Winter Weather Impacts Plains Area Schools and Roads
Finney County faced mixed winter conditions with snow sleet and ice. Public Works agencies deployed salt and sand while temperatures dip, advising slower travel and caution at intersections. Dozens of districts kept schools open on mud routes. Holcomb and Garden City area buses evaluated dirt roads amid forecasted snow showers.
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Utility Electric Service Center
Wheatland Electric
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
Public Works
Sam Curran
Curran
Garden City
National Weather Service
Finney County
Michael Scott
Scott City
Stanton County
Syracuse
Holcomb
Garden City Community College
Lakin
Ulysses
Hugoton
Moscow
Satanta
Sublette
GCCC
Steve Quakenbush
Board approves bullying plan and staffing changes at USD 457
USD 457 board approves a cyberbullying policy and staff training under a new plan aligned with state law. It also awards a $39,143 contract with 25th Judicial District Youth Services for detention center services and lists multiple new hires transfers and retirements across Florence Wilson, Bernadine Sitts, Kenneth Henderson and other district facilities.
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Kenneth Henderson
Renee Scott
25Th Judicial District
Youth Services
USD 475
Rosa Lee Duran
Macie Frey
Florence Wilson
Danielle Fuentes
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate
Letizia Guerrero
Garden City High School
Deborah Haskins
Matthew Horney
Bernadine Sitts
Stacy Koop
Charles McMillian
Buffalo Jones
Jesskca Perez
Kara Pomeroy
Garfield
Nicole Russo
Alta Brown
Rosa Solis
Yesenia Soto
Charles O. Stones
Jennifer Sperry
Joseph Tabor
Jefferson Walker
Jodi Wilson-Zook
Heather Binns
Adriana Ramirez
Jennie Wilson
Lorelei Reiss
Michael Rittermeyer
Gloria
Neal Benedick
Henrietta Monica Duran
Ann Brives
Victor Ornelas
Hollie Pope
Jennifer Showalter
Roy Cessna
Iva Woodard
Office of Instruction
Glen Sonderegger
Georgia Matthews
Kristin Herndon
Gertrude Walker
Angelica Holguin
Melinda Norman
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
County funds program slack to keep Youth Services running
Commissioners praised the county for picking up the slack after initial grant funds run out calling it one of the best statewide. The Star project grant will let Youth Services with USD 457 and the Juvenile Detention Center run a four year pilot through corrections facilities, with a case manager helping juveniles transition back to the community. Sedgwick and Johnson counties also received the grant while the state could expand it statewide. Emergency Medical Services leaders highlighted growing bariatric transport needs noting a 480 pound patient could not fit in a regular vehicle and required transfer to another county, signaling a need for better equipment for morbidly obese patients.
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Youth Services
Juvenile Detention Center
Gerber
Sedgwick
Johnson
Emergency Medical Services
Bob Prewitt
Prewitt
Finney County Ems
Pre
Judge denies Rodarte case appeal and notes attorney change
A Finney County judge refused Rodarte’s bid to remove his attorney Upshaw citing no specific legal basis and a limited pool of murder case qualified lawyers. Rodarte’s next hearing is Feb 12 at 9 a.m. Vicente Rodarte pleads no contest to second degree murder in Galvez death.
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Upshaw
Richardson
Rodarte
Vicente Rodarte
Long Beach
Galvez
Tamara Hicks
Finney County
Vicente
Guadalupe Rodarte
Hicks
Finney County Sheriff's Deputies
Rodarte Brothers
Garden City
Mexico
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Healy
Ingalls
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Emily Behim
Jeremy Boyll
USC 457 Board of Education
Board of Education
Commission
Holiday Goodies
Angie
Whartons
Regan Jewelers
N. Main
Kirk Clemon
Senate
Sig
Gara
Sommunty
Ollege
Rmation
Nadel Olie
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