Wind drives fast grass fires across Finney Haskell Gray counties
Fire crews battled wind whipped grass fires across Finney Haskell and Gray counties Thursday afternoon. Gusts near 50 mph propelled flames from west of the Sunflower power plant toward the county line, forcing crews to let the fire burn to contain it as firefighters grew exhausted by nightfall.
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Finney
Haskell
Gray
Holcomb
Bill Knight
Finney County
Sunflower Electric
Haskell County
Knight
Kansas farmers press for farm bill fixes at Manhattan hearing
Lawmakers heard from Kansas farmers and ranchers about crop insurance, trade, and safety nets as the Farm Bill reauthorization process looms. Sen. Pat Roberts and Sen. Debbie Stabenow hosted the session at Kansas State with panels from Kansas Pork Producers and Cotton Association. The group urged protecting crop insurance and avoiding budget cuts while criticizing complex USDA programs. many stressed trade as crucial to recovery amid low prices and tightening credit.
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Topeka
Kansas
Manhattan
Pat Roberts
US Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Debbie Stabenow
Kansas Pork Producers
Kansas Cotton Association
Roberts
Senate
TPP
Trans Pacific Partnership
NAFTA
United States
A-Kansas
Senate ‘Ag Committee
Kansas State
McCain Auditorium
Stabenow
Amy France
France
Marienthal
USDA
Kenneth Wood
Riverside Stock Farm
Judge Allows Revenue Evidence in Nichols Kidnapping Trial
In Finney County District Court Judge Jack Burr approved most evidence and witnesses the State of Kansas will present against Jason Nichols, accused of kidnapping Gar den City official Wendel Wurst for about six hours to discuss tax debt matters with the Department of Revenue. The March 27 trial will consider statements Nichols made to a Revenue representative and during a prior child support hearing, with limits on inadmissible context.
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State of Kansas
Garden City
25Th Judicial District
Wendel Wurst
Jason Nichols
Wurst
Nichols
Jonathan McConnell
Wichita
Finney County
Jack Burr
Sth Judicial District
Kansas
Jessica Domme
Kansas Department of Revenue
Domme
Department of Revenue
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