Accident sends two to hospital near Copeland
Sublette man Chad Lanik 24 lost control of a 2001 Chevrolet on Gray County Road HH near Copeland. His truck hit a dirt embankment and became airborne before landing on its roof. Passenger Christopher Remmenga from Beatrice Neb was injured. Both were transported to Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. Neither wore a seat belt.
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Sublette
Copeland
Chad Lanik
Gray County Road
Kansas Highway Patrol
Lanik
Christopher L. Remmenga
Beatrice, Neb
Western Plains Medical Complex
Dodge City
Remmenga
KHP
DUI Checkpoint Planned in Finney County Friday Night
The Finney County Sheriff's Office and Kansas Highway Patrol will run a DUI sobriety checklane in Finney County from 10 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday. Extra deputies will monitor for impaired drivers to reduce highway injuries and deaths as part of the Impaired Driving Deterrence Program and national mobilization campaign You Drink and Drive You Lose.
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Finney County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Department of Transportation
Bureau of Traffic Safety
National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration
Meade rejects wind turbine plan for power
Meade Kansas officials rejected Kansas Wind Power proposal to install two wind turbines generating about three megawatts. Mayor Elaine Post cited insufficient time to evaluate cost effectiveness. Meade may consider wind power in future while noting regional projects and existing energy sources.
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Hoisington
Elaine Post
Post
Meade
FPL Energy
Montezuma
Gray County
CMS Electricity Cooperative
Kansas
Kansas Wind Power
Troy Helming
Larned
Crafty kids create decorations at SAHC Christmas class
The Southwest Arts & Humanities Council hosted a 90 minute Christmas art class for seven kids taught by volunteers Robin Valenzuela and Lianne Rydell. Children crafted wreaths and garlands from construction paper, discussed Santa, and shared creative projects while their families observed, with one student noting glitter as a favorite.
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Santa
Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Robin Valenzuela
Lianne Rydell
Haley Regan
Noah McCallum
Ce Aerie Kinder
SAHC
Woman Wins 2000 Crossword Prize At Kansas Dillon Store
Garden City resident Linda Katz won $2,000 in the Kansas Lottery Crossword game after filling in nine of 16 words on a ticket bought at Dillon's 1211 Buffalo Jones Ave. She plans to spoil her new grandbaby Lenora Kent in Overland Park with some Christmas gifts. In Topeka, Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline spoke at a MADD candlelight vigil, recounting his nephew's 1990 alcohol related death and urging action as 229 names were read.
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Topeka
Phill Kline
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Supreme Court
Kline
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
Bullock
Supreme Court
Stewart
McCallum
Douglass
Zoe
Gode
Blue
Rydell
Ramona McCallum
Noah
Max
Garden City
Brian
Garden City Community College
Linda Katz
Katz
Dillons
Buffalo Jones Ave
Lenora Kent
Overland Park
Kansas
Jimmy Kline
Sandi Raines
Kaw Valley
MADD
Raines
Madd.org
United States
Ten Commandments question rattles Kansas judge panel
In Kansas City eastern district, panelists questioned judicial hopefuls about belief in the Ten Commandments and abortion and capital punishment. A dozen lawyers interviewed November 21, with finalists David Miller and Amy Harth named. Gov. Sebelius to pick by December 24. The ACLU plans to address the matter in January.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas
Darrell Smith
Office of Public Trust
Robert W. Harrington
6Th Judicial
Miami
Linn
Bourbon
Miami County
David Miller
Amy Harth
Miller
Kathleen Sebelius
Harrington
Edward Biggs
Johnson County
Steven Jensen
Paola
Jensen
Kansas Supreme Court
Donald Allegrucci
Police search nets evidence in sex crime case
Garden City police and the Haskell County Sheriff's Office searched the Sublette home of Pascual Rodriguez II 41 in connection with three counts of indecent liberties with a child. The investigation ties to alleged sexual assaults of two 13-year-old girls at the Kansas Army National Guard Armory in May. Rodriguez is already jailed on two counts of rape involving a 12-year-old girl with alleged incidents in April and is facing a December pretrial conference after pleading not guilty.
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Finney County
Sublette
Garden City
Mike Utz
Pascual Rodriguez II
Utz
Kansas Army National Guard
S. Main St
Rodriguez
Guard
161St Field Artillery
Haskell County
S. U.S. Highway 83
Finney County District Court
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
South Lawrence
Douglas County
Russell
Winfield
Augusta
Emporia State University
Greensburg
la Crosse
Lincoln
Helming
Regan
Daniel Douglass
Santa Claus
Abby Herlan
Pamela Stewart
Herlan
Brad Nading
Artscenter
Main
N. Main St
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