Gingerbread Homes Build at Edith Scheuerman School
Edith Scheuerman Elementary students will design graham cracker gingerbread homes held together with frosting in the school gym from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday. Homes will be decorated with provided candies and displayed the following week before students take them home for winter break. In Council Grove, the historic Hays House 1857 Restaurant and Tavern is closed due to a Wednesday fire with no injuries. The kitchen addition was destroyed. rest of building soot damaged but intact. Cause is under investigation. The Hays House, opened 1857 by Seth M. Hays, has hosted notable patrons including Jesse James and George Armstrong Custer.
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Edith Scheuerman
Wilcox St
Council Groves
Council Grove
Wibw-Tv
Seth M. Hays
Daniel Boone
Jesse James
George Armstrong Custer
New ESU chief outlines keys to enrollment push
Emporia State University president Michael Shonrock credits persistence and social media in boosting enrollment at his former school. At Texas Tech he led a marketing and recruitment project that grew enrollment within six months and later achieved record growth. He helped develop technology to streamline applications and used social media for student outreach. He begins at Emporia State January 3.
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Emporia
Emporia State University
Michael Shonrock
Texas Tech
Emporia Gazette
Shanrock
Kansas Board of Regents
Emporia State
Nursing student Ebony Turner identified after Kansas City shooting
Ebony Turner 23, a nursing assistant program graduate, was found shot dead in Kansas City, Kansas. Friends say she dated Claude Hudson, killed four months earlier outside a nightclub. Police note Turner may not have been involved in any incident. Hudson's Aug. 11 death remains unsolved.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ebony Turner
Friends
Kshb-Tv
Turner
Claude Hudson
Tamika Pledger
Terence Hall
Hudson
Man given probation for string of burglaries
A 29-year-old man linked to 18 burglaries in Eudora will serve two years of probation. District Judge Kay Huff ordered a mental health evaluation and $820 restitution. David Allen Thomas pleaded no contest to three felony counts and eight misdemeanors in November.
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Eudora
Kay Huff
David Allen Thomas
Thomas
GCCC trustees discuss campus safety and budgets
Garden City Community College trustees met to review campus safety and the budget outlook for community colleges. Outgoing SGA president Daniel Gutierrez bid farewell as incoming Brittany Garcia addressed the board. Swender reported improvements in health and safety, expansion of video surveillance, and removal of asbestos while shrubs and foliage were trimmed to aid pedestrians.
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Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Daniel Gutierrez
Student Government Association
SGA
Brittany Garcia
Gutierrez
Herb Swender
GCCC
Swender
Snender
Terri Worf
Board of Trustees
Weekend events in Garden City offer carriage rides and gatherings
Western State Bank sponsors free horse drawn carriage rides 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Main and Spruce across Stevens Park. Also on tap are a Movie and Soup Supper at Church of the Brethren Saturday 6:30 p.m. featuring Christmas With A Capital C, a Country Jamboree Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. at the VIP Center Scott City, a Singles dance 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday at the Eagles Lodge open to 21 plus, and a public community vibe with finger food sharing and varied weekend activities.
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Garden City
Main
Spruce Streets
Western State Bank
Stevens Park
Church of the Brethren
Eighth St
VIP Center
Scott City
Eagles Lodge
U.S. Highway 83
Mary Street
Garden City Singles
Kansas audit questions indigent defense claims and bills
A Kansas Legislative audit finds some defendants labeled indigent may afford attorney fees. In 104 cases auditors flagged 13 non indigent appearances and one with income over 90 000. The report cites missing affidavits outdated forms and unverified data while a 2012 bill would let the board access income tax data to verify finances and strengthen defense funding oversight.
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Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit
Kansas
Board of Indigents’ Defense Services
Legislative Post
Scott Frank
Frank
Patricia Scalia
Kansas Board of Indigents’ Defense Services
John Grange
Rel Dorado
Grange
Wyandotte
Kansas imposes live bait rule on catfish waters
Kansas anglers face new rules effective January 1 restricting live wild caught bait to its water of origin to curb invasive Asian carp and zebra mussels. The changes bar transporting live fish between waters and require drained wells on boats. Critics say the limit hurts catfish fishing and could slow spread rather than stop it. Local official emphasize education and voluntary compliance.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ken Paulin
Elk City Reservoir
Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission
R.R. Shumway
Topeka Capital-Journal
Commission
Shumway
Buddy
Gerald Lauber
The
Wildlife Commission
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ESU
KCK
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Worf
William Clifford
Ron Schwartz
Independence Community College
Beth Tedrow
Campus Drive
Brad Nading
Robin Calderon
Wheatfield’s
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