City moves ahead with smoking ban plan and traffic upgrades
The Garden City commission approved a smoking ordinance targeting secondhand smoke near food service and licensed premises. Mayor Fuller noted no ban on smoking, while five points traffic upgrades funded by a $400,000 KDOT grant include new signals, video detection, and improved markings. Additional measures include expanding a local transit system with two wheelchair lift buses. The panel also approved a Brinks Constructors substation project for Mary and Campus streets at about 232,084 dollars. A four-lane widening of Jennie Barker Road was approved with 80 percent grant support, totaling nearly 2.6 million dollars. City staff received distinguished service awards, and an executive session reviewed City Manager Halloran’s contract amid talks of a possible new deal. The city plans to make Lee Richardson Zoo smoke-free at the Jan. 9 meeting.
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Garden City
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Rose
Thomas Bendure
Commission
Steve Cottrell
Five Points
Kansas Department of Transportation
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KDOT
Finney County Senior Center
Brinks Constructors, Inc
Bonanza Bio- Energy, LLC
Mary
Campus
Brinks Constructors
Jennie Barker
Schulman Avenue
Rosario Ibarra
Claudia Saenz
Bob Halloran
Halloran
Western Kansas hit by second snowstorm with wind and road closures
A new round of heavy snow and strong winds sweeps through western Kansas, with 25 to 45 mph gusts and whiteout risk. The storm shifts east by Sunday as I 70 remains closed to Colby and several highways report slick, slushy or snowpacked conditions. Denver airport faced 45 hours of shutdown with thousands stranded. Officials warn travelers to monitor kanroad.org and expect possible closures as lodging fills up.
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The
Weather Service
Kansas
Colorado
Denver
Salina
Cen
Mickelson
Colby
Hamilton County
Tribune
Johnson
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kanroad.org
Nation observes memorial service for President Ford
A national memorial begins with a Wednesday prayer service as Ford dies at 93 with family at his side. He led after Nixon resigned, lost to Carter in 1976, and retired to Rancho Mirage. Security tight at St. Margaret's, with suits for Secret Service, boat for Navy honor, and public viewing planned at the Capitol and National Cathedral.
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Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Fords
St. Margaret’s
Rancho Mirage
Navy
Ebony
Andrews Air Force Base
Capitol
National Cathedral
Washington
Grand Rapids
Congress
Bomb squad handles suspicious package in Garden City
Police say eight homes were evacuated and Garden City Red Cross housed displaced residents after a suspicious package prompted a bomb squad response. ATF and WPD bomb squads aided Finney County and 67 counties for six years amid ongoing investigations.
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Nguyen
Utz
Garden City
American Red Cross
Atteberry
ATF
WPD
Finney County
Wichita
Saddam Hussein execution fuels Iraqi tensions and violence
As Saddam Hussein nears execution, Iraqi leaders condemn the move while tribes and political factions warn of retaliation. Officials report ongoing violence across Baghdad and Mosul, with mortar blasts, bombings, and attacks on civilians and workers as U.S. forces maintain high alert.
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al-Maidan
Mosul
Musayyib
U.S
Thar Thar
Bryan Whitman
Pentagon
Saddam Hussein
Whitman
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Supreme Council For the Islamic Revolution
SCIRI
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