. Keynote James Robb of the Livestock Marketing Information Center discusses drought impacts on cattle numbers and markets. Additional sessions cover nutrition, herd management, and beef cow genetics. Registration closes January 2 by phone or email.
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Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
James Robb
Robb
Denver
Red Willow County Fairgrounds
Red-Willow-County
State lawmakers debate Kansas court selection at retreat
At a Topeka retreat conservatives discuss overhauling how Kansas appoints appel late and Supreme Court judges. KU law professor Stephen Ware calls the current nominating commission undemocratic citing governor and Bar Association influence. Ware favors governor selection with Senate confirmation. conservatives back the idea while Democrats and moderates warn of too much executive power.
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Wichita
Kansas
Wichita Eagle
Topeka
University of Kansas Law
Stephen Ware
Kansas Bar Association
Ware
Commission
Senate
Brownback speaks at Topeka religious event
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback addressed a weekend Topeka religious gathering drawing protests from church and state separation advocates. The Topeka Capital Journal notes several hundred attendees at ReignDown USA with broadcast reach claimed at about 25 million online and on television. Brownback spoke ten minutes turning to religion after a 1995 cancer diagnosis and prayed for forgiveness on stage.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
Topeka Capital Journal
ReignDown USA
Brownback
Brownback hails EPA ruling on sorghum based ethanol
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback applauds the EPA decision that grain sorghum ethanol qualifies under the Renewable Fuels Standard. The ruling could boost Kansas agriculture and ethanol plants, with sorghum already supplying a large share of the state's ethanol and several plants poised to expand use of sorghum produced in Kansas.
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Topeka
Environmental Protection Agency
Kansas
Sam Brownback
RFS
United States
Topeka Capital Journal
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Lisa Jackson
Kansas Grain Sorghum Growers Association
Jackson
Western Plains Energy
Oakley
Garden City
Garden City Christmas Parade Lights Up Main Street
Garden City saw a festive parade with illuminated vehicles and floats along Main Street. Residents Kali Maxfield and her daughters watched from the Windsor Hotel terrace as bands, dancers, and a singing lineup wowed crowds amid hot chocolate stands and a Mennonite Choir concert in Stevens Park.
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Old Windsor Hotel
Kali Maxfield
Windsor Hotel
Harley Hardy
Kiana Maxfield
Kiana
Harley
Mallory
Kali
Mallory Maxfield
Edith Scheuerman
Madison Maxfield
Horace Good Middle
Pierceville Federated Church
Jesus
Miranda
Christy
Kitavarada
Claudia
Stevens Park
John Doll
Kansas lawmakers urge NBAF support amid fiscal cliff
Kansas officials say the $1.15 billion National Bio and Agro-defense Facility in Manhattan should not be abandoned despite a looming fiscal cliff. Critics in New York urge funding removal while Kansas leaders press DHS and Congress, noting public safety and research needs amid budget pressure.
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Kansas
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Department of Homeland Security
Plum Island
N.Y
Ing
Kansas House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
New York
Tim Bishop
Long Island
NBAF
National Academy of “Ences
Riley County
Lynn Jenkins
Jenkins
DHS
Janet Napolitano
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House
John Boehner
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