Male nurse accused of sexual battery in Garden City
Garden City police arrested Darrel Lee Ribbing, 19, a male nurse at Garden Valley Retirement Village, on two counts of aggravated sexual battery alleging he forced a 98 year old resident to fondle him on two occasions between Nov 24 and Dec 22. Officers were alerted after another nurse reported the incident.
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Garden City
James Hawkins
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Darrel Lee Ribbing
Hawkins
Ribbing
Law Enforcement Center
N. Ninth St
Garden City woman charged after Christmas day slashing assault
Garden City woman Marina Gonzales, 21, alleges her cousin Monica Torres, 23, slashed her face and left eye during a 1:15 to 1:30 a.m. Christmas Day fight at El Ajua. Gonzales underwent surgery. Torres was later arrested for aggravated battery. Investigation ongoing. no weapon recovered.
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Garden City
el Ajua
N. Taylor Plaza
James Hawkins
Marina Gonzales
Monica Torres
S. Third St
Torres
Gonzales
Hawkins
St. Catherine Hospital
Mother sues over Spanish speaking ban in Kansas City school
The mother of 15 year old Tanaki Rios files a federal civil rights lawsuit against Kansas City Kansas School District, its superintendent, and Sumner Academy principal alleging she was barred from speaking Spanish at school during 2003 04 and that taunting by peers was not curbed. The suit cites harassment, prompting Tanaki to transfer to Bonner Springs High School.
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Kansas City
Kan
Sumner Academy
Tanaki Rios
Kansas City Kan
Tanaki
Bonner Springs High School
U.S. District Court
Chuck Chionuma
Zachariah Rubio
Turner School
Viveros
Carroll Macke
Macke
Maria Rios
Kansas district faces harassment claims at alternative school
A Kansas student alleges racial harassment at Sumner Academy, with her mother saying staff told her daughter not to speak Spanish at school. The district denies blanket Spanish bans and says anti harassment policies were enforced, while the federal OCR investigation was dropped after the student transferred out of the district.
Priceless Putters Starner Crafts One Of A Kind Golf Clubs
Ferrel Starner, a 76 year old boilermaker and metalworker, has honed a half century of putter making. He tests balance and weight on a garage floor and gives away his creations, some to presidents Ford Clinton and others. His pieces take 20 to 25 hours from raw brass aluminum copper or stainless steel with rosewood handles.
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Buhler
Ferrel Starner
Starner
Eisenhower Presidential Library Museum
Abilene
Ford
Clinton
Alan Cole
Hutchinson
Cole
PGA
Arnold Palmer
Nick Faldo
Michael Jordan
Glenn Campbell
Golf Digest
Matt Seitz
Carey Park
Ginger Martin
Governors hopefuls eye State Board of Education races
Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius may join next year’s races for five of ten board seats as conservatives seek re election. Sebelius backs an elected board while noting likely vigorous debate over 2006 re elections and possible challenges from groups aiming to unseat conservative members.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
State Board of Education
Sebelius
Topeka Capital-Journal
Bob Corkins
Corkins
Willard
Finney County to discuss tax exemptions impact on funding
Finney County Commissioners open the year with newly elected Larry Jones and hear a review letter to Gov. Sebelius on commercial and personal property tax exemptions. Roop warns exemptions could cut school and highway funding by 29 percent due to oil and gas property. They may fund a grant for U S Highway 50 improvements tied to Wind River Grain and potential ethanol plant nearby. A joint city county meeting is planned for Jan 9 to discuss these proposals in depth.
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Finney County Commission
Larry Jones
Finney County
Jones
Garden City
Finney County Central Republican Committee
Alan Fankhauser
Alan Roop
Kathleen Sebelius
Roop
Wind River Grain LLC
Dodge City man fights light sentence for abductor
D.C. man Randy Wormington reacts to Ford County plea deal with Carrie Travis in the 2003 abduction case. Travis pled no contest to aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery after a crime spree that included a Dodge City Wal Mart. Wormington, bound with duct tape, escaped after being wounded, while the trio fled toward Kansas, Oklahoma, and a deadly New Mexico shootout.
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Dodge City
Randy Wormington
Ford County
Carrie Travis
Travis
Kanes
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Wormington
Stanley Fugate
Melinda Rotheway
Wal- Mart
Fugate
Arkansas
U.S. 56
Stevens County
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Kansas News
Mary Viveros
Maria Bios
Department of Education Office For Civil Rights
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Finnup Park
Connie Morris
St. Francis
Iris van Meter
Thayer
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Olathe
Ken Willard
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