Pursesnatching prompts safer bank visits in Garden City
Garden City residents especially women aged 26 to 87 report changing habits after purse snatchings. They avoid night trips to ATMs, carry less cash, bank inside when possible, and follow safety tips from Police Chief Hawkins urging never to go alone with large withdrawals and to stay observant and call police if suspicious.
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Huse
Lucie Crotts
Crotts
Garden City
James Hawkins
Gov Sebelius backs some rights for gays in Kansas
Governor Sebelius signals support for extending protections to non-married Kansans in relationships with financial ties while cautioning against eroding existing gay marriage bans. She favors examining laws beyond civil unions and notes state limits on constitutional amendments.
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Sebelius
Kansas
House
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Independence
Jan Pauls
Hutchinson
Pauls
Kathe Decker
Relay Center
Christmas Eve Services Across Garden City Unite in Candlelight
Churches plan a range of Christmas Eve observances led by First Christian Church and other congregations. Services include candlelight, communion, and special music with varied times from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Some events feature bilingual or Hispanic congregations and joint potlucks.
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Muriel Wynn
Wynn
First Christian Church
Garden City
Church of the Brethren
Eighth St
Betty Dague
CBS
Coat of Many Colors
Evangelical Lutheran Church
N. 11Th St
First Baptist Church
Pierceville Federated Church
Avenue A
Pierceville
Prairie View Church of the Brethren
Rebecca Tuttle
Jon Tuttle
St. James Lutheran Church
Belmont Place
Word of Life Church
N. Third St
First Southern Baptist Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
First United Methodist Church
N. Main St
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Main and
Walnut
the Presbyterian Church
Texas
St. Mary Catholic Church
St. John St
Federal highway funding drama slows Kansas plans
Kansas Department of Transportation official Heidner warns that continued congressional delays threaten finishing 2009 highway projects. Without an increase, lawmakers may need to borrow $60 million to cover remaining work, and long term funding goals remain unclear.
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Ly Heidner
Kansas Department of Transportation
Congress
Heidner
Fallujah return slow as residents trickle back after siege
Iraqi residents begin returning to Fallujah in a limited pulse with only about 200 reaching the city on the first day. Officials cite lack of awareness and ongoing clashes as U.S. and Iraqi authorities try to restore order, while Mosul faces the deadliest base attack in recent weeks. FBI bomb experts join the probe, aiming to link explosive components to past bombings. Security adapts as Ramadan concerns fade after the holy month.
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Kevin Hansen
Fallujah
4Th Civil Affairs Unit
Iraq
Andalus
Mosul
U.S
FBI
Redman
CNN
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