Ammonia Leak Forces Evacuations in Garden City Stores
Firefighters rushed to Myers Dairy in downtown Garden City Tuesday night after an ammonia tank ruptured. The strong odor spread to Coffee Ann Restaurant, prompting evacuations. No injuries reported as crews aired the premises for about an hour. The dairy at 121 Grant and Coffee Ann at 111 Grant were affected.
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Myers Dairy
Garden City
Coffee Ann
Grant
Bob Majors
Majors
Carl Myers
Myers
Allen
One Man Keeps Collins Spruce As City Christmas Icon
Charlie Collins began decorating the blue spruce at 505 Chesterfield in 1945 with leftover lights and has expanded yearly to now feature about 1,370 bulbs across a 35 to 36 foot tall tree. Assisted by Art Rundle and others, the display runs after Thanksgiving with neighbors lighting duties and Collins deriving satisfaction from viewers’ praise.
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Charlie Collins
Chesterfield
Art
Collins
Art Rundle
Collins Furniture Store
Manuel Beltran
Ron Kauffman
Rundle
Mary Alice
Reuben Harmon
Audrey
Garden City
December Temperature Blues at Garden City Airport
A December weather recap shows the warmest day at 51 degrees on Dec 13 and a rare warm spell from Dec 8 to 14. The coldest night dipped seven degrees below zero, with December snow totaling six inches so far and a forecast to rise slightly before December 21.
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FAA
Garden City Municipal
Transportation keeps moving despite cold in Southwest Kansas
Subzero temperatures linger across Southwest Kansas with Garden City reporting a record low for the date of minus seven, and Elkhart at minus 11. Flights canceled or delayed due to icing, but airports remain open. Roads are passable with few weather related accidents as officials warn of possible ground blizzards if winds pick up.
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Kansas
Elkhart
Scott City
Tribune
Garden City Experiment Station
Experiment Station
Kristie Lucker
Air Midwest
Garden City
Trailways
Dave Crockett
Kansas Department of Transportation
Southwest
Crockett
Ken McCormick
Ulysses
Marjie Joseph
Senior Citizens Center
Finney County
Meals On Wheels
Lakin
Syracuse
Johnson
Scott
Dighton
Satanta
Sublette
Kansas Highway Patrol
Area Sheriff's Departments
KHP
Stanton County
Kearny County
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Scott County
Sheriff's
Grant
Haskell
Greeley
Lane
Gray
Hamilton
National Guard Armories
Arctic cold hits central states as storm spreads
Toll reaches 36 as Arctic weather eases briefly and freezes highways from Texas to Indiana with freezing rain. Montana reports 33 below zero. Snow swirls across Nebraska South Dakota Kansas Indiana Missouri, with Ohio expected to feel full impact tonight. forecasters warn of a prolonged cold wave through the weekend. Oregon also contends with a small storm.
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Associated Press
Texas
Indiana
Montana
Rockies
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Great Lakes
Central United States
Hugh Crowther
Kansas City
Plains
Ohio Valley
Oregon
Trucker tied to tree survives subzero ordeal
Raymond Curbow, 47, was hijacked near Concordia along I-70 Monday evening, tied to a tree by thieves as temperatures fell to eight degrees below zero. A passerby stopped after seeing distress, freeing him and notifying authorities. Curbow, diabetic, endured hours of freezing conditions before rescue and hospital treatment for hypothermia.
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Springfield
Raymond Curbow
Nixa
Carbow
Cox Medical Center
Curbow
Concordia
Sedalia
Missouri
U.S. 65
Corinne
Curbon
Coriine
Pettis County Sheriff's Office
Bothwell Memorial Hospital
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