DUI Saturation Patrol Planned by Sheriff and KHP
The Finney County Sheriff’s Office with the Kansas Highway Patrol will conduct a DUI Saturation Patrol from 11 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday. The roving DUI task force will monitor traffic for impaired driving and emphasize speeding safety belt use and alcohol related violations.
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Finney County
Theft of Trailer Under Investigation
Finney County sheriff's office probes the theft of a $35,000 2003 Four Star aluminum horse trailer from a residence in the 300 block of South Taylor Avenue. The loss occurred between 7 30 a m and 5 15 p m Friday. Contact sheriff's office at 272 3700 or Crime Stoppers at 275 7807 with information.
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Finney County Sheriff's Office
Finney County
John Andrews
Taylor Avenue
Sheriff's Office
Bible Story Time at Presbyterian Church
Preschool story hour runs Wednesdays from 10 30 to 11 15 a m at 1719 Texas St in the church preschool room near west doors. The weekly program features finger plays songs stories snip and tell games crafts and a snack with caregiver social time guided by Mary Buchele at 275 9141.
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Presbyterian Church
Texas St
Mary Buchele
Truck Driver Killed in Collision With Train at Kansas Crossing
A Colorado man, Rodney K. Crum, 48, of Holly, died after his tractor trailer was struck by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train at a crossing northeast of Kinsley in Edwards County. Crum was not wearing a seatbelt and died at Edwards County Hospital. No train occupants were injured.
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Kinsley
Colorado
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Edwards County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Rodney K. Crum
Holly
Colo
Kline lawsuit on abortion funding questions prosecutor logic
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius backer claims Attorney General Phill Kline’s suit to halt Medicaid abortions implicates his role as head of the Crime Victims Reparations Board. The board could fund abortion costs for rape victims, adding a conflict in the case before Shawnee County District Court. Judge David Bruns did not rule at the Monday hearing.
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Topeka
Phill Kline
Kathleen Sebelius
Kline
Crime Victims Reparations Board
Sebelius
Lawmaker to look at easing consolidation again
Kansas legislators will revisit city county consolidation policy this winter. Rep. Mike O Neal aims to simplify a law to allow local units to merge without state approval, while Farm Bureau backs a dual majority safeguard for rural residents. Critics warn of debt shifts and potential gridlock. Local talks widen across western Kansas toward broader state guidance.
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Topeka
Hns
Mike O’neal
Hutchinson
O’neal
Kansas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Terry Holdren
House
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Kansas’ City
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Shawnee County
Pete Brungardt
Realina
Shawnee County-Topeka Bill Last Year, Brungardt
League of Kansas
League
Sandy Jacquot
Jacquet
Greeley County
Tribune
Salina
League of Women Voters
Salina League
David Norland
Finney County OKs Equine Ranches subdivision east of Garden City
Finney County Commission approved rezoning to allow residential development on the Spikes 160 acre parcel at Mary Street and Farmland Road creating Equine Ranches a 32 lot subdivision with each lot near 4.75 acres Road rights of way shape the lots livestock allowed in residential areas and starter construction could begin within weeks with lots available by late spring Home building starts after purchase Roman Halbur named 2006 chairman succeeding Clifford Mayo while Larry Jones is skipped for the post.
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Garden City
Finney County Commission
Charles, Gary
Linda Spikes
Mary Street
Spikes
Gary Spikes
Roman Halbur
Clifford Mayo
Commission
District Four
Larry Jones
Jones
Halbur
Satellites used in court against farmers across the United States
In Wichita, AP reports the USDA uses satellite imagery to crack down on crop insurance fraud via the Risk Management Agency and Farm Service Agency. Images aid monitoring of program compliance, water rights disputes, environmental cases, and enforcement in forestry and mining sectors.
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Wichita
Agriculture Department
Holcomb board hears state funding gap audit figures
After the 2006 session opened in Topeka the Holcomb USD 363 Board of Education heard a Legislative Division of Post Audit report showing K-12 funding needs ranging from 316 to 399 million dollars. Superintendent Skip Landis noted possible higher district funding if the legislature covers the gap. The board also reviewed semester progress, co curricular increases, and appointed Anne Jones to the calendar committee ahead of a spring Kansas Association of School Boards meeting at Holcomb.
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Holcomb
Topeka
Holcomb Usd
Board of Education
Legislative Division of Post
Skip Landis
Landis
Tim Miller
Augenblick & Myers
Kathleen Sebelius
Anne Jones
Miller
Janet Sharp
Cindy Messenger
Kansas Association of School Boards
Vandals Tag Finney County Public Works Building
Ed Eakin cleaned blue spray paint from the Finney County Public Works building at 201 W Maple St after a Monday night tagging. Director John Ellermann calls it irritating and police investigate as workers plan a power wash to remove remaining paint.
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Ed Eakin
Finney County Public Works
Maple St
John Ellermann
Ellermann
Eakin
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