Classrooms Vacated at Holcomb High for Repairs
Holcomb High School moves four classes to the auditorium after a building inspection shows heavy ceiling stress and wall cracks in the two story structure. Inspectors recommend tress shoring dirt on the south side and crack marking to detect movement with possible vacating if movement occurs. Superintendent McCabe hopes students return in about ten to fourteen days.
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Holcomb
Holcomb High School
Dudley Williams
Wichita
Kansas
Marshall Floyd Dibbern
Topeka
State Board of Education
Ivan Myers
Myers
George McCabe
Holcomb Moves to Rebuild with New High School Bond
Holcomb Unified School District 363 eyes a 4.69 million bond for a 105000 square foot high school on 80 acres with 16 classrooms plus vocational, science and art facilities. Voters face a May election after two prior bond defeats as 7.42 mill levy would rise for 20 years, with current levy at 27.58 mills.
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Joe Benson
Holcomb
Helen Glant
Benson
Bob Jones
Jones
Kansas
Myers
Sunflower
Weather outlook with snow developing into Friday
Snow develops tonight and continues Friday with possible heavy bursts. Rain or freezing rain may start the event, colder tonight with teens and highs in the 20s Friday. East to northeast winds 10 to 20 mph, 50 percent precipitation chance tonight and Friday.
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Dodge City
Emporia
Garden City
Goodland
Snow and Rain Sweep Midwest and Northeast Storm
The second major snowstorm hits the Midwest with Chicago reporting 7 inches of new snow and Milwaukee facing a record 32 inches on the ground. Roads, schools, and airports are disrupted while Illinois seeks federal emergency aid. Heavy rains hit the East Coast with flood warnings, power outages, and evacuations planned in several states as New England towns brace for more storms.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Ima
Chicago
John Burke
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois
Wisconsin
O'Hare
United Air Lines
James R. Thompson
President Carter
Milwaukee
Richard Cajeski
Milwaukee Bureau of Sanitation
Charles Thone
Nebraska
National Guard
Virginia
New England
New York City
New Jersey
Newark
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Berkshires
Revere
Scituate
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Plow Driver Hits Rampage in Chicago Snow Chaos
Thomas Blair 46 of Sauk Village faces reckless homicide and drunken driving charges after a snow plow he drove smashed into and crushed a motorist on the Dan Ryan Expressway. James Holman 45 was killed as the plow backed over his car while snow crews cleared streets amid heavy accumulation.
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Chicago
Thomas Blair
Sauk Village
South Side
Michael McMahon
Shelby Neyton
James Holman
Facelift Okayed for Kansas and Five Points Intersection
Garden City commissioners approved a $600,000 redevelopment of the Five Points intersection and Kansas Avenue from Third Street to the west city limits. The plan includes new curbs and storm sewers but no traffic flow changes. Funding relies on general obligation bonds raising taxes by about 2 to 5 mills, with no state funds available. Mayor John Miller dissented.
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Five Points
Kansas Avenue
Third Street
John Miller
Garden City
Kansas
Taylor
Buffalo Jones
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Miller
Bob Halloran
Duane West
City Utilities to Rise in March After Unanimous Vote
City commissioners approved five ordinances to raise electricity, water, sewer, and solid waste rates starting in March. The measures cut late payment penalties and restore some deposits after a 12 month credit history. Officials cited rising costs and depleted carryovers as the cause, noting no mill-levy shift.
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Maren Billings
Bob Halloran
Deane Wiley
Wheatland Electric
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Emporia
Junction City
Dodge City
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Jill Villanueva
Carol Crapper
Unified School
Holcomb Future Building Study Committee
Gus Garden
Halloran
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