Fire Contained at Sunflower Holcomb Plant
Firefighters battled a smoldering fire in wall insulation at Sunflower Electric Power Corp's Holcomb Plant on Friday night. The blaze, confined to the southwest corner inside Transfer House Two, may have originated from welding on the roof. No injuries or plant shutdowns. investigation ongoing by Garden City Fire Department.
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Transfer House Two
Sunflower
Garden City
Allen Shelton
Holcomb Lane
Shelton
GCFD
Steve Ricard
Silver-Haired elections set for March in Kansas SHL
The Kansas Silver-Haired Legislature seeks candidates aged 60 or older to run as county delegates in 28 counties with filing deadline February 11 at 4 p.m. Contact Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging for nomination forms. eight counties lack representation. Executive Director Dave Geist reachable at 800 742 9531 or 620 225 8230.
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Dodge City
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Health Department to close for training
Finney County Health Department at 919 W Zerr Road will close from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday for staff training. The WIC program on the lower level will also be closed. The building opens at 1 p.m. and stays open until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday with regular hours resuming afterward. Call 272- for more information.
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Finney County Health Department
W. Zerr Road
WIC
Kansans Seek Change to Cap on Workers Comp Benefits
Delbert Young of Wichita injured on the Boeing bicycle commute faces lifelong pain and diminishing weekly benefits capped since 1987. His wife Shirley urges reform to lift the total disability cap of 125000, arguing current law favors employers and punishes injured workers. The Kansas system ties benefits to earnings with a fixed ceiling, while premiums have dropped and Kansas ranks near the bottom for rates, with higher injury and fatality risk than many states.
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Boeing
Shirley
University of Kansas
Kansas Department of Labor
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Supreme Court
Steven Foiles
Hesston
Foiles
Leggs Inc
Courage and Service Earn Gold Valor for Garden City Officer
Master patrol officer Lee Stevens received the Gold Valor Award at the Garden City Police Department awards ceremony for entering a burning building to rescue a woman and administering CPR with two helpers until EMS arrived. Sgt Randy Ralston and Lucky Luckett earned Bronze Valor Awards for their roles in the same life saving effort.
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James Hawkins
Stevens
Garden City Police Department
Knights of Columbus
GCPD
Randy Ralston
Citizens Assist
Lucky Luckett
Hawkins
Deborah Lopez
Lopez
Oscar Flores
Brian Withington
Sgt
Michael Reagle
Capt
Michael Utz
Roger Bailey
Amanda Martinez
Ralston
Gus Schwaderer
Clint Brock
Flores
Brandon McMillan
Robert Ojeda
Withington
Mike Velasquez
Mark Johnson
Omar Mora
Tanya Bradley
Larry Watson
Charles Doull
Paul Pauley
Freddie Strander
Brandy Unruh
Troy Davis
Hailey Knoll
Davis
Unruh
Ojeda
E.J. Ochs
Knoll
Douglas Heit
Jason Chase
Connie Bachman
Shenna Brown
Carl Hauschild
Luckett
Lawmaker seeks audit on missing Kansas boy case
State Sen. Jean Schodorf calls for a review by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services into whether the state or system acted on signs about Adam Herrman, an 11 year old who disappeared from Towanda in 1999 and was only recently marked missing. The inquiry follows reports of alleged abuse in 1996 and 1998 and notes of home schooling after his disappearance.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jean Schodorf
Wichita
Don Jordan
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Adam Herrman
Adam
Towanda
Schodorf
Senate
Michelle Ponce
Department
SRS
Derby
Valerie
Doug Herrman
Ponce
Schoolorf
Dea Lieber
Kansas Department of Education
Herrman
Economy no sweat for some
Topeka report on young adults like Allyson Hayworth showing resilience amid a weak market. Despite low returns on 401(k)s, she remains aggressively invested, noting no children or mortgage lessen financial pressures. Analysts say 18 to 24 year olds carry debt loads up to 30 percent of monthly income.
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Topeka
Allyson Hayworth
Hayworth
Amy Rose Herrick
Herrick
Washburn University
Young Americans Center For Financial Education
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