Jail inmate services meeting in Finney County library
A local group of residents and businesses coordinating jail inmate services meets 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday in the Hutchinson Room at the Finney County Public Library to discuss needed services for inmates and post release plans. Cimarron City Library hosts a free quilt show with Betty Mae Jantz presenting Color Your World with Quilts from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 through 11, with hours posted. More than 50 pieces by area quilters will be on display during library business hours and on Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. at Cimarron City Library. For more information, visit the library’s website.
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Hutchinson
Finney County Public Library
Cimarron City Library
Betty Mae Jantz
Jantz
Cimarroncitylibraryorg
Judge will not recuse in Kemp murder trial
Johnson County District Court Judge Steve Leben declined to recuse from the murder case of Benjamin Appleby charged with first degree capital murder and attempted rape in Ali Kemp’s 2002 death. Defense argued bias due to timing of Appleby’s July trial date amid prosecutor Morrison’s gubernatorial bid.
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Benjamin Appleby
Ali Kemp
Roger Kemp
Steve Leben
Appleby
Johnson County
Paul Morrison
Morrison
Kansas
Phill Kline
Blue Valley Board Keeps Three Books On High School Lists
The Blue Valley school board voted 5-1 to keep Toni Morrison Song of Solomon, Pat Conroy The Lords of Discipline, and Robert McCammon Boy's Life on reading lists despite parental objections over profanity violence and sexual content. Dan French dissented on Conroy and Morrison and did not vote on McCammon.
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Overland Park
Blue Valley School Board
Toni Morrison
Robert McCammon
Pat Conroy
Lords of Discipline
Dan French
Conroy
Morrison
McCammon
French
Sherri Millen
Blue Valley
Steve Klika
Moderate groups push to regain moderate school board grip
TOPEKA Kansans plan to launch a 2006 effort to restore a moderate majority on the state board of education. The MAINstream Coalition will host a Thursday forum in Lawrence featuring nonpartisan panels including the Kansas Alliance for Education formed by Don Hineman.
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Topeka
HNS
Mainstream Coalition
Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas Alliance For Education
Western Kansas
Don Hineman
Alliance For Education
Dan Johnson
R-Hays
Johnson
Connie Morris
R-St. Francis
Iris van Meter
R-Thayer
John Bacon
Rolathe
Janet Waugh
Ckansas City
Willard
Terry Woodbury
Alliance For Education Executive Committee
Woodbury
Hodgeman
Wyandotte
Kansas Communities
Kansas Families United For Public Education
Kansas Action For Children
Kansans For
Group home operators sentenced for abusing mentally ill residents
Newton couple Arlan and Linda Kaufman received 30 and 7 year prison terms after federal juries found them guilty on 31 and 30 charges respectively. They ran the Kaufman House Residential Treatment Center accused of health care and Medicare fraud, forced labor, and involuntary servitude. The judge criticized Arlan as arrogant while showing some leniency toward Linda, citing manipulation by her husband.
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Wichita
Newton
Arlan Kaufman
Linda
Linda Kaufman
Kaufman House
Monti Belot
Belot
Ted Moeller
Senate panel weighs bill to ease city county consolidations
A Kansas Senate committee will hear Senate Bill 379 Wednesday to remove state government from local city county consolidation. Proponents led by Rep. Mike O Neal and ex Senate President Dave Kerr say the change reduces overlap and cost, while opponents like the Kansas Farm Bureau warn of potential higher property taxes for rural counties. The hearing starts at 10 30 a m in the Statehouse Federal and State Affairs Committee.
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Topeka
Hns
Senate
Kansas
Hutchinson
Mike O'Neal
Dave Kerr
O'Neal
Kansas Farm Bureau
Terry Holdren
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Statehouse
Soldiers say they agree with Bush on Iraq course
Fort Riley soldiers returning from Iraq report progress and endorse President Bush staying the course as he spoke at Kansas State University. They note fewer roadside bombs and growing Iraqi security cooperation, while critics outside Bramlage Coliseum decry civilian deaths and question the war’s aims. Governors warn about National Guard equipment shortfalls and potential troop reductions amid ongoing deployments.
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Iraq
Bush
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34Th Armor
Hall
Bart Howard
1St Infantry Division
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Howard
Christopher Crofts
Greensburg
Army
28Th Infantry Regiment
Crofts
Bramlage Coliseum
Sam Wilson
70Th Armored
Bosnia
Saddam Hussein
Baghdad
National Guard
Sebelius
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Flint Hills
Topeka
Associated Press
Francis Harvey
Congress
Harvey
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