Vandalism Spree Tied to Rocks In Garden City
Garden City police investigate a string of rock driven car vandalisms reported Friday to Saturday across blocks on West Emerson Avenue Henderson Street Sunflower Street Labrador Boulevard Pawnee Road and Coachman Lane with totals ranging from 350 to 1600 dollars in damages. Separately George Mireles 34 was arrested Sunday on one count of aggravated kidnapping after allegedly beating and keeping his wife Teresa Mireles 37 in their apartment during a domestic dispute.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Utz
Emerson Avenue
Henderson Street
Sunflower Street
Labrador Boulevard
Pawnee Road
Coachman Lane
George Mireles
Campus Drive
Apt. B
Teresa Mireles
Man Arrested on Aggravated Indecent Liberties Charge
Mitchell Weiland an 18 year old from Greeley Colorado was arrested Sunday in Garden City on allegations of aggravated indecent liberties with a 15 year old runaway girl from Kearny County. The two reportedly met at the Continental Inn and may have had a prior relationship in Wyoming. The girl was placed in a treatment program due to being a runaway. The charge carries a possible 4 to 20 year term depending on criminal history.
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Agreeley
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Kearny County
Garden ‘City
Mitchell Weiland
Buffalo ‘Jones Ave
Utz
Wyoming
Lawrence Virtual School seeks Kansas students for online charter
Lawrence Virtual School, led by Gary Lewis, opens to elementary online instruction statewide in Kansas. The district received 101,709 in federal startup aid and 3,863 per enrolled student, with aims to recruit homeschooled and private school students while offering online lessons, worksheets, textbooks, CD ROMs, and parental online development resources.
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Lawrence
Gary Lewis
Lewis
Kansas
Randy Weseman
Basehor-Linwood Virtual School
Storms pound northern Kansas causing widespread damage
Severe thunderstorms swept across northeast and northwest Kansas overnight, knocking out power to Leavenworth and dozens of residents. Wind damaged poles and trees, with 3,400 customers left without electricity. Gov. Sebelius declared a disaster emergency for eight counties to speed restoration efforts.
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Topeka
Nature
Kansas
Leavenworth
Tonganoxie
Joy Moser
Kansas Department of Emergency Management
Moser
Phillips County
Speed
Glade
Kirwin
Phillipsburg
Rooks County
Plainville
Stockton
Kathleen Sebelius
Atchison
Butler
Jefferson
Labette
Montgomery
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Dighton Gallery Wins Grant for Facade Restoration
Patricia Herndon owner of the Old Bank Gallery in Dighton received a 58400 grant from the Heritage Trust Fund of the Kansas Historical Society to restore the building facade built in 1889. The project funds windows and a doorway reconstruction to boost visibility and invite visitors to the free gallery open weekdays.
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Old Bank
Kansas Heritage Fund
Dighton
Patricia Herndon
First National Bank
Old Bank Gallery
Herndon
Heritage Trust Fund
Kansas Historical Society
ConAgra plant reopens after fatal shootings
At ConAgra Foods plant in Kansas City Kansas employees returned to work four days after a mass shooting left five dead and a co worker dead by suicide. The plant started with a meeting and memorial service as deliveries resumed and workers arrived with ID badges. Police suggested several possible motives and identified the five victims including Lonnie Ellingburg Travis Nelson Leonardo Rodriguez Ardell Edwards and Jose Ibarra.
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Kansas City
Kan
ConAgra Foods Inc
Ees
Tives
Four Scherzberg brothers to ship out together to Iraq
Jeff 27, Brett 23, and 21-year-old twins Matthew and Justin Scherzberg from Papillion Nebraska are in the 915th Transportation Company based in Council Bluffs Iowa. All four will depart late this month or early August for Iraq joining a unit that learned of its deployment after the brothers had just returned from Fort Carson. The siblings, who have previously served together in the 360th Transportation Company, will be in three separate platoons with the twins in the same one.
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Omaha
Neb
Iraq
Scherzberg
Jeff
Brett
Matthew
Justin
915Th Transportation Company
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Connie Scherzberg
360Th Transportation Company
Fort Carson
Colo
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