Weight-training program to start in Finney County
The Finney County Extension Office and Senior Center sponsor an eight week Strong People Stay Young weight training program for beginners. Sessions run 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, with an orientation at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Senior Center, 907 N 10th St. For enrollment call 272 3670 before Thursday.
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Finney County
10Th St
Finney County Extension Office
Holcomb Booster Club Buddy Day Saturday at school
The Holcomb Booster Club hosts Buddy Day starting 10 a.m. Saturday at Holcomb Elementary School south gym. The event is free for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. The first 100 attendees receive a T shirt.
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Holcomb Booster Club
Holcomb
Families Together hosts weekend for disabled children families
An overnight event by Families Together Inc. assists families with a child who has a disability. February 16 to 17 at Clarion Inn, Kansas Ave. Workshops focus on IEPs and IFSPs and parent groups discuss new ideas and community services. Only 30 spots available with hotel and meals paid for eligible families. Contact 276-6364 or www.familestogetherinc.org. Smoky Hills Public Television will air Gov Sebelius State of the State Address at 7 p.m. Monday and resume Ask Your Legislator at 5 p.m. starting Jan. 20.
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Clarion Inn
Kansas Ave
Families Together
Familiestogetherinc.org
Smoky Hills Public Television
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Jury Sides With BP in Neodesha Pollution Suit
In Wichita AP report jurors ruled for BP Corporation North America in a city of Neodesha lawsuit seeking cleanup costs and damages from an oil refinery. The Erie trial, one of Kansas longest, ended after under three days of deliberation following 69 days of testimony with 46 witnesses.
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Wichita
BP Corp. North America Inc
Neodesha
Erie
Kansas
Kansas high schools earn bronze in U. S. News national list
Sublette Syracuse and Wichita County high schools received bronze medals from U.S. News and World Report as the publication ranked 18,790 public high schools. The piece notes the districts rely on high expectations, strong staff and personal attention, with Syracuse and Wichita County highlighting concurrent enrollment with Garden City Community College for college credit.
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U.S. News and World Report
Sublette
Syracuse
Wichita County
U.S. News
Usnews. Com
Joan Friend
Sublette High School
Syracuse High School
Wichita County High School
Tresner
Southwest Kansas
Walker
Kansas
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Friend
Lottery rejects late plan for casino in Dodge City
The Kansas Lottery Commission unanimously rejected Epic Gaming's request to file a late $65 million casino resort bid in southeast Dodge City. Dodge City Resort and Gaming Co. and Butler National Service Corp. remain as the two late entrants, as Epic contends delays were beyond control. Lawyers for the two remaining bidders argued deadlines ensure a level playing field, while Epic expressed disappointment but accepted the decision.
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Topeka
Las Vegas
Dodge City
Kansas Lottery Commission
Epic Gaming
Dodge City Resort and Gaming Co
Butler National Service Corp
Jeanine McKenna
Emporia
Doug Lawrence
Epic
Commission
Lawrence
Keith Kocher
Gaming
Kocher
Lottery
John Groom
Lottery Commission
Groom
Butler
Clinton Patty
Patty
Stephen Joseph
Dodge City Resort and Gaming
Ford County Commission
Olathe
Boot Hill Gaming Inc
Boot Hill Museum
GOP leader proposes Government Efficiency Commission in Kansas
Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt urged Kansas to create a seven member independent panel to find government waste. The plan requires an up or down vote by the Legislature on the commission's recommendations. The move follows Gov. Sebelius's ongoing BEST efficiency efforts and draws praise from Americans for Prosperity for boosting accountability and cutting bureaucracy.
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Topeka
Senate
Majority
Derek Schmidt
Schmidt
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Mark Parkinson
Defense seeks to admit testimony in 1974 slaying retrial
Johnson County Judge James Franklin Davis ruled jurors may hear a key witness in the second trial of John Henry Horton 60 charged with killing Lizabeth Wilson 13 in Prairie Village July 7 1974. Prosecutors say Horton lured the girl to Shawnee Mission East High School used chloroform and caused her death.
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Johnson County
James Franklin Davis
John Henry Horton
Lizabeth Wilson
Prairie Village
Michael McCulloch
Lizabeth
Kansas Supreme Court
Horton
Davis
Supreme Court
Shawnee Mission East High School
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