Lee Richardson Zoo volunteers coffee meeting announced
Lee Richardson Zoo hosts an informational coffee at 10 30 a m on January 5 at the Finnup Center for Conservation Education for adults interested in volunteering in the education division. Attendees can meet current docents tour the center view the animal collection and learn how volunteers aid programs. Volunteers must be 18 or older with weekly training over about 10 weeks and commit to one year. Weekend and weekday help is sought and for more information call Kathy at 276 1250.
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Finnup Center For Conservation
Lee Richardson Zoo
Zoo
Kathy
Mobile home fire fatal to Topeka man
A Topeka man died when his mobile home burned in south Topeka. Fire officials said the fire gutted the interior but left the walls standing. Cause under investigation and foul play ruled out. the victim’s name was not released.
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Topeka
South Topeka
Larry Herschell
Fire Department
Greg Bailey
Kansas Man Ordered to Pay Restitution in Mail Fraud Case
A 41 year old Kansas man, Danny L. Kear from Colby, was ordered to pay 96,613 dollars in restitution to two banks. He received a five month prison term and five months of home detention in U S District Court in Lincoln Nebraska.
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Lincoln, Neb
Kansas
Danny L. Kear
Colby
Kan
U.S. District Court
Police hunt for Garden City man in rural shooting
Kearny County deputies seek 26 year old Cesar German, described as moody and possibly armed, after he allegedly opened fire on Grady Jones on a rural road east of Deerfield. Jones, shot in the chest, escaped and walked a mile to a farmhouse. German is 6 feet tall, 145 to 160 pounds, with black hair and eyes and two missing upper front teeth. Call authorities if seen.
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Kearny County
Garden City
Cesar German
Darrell Walters
Deerfield
Grady Jones
German
Jones
Regents seek more control over Kansas higher education
Community colleges technical schools and Washburn oppose state Board of Regents plans to tighten oversight. Regents urge legislation to make them the primary policy body and require contracts with institutions. University officials largely support the move, while nonuniversity groups call for more detail and input before adoption next month.
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Topeka
Community Colleges, Technical Schools
Washburn University
State Board of Regents
Technical
Washburn
Regents
Kansas
David Shulenburger
University of Kansas
Chuck Engel
Washburn Board of Regents
Engel
Kim Wilcox
State Regents
State Board
Wilcox
Historic Adobe Museum highlights High Plains history in Ulysses
The Historic Adobe Museum in Ulysses showcases High Plains life from the mid-1800s to today. Visitors see WPA roots, murals by Larry Britton, and a 2010s renovation costing $201000 led by Britton and contractor Phil Hammond. Nearby Hotel Edwards, moved from the original town site, forms part of the museum complex.
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Barry Hobson
Kaufman
Texas
Shasta Caffey
Ulysses
Grant Couny Museum
Grant County
Adobe Museum
High Plains
Edwards
Ginger Anthony
Anthony
Work Progress Administration
WPA
Larry Britton
Colorado
Phil Hammond
Britton
Kansas
Bachelors Club
Kansas City Star
Associated Press
United States
Pratt County Seizes Record Marijuana Busts in Week
Pratt County authorities report more than 500000 dollars worth of marijuana seized in a week. A 250 pound haul in a 32 foot motor home, found by Deputy Chris Tedder and K-9 Pico, was the largest in county history. Two men ages 35 and 60 were arrested. one agreed to cooperate with investigators. A separate 65 pound seizure in a Ford pickup led to a 17 year old being arrested, and follow up arrests connected to the same owner.
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Pratt (Ap
Pratt
Pratt County
Chris Tedder
Pico
Vernon Chinn
Illinois
Chicago
Chinn
Troy Foster
China
Confession Heard By Jury In Wichita Capital Murder Trial
In Wichita, Cornelius Oliver and Earl Bell Jr face charges for a Dec 7 killings spree that claimed Raeshawnda Wheaton, Odessa Ford, Quincy Williams, and Jermaine Levy. Oliver described the shootings in a clockhouse videotaped confession, with Bell charged as an accomplice and Burgess not charged.
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Wichita
Cornelius Oliver
Capital
Oliver
Earl Bell Jr
Raeshawnda Wheaton
Odessa Ford
Ford
Quincy Williams
Jermaine Levy
Wheaton
Bell
Demetrius Burgess
Williams
Levy
Earl
Quita
Chisholm
Burgess
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Community Colleges
Lew Ferguson
Uni
Graham K. Johnson
Teleg
Ulysses Museum
Telegram
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