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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 2001
Page
5
Kansas News reports two Topeka teenagers aged 17 and 18 were arrested after Jose Luis Gomez, 17, was found with a gunshot wound Friday night in a field south of Silver Lake in northwest Shawnee County. He died at a Topeka hospital. The suspects remain in Shawnee County Jail.
Investigators have not yet spoken with 2nd Lt. Tom Quinn 42 of Ellinwood after he was found shot in his patrol car at Pratt County Community College on January 15. Quinn, a 17 year HP Trooper supervisor for Barton, Stafford, Pratt and Barber counties, was in critical condition and remains sedated per family wishes. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has not ruled whether the shooting was self inflicted or by a third party. A jogger trio found him slumped with belt fastened. car doors closed and glass intact.
Karl Carter, 26, of Kansas City, admitted to being one of two armed men who robbed Tivol Jewelry Store on Oct. 30, 1997, taking 2.5 million in merchandise. He pled guilty to conspiracy, armed robbery and using a firearm. Sentencing set for June 14. three other defendants have pleaded guilty.
Rory Dean Oliver, 44, disappeared Wednesday from the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center. He was held awaiting transfer to the State Department of Corrections after an aggravated robbery conviction and related charges. Sheriff Coleman warned he should be considered dangerous.
Kansas House committee chair will push a vote on extending the lottery to July 1, 2012. The ad for the Caribbean Stud Poker scratch-off prompted questions about taste, but leaders say the vote proceeds as lawmakers weigh policy on continuing the lottery beyond 2002. Ed Van Petten heads the agency amid harassment concerns, with a Senate hearing set for his confirmation.
In Topeka Democrats propose a state college loan program funded by 2.5 million from lottery revenues and business contributions. The plan, backed by Rep. Dennis McKinney, would forgive loans after eight years for graduates who stay and work in Kansas, with 60 percent aimed at community colleges and technical schools.
On the 17th day of the 2001 session leaders aim to finish in 90 days. The House committee chair won’t delay reauthorization of the Kansas Lottery. Senate and House Utilities panels heard Kansans pleading over high natural gas bills. Ethics and Elections panel signals readiness to revise stricter lobbying law. Deregulation of electric companies has little backing amid California’s power crisis.
City officials and Kansas Gas Service monitor wells for natural gas after a significant hole in a supply pipe feeding a 60 million cubic foot cavern near Hutchinson. Crews plugged the pipe, containment halted gas leakage, and ongoing geological work seeks the source of a regional gas plume while water wells stay under daily observation.
Holcomb City Council weighs whether landlords should pay delinquent water charges when tenants vanish. Some landlords oppose the plan citing collected rents and collection costs, while the mayor argues utilities are for profit and deposits can be reinvested. Council members seek more data before next meeting as audits and taxpayer impacts loom.
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