Sumner Co Opens New Casino Bidding Round
Sumner County seeks new proposals for a casino and hotel complex after Harrah’s-led group dropped plans. Kansas Lottery will own the gambling. April 1 deadline set for applications with local official endorsement required. Law allows one casino each in Sumner Ford Wyandotte and Crawford or Cherokee counties. Commission issues pared down RFP at Monday meeting.
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Sumner County
Harrah's Entertainment Inc
Kansas Lottery
Lottery
Sumner
Ford
Wyandotte
Crawford
Cherokee
Horses named for inaugural parade join Kansas riders
Fort Riley reports training starts next week for Kansas bred horses chosen for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration parade. The bay geldings named Comanche Traveler Cyclone Gunner and Scout weigh 1100 to 1200 pounds and will be ridden by 14 soldiers in the Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard. Most riders have recent deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Wyoming
Iraq
Afghanistan
Sheriff’s son charged with sex crimes in Kansas City
Leroy Green III, 35, son of Wyandotte County sheriff, was arrested after authorities sought help locating him. He faces nine counts of rape and six counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, all involving victims under 14, with acts alleged from 2001 to August. Bond set at 1 million dollars. Sheriff Leroy Green Jr knew of the charges but declined comment.
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Kansas Star
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Man loses fingers in home made sparkler explosion
A Hutchinson man, 44, tied about 50 sparklers with a home made fuse and lit it at his residence. The blast ripped his fingers and burned his arm, and he was airlifted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Police say fireworks are illegal in city limits and charges may follow.
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Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Brownback Thornburgh face limits on governor race funds
Kansas insiders Sam Brownback and Ron Thornburgh must start from scratch for a state campaign if they run for governor in 2010. Thornburgh formed a separate fund after a 2003 ruling, while Brownback faces new rules restricting transfer of congressional campaign money. Through 2007 Thornburgh spent from his secretary of state account on events. Brownback’s Senate leadership PAC contributed to legislators and candidates, with remaining balances around $31,000 and $39,000 respectively.
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Sam Brownback
Ron Thornburgh
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Brownback
GOP
Senate
Bob Beatty
Washburn University
The
Wichita Eagle
Kansas
Congress
Carol Williams
Secretary
Political Action Committee
Center For Responsive Politics
PAC
Long-lost love letters return to 94-year-old Kan. woman
A box of World War II era letters found after decades away travels across the country. Elroy and Al McDowell's letters reunited with Elroy McDowell in Kansas, triggering tears and reflection as relatives remember a long romance spanning years, moves, and war service.
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Topeka
Elroy McDowell
McDowell
Roy
Elroy
Onaga
al McDowell
Fort Edward
New York
Schenectady
N.Y
General Electric
Oregon
Navy
Mike King
Chicago
King
Mili
Ursuline order in Paola to move to Kentucky in 2024
Eastern Kansas Ursuline sisters plan to merge with a Kentucky order next year and sell their Paola convent. The group has founded Lakemary Center and numerous schools, teaching over 50,000 students, and this move reflects a broader trend of religious communities consolidating as numbers dwindle.
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PAOLA
Kansas
Kentucky
Ursuline Sisters
Kansas City
Lakemary Center
Artie Stateville
Bendyna
Paola Ursulines
Kathleen Condry
Ursulines
Condry
Thomas Tank
Expanded lawsuit alleges military bias on religion in armed forces
A federal suit amended by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and Fort Riley soldier Dustin Chalker accuses the Defense Department of tolerating evangelical Christianity and failing to address religious discrimination. It cites attempts to convert Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, mentions a chaplain's Christian missionary stance, and seeks broader protections for service members' religious rights amid a backdrop of few reported complaints.
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Topeka
Iraq
Afghanistan
Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Fort Riley
Kan
Defense
Robert Gates
Army
Air Force
Defense Department
Spc
Dustin Chalker
US. District Court
Kansas City
Kaw
Chalker
Foundation
Albuquerque
N.M
Mikey Weinstein
Eileen Lainer
Department of Defense
Weinstein
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Garden City
Kansas Supreme Court
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Michael Pulido
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Nancy Hart
Merrie Pinick
Pinick
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Statewate
Paona
Italy
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St. Ursula
Ursuline Academy
Ursuline College
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