Garden City to Offer Free Christmas Tree Pickup
The City of Garden City Street and Parks Departments will provide annual free tree pickups Monday through Thursday. Place discarded trees curbside before your date. do not use alleys or dumpsters. Foliate trees with tinsel or ornaments removed. flocked trees not collected.
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Johns Street
Senior Center Opens Quilters and Knitters Session
Senior Center invites quilters, knitters, and those who sew or crochet to a weekly gathering at 907 North 10th St. From 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays starting January 14, attendees should bring their own materials and equipment.
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Authorities to discuss missing Towanda boy case
In Butler county a news conference is planned Monday to address the disappearance of a boy missing since 1999. Investigators found an item Wednesday at Pine Ridge mobile home park near Towanda, offering some answers though many questions remain. Sheriff Murphy declined to name the boy or his family, while Wichita broadcasters cited a relative. An attorney for the family said a statement is forthcoming.
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Butler County
Pine Ridge
Towanda
Craig Murphy
Murphy
New Kan treasurer McKinney to be sworn Monday
Dennis McKinney a Greensburg Democrat and House minority leader since January 2003 will take the oath as Kansas state treasurer at 3 p.m. Monday in the Statehouse House chamber. Gov. Sebelius appointed him to replace Republican Lynn Jenkins, whose last day was Friday. Magistrate Judge Ann Dixson will administer the oath at the Kiowa County home.
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Topeka
Dennis McKinney
Statehouse
House
McKinney
Greensburg
Kathleen Sebelius
Lynnnkins
Iday
Jenkins
Kansas
Ann Dixson
Kiowa
Parkinson declines run for Kansas governor in 2010
Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson announced he will not seek the 2010 Kansas governorship or any other office, returning to private business. Democrats had viewed him as Governor Kathleen Sebelius' likely successor, but Parkinson said he wants to step away from politics. Sebelius praised his decision while noting the state faces major challenges ahead.
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Topeka
Mark Parkinson
Kathleen Sebelius
Parkinson
Sebelius
Kansas
Bob Beatty
Washburn University
Ron Thornburgh
GOP
Sam Brownback
Christian Morgan
Dem
Benedict Arnold
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Hensley
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Kansas House
McKinney
Olathe
Ad Astra Development
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
Finney County
Recession to worsen in months ahead survey shows
A nine-state Mid-America survey indicates a contracting economy with the overall index dropping to 33 in December and the employment index at 34.5 as job cuts spread across durable and nondurable manufacturing and services. Creighton’s Ernie Goss warns the region will fare better than the nation but unemployment and prices decline in early 2009.
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Neb
Midwest
Plains
Mid-America
Creighton University
Ernie Goss
Goss
Arkansas
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
U.S
Creighton Economic Forecasting Group
Corrections department ends men's boot camp in Labette County
AP reports Kansas Department of Corrections plans to close the Labette Correctional Conservation Camp at Oswego due to budget cuts. The move, effective July 1, will save about 2.35 million for fiscal year 2010, with the women's camp contract ended earlier. Inmates may shift to intensive supervised probation or state prison, depending on cases.
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Topeka
Kansas Department of Corrections
Labette County
Bill Miskell
Labette
Corrections Department
Miskell
Kansas
Wichita lawmaker seeks high school financial literacy graduation
Rep. Melody McCray Miller proposes making financial literacy a graduation requirement from kindergarten through 12th grade in Kansas. She cites rising debt and payday loans while noting current law from 2003 only guides districts to start programs and that many teachers still avoid the topic.
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Wichita
Kansas
Melody McCray- Miller
McCray-Miller
Wichita Eagle
State Board of Education
Senate Education Committee
Jean Schodorf
Schodorf
Department of Education
Carol Rupe
Rupe
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