Teens injured in Grant County traffic crash
A Johnson City teen Paige Wilson, 17, was injured when her 2001 Volkswagen Beetle failed to stop at a stop sign on Grant County Road 5 near Kansas Highway 25. The car rolled 1.5 times into a north ditch. Wilson, unbelted, was flown to Via Christi Wichita after first hospital care. Passenger Kaitlin Porter, 18, and Jessica Delatena, 14, were also unbelted and taken to Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital for possible injuries, with hospital staff later saying Porter and Delatena were not patients.
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Johnson City
Grant County
Paige Wilson
Kansas Highway 25
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wilson
Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital
Ulysses
Via Christi
Wichita
KHP
Kaitlin Porter
Jessica Delatena
Porter
Delatena
Porter and Delatena
Stabbing Suspect Shot by Police in Garden City
Two Garden City officers on paid leave as Kansas Bureau of Investigation probes a shooting after officers responded to a residence break in. A 40-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds was hospitalized. the 46-year-old suspect also received hospital care for gunshot wounds. The FBI will handle arrest information. In Wichita, hundreds helped pack food for Haiti earthquake survivors at the Kansas Coliseum, with volunteers from multiple cities assisting.
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Garden City
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Alfalfa Street
Apt. 2
St. Catherine Hospital
KBI
Michael Reagle
FBI
Wichita
Haiti
Kansas Coliseum
Nancy Gomez
Alex Pineda
Manhattan
Hutchinson
Ponca City
Okla
Kansas City
Prosecutors build case in slaying of abortion doctor Tiller
In Wichita, prosecutors aim to prove Missouri man Scott Roeder meticulously planned the May 31 killing of Dr. George Tiller at his church. The trial details Roeder stalking the physician, testing his gun, and seeking to frame the act as saving unborn children while jurors weigh first degree murder versus possible manslaughter considerations.
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Wichita
Missouri
Kansas
Scott Roeder
George Tiller
Roeder
Tiller
Kansas City, Mo
Warren Wilbert
Wilbert
Mark Rudy
Kansans for Life Targets Kansas Supreme Court Justices
An anti-abortion group allied with GOP conservatives seeks Senate confirmation for new justices and to oust Justice Carol Beier. The biennial debate centers on how justices are selected, with reform advocates arguing for more Senate control and a less insular appointment process amid past rulings on capital punishment and school funding.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansans For Life
Supreme Court
Senate
GOP
Carol Beier
Kathleen Sebelius
Judicial Branch
Marti Crow
Leavenworth
U.S. Supreme Court
Phill Kline
Johnson County
Beier
Kline
Unemployment fund crisis tightens Kansas budget fight
Kansas faces a looming shortfall as the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund runs low and will borrow from the federal government. Businesses face a 209 million dollar rate hike this year to refill the fund, complicating talks on tax increases to close a nearly 400 million dollar projected deficit for the new fiscal year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mark Parkinson
State Department of Labor
House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Department of Labor
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Wichita County
WCHS
Garden City Community College
Kan
Derrick Sontag
Americans For Prosperity
Parkinson
Glmv Architecture
Larry D. van Horn
GLMV
Roger Reitz
Burr
van Horn
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