Wheat Lands Chamber Breakfast Hands Community Update
The Wheat Lands chamber begins its monthly breakfast at 7 30 a m Wednesday at the Wheat Lands Convention Center 1408 E Fulton St The Red Cross Blood Services sponsors the event Reservations are requested by calling 276 3264 A separate report notes a 60 year old Ulysses man Martin Humphreys was arrested Saturday night after allegedly shooting a man in the foot at a private rural Grant County property 4039 West Road 1 Tuman 33 was driving on the property when he was shot following an altercation with residents</s>
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Chamber of Commerce
Wheat Lands Convention Center
E. Fulton St
American Red Cross Blood Services
Chamber
Ulysses
David Tuman
Martin Humphreys
Grant County
Tuman
West Road 1
Brown Students Raise Money for Charity
Alta Brown Elementary School third graders will present funds raised for the Salvation Army at 8 15 a m Wednesday in the gym. Students made and sold Christmas cookies for the charity project and donated the proceeds from last Friday’s sale.
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Alta Brown
Salvation Army
Lunch Exchange at VO Elementary Challenges Weather Gaps
Victor Ornelas Elementary School principal Jon Ansley offers staff lunch on Thursday in return for a child hat or gloves. Hats and gloves will be loaned to students by classroom teachers for recess to help children who lack winter wear.
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Jon Ansley
Victor Ornelas Elementary School
Supreme Court orders new sentencing for killer Vaughn Flournoy
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld Vaughn L. Flournoy’s first degree murder conviction for the 1997 shooting of his grandmother Lillian Thomas in Kansas City Kansas. Justices sent the case back to Wyandotte County District Court to reconsider his Hard 40 life sentence. The ruling was among four first degree murder appeals decided last week.
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Topeka
State Supreme Court
Kansas City
Kan
Vaughn L. Flournoy
Lillian Thomas
Wyandotte County District Court
Flournoy
Supreme Court
Professional boxer aids in Kansas girl's search
Professional boxer Derrick Harmon plans to wear a picture of 14 year old Jaquilla Scales on a chain during Friday Night Fights on ESPN2. His cornermen will wear the photo in Temecula California as the nationwide media spotlight on the missing Kansas girl grows.
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Wichita
Kansas
Derrick Harmon
Jaquilla
ESPN2
Demetrious Jenkins
Temecula
Calif
Fate of Garden City airport rests with Congress hearing
Congress debates Essential Air Service funding for Garden City and other Kansas airports. At $63 million, service could drop to Denver or Kansas City. $120 million would preserve current levels. U.S. Rep. Moran backs full funding. local officials warn rural air service loss harms economy. Discussions continue in Kansas and Washington as budgets clash.
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Garden City
Congress
Kansas
Washington, D.C
Dodge City
Hays
Great Bend
Liberal
House
Senate
U.S. Department of Transportation
Denver
Kansas City
Carol Meyer
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Meyer
U.S. Department of Defense
United
TIS Air
U.S
Jerry Moran
R-Hays
Rhays
EAS
Moran
City Commission
FCEDC
Get
George Hopkins
von Hunn
Finney County
Kohl’s
AmericInn
Comfort Inn
Applebee’s
Staples
Wilson students stage lively Christmas program with flair
Jennie Wilson third and fourth graders perform The Twelve Days of Christmas with colorful costumes and dialogue, mixing traditional themes with modern views. Director Sally Sharp, in her first Garden City year, chose a cast of about 100, and costumes were handmade by Sharp and her mother for reuse. The story follows a boy who wanted a basketball but received the twelve gifts, ending with a basketball. The performance included break dancing and a rap about faxing letters to Santa. Other schools schedule concerts tonight including Kenneth Henderson Middle School Choir, Buffalo Jones Elementary, Abe Hubert Middle, and Garden City High School, with elaborate student-made scenery.
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Jennie Wilson Elementary School
Jennie Wilson
Garden City
Sharp
Edith Scheuerman
Jeremy Gill
Santa
Claus
Kenneth Henderson
Jane Vanderhoff
Buffalo Jones
Abe Hubert
Garden City High School
Inmate Hangs Self in Topeka Jail Amid Crisis Warnings
Shawnee County inmate James Edward Roberts Jr., 38, hanged himself with a sheet in his cell at 6 17 a m Monday. Police said officials had warned of personal crisis, but jail did not place him on death by own action watch. he was checked every 30 minutes.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
James Edward Roberts Jr
Timothy Phelps
Roberts
Phelps
John Sidwell
Sidwell
Sebelius denies delay in Blue Cross sale hearing
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius refused a petition from two advocacy groups to push back the three day public hearing on Anthem Inc. proposed purchase of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas scheduled for January 7 to 9. The groups argued the process is hurried and limits policyholders' review time.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas State Nurses Association
Kansas Association For
Sebelius
Anthem Inc
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Department
Nicole Corcoran-Basso
Corcoran-Basso
Joyce Valmut
Association For the Medically Underserved
KU President defends tuition hikes amid funding gaps
KU provost and Chancellor defend proposed tuition increases to fund higher education, saying state finances require more money to keep KU among top public research universities. They cite 39th ranking by U.S. News and World Report and plan 20 percent of new funds for scholarships to protect access for students.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
Robert Hemenway
Kansas
U.S. News and World Report
Hemenway
Topeka Capital-Journal
Bill Graves
Graves
State Board of Regents
Regents
Kansas State University
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
University of Missouri
North Carolina
Colorado
David Shulenburger
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Ulysses Man
Brown
Wilson
Ukans.edu
Board of Regents
Kansasregents.org
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