Garden City Girl Identified In Great Bend Death Case
A 15 year old Garden City resident Jessica Cheyanne Shearer was found dead in a Great Bend home. A 30 year old man Joseph J. Rykiel is in custody on suspicion of second degree murder and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Great Bend police have not released the name yet. the girl's mother Alicia Potter confirmed the victim is her daughter.
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Jackie McHolland
Mary Coker
Great Bend
Garden City
Alicia Potter
Jessica Cheyanne Shearer
Potter
Joseph J. Rykiel
Man unearths hobby at excavation near Woodward
Mark Singhisen of Mosaic turned a browser search into a real dig at the Badger Hole Paleoindian Bison Kill site in northwestern Oklahoma. From June 1 to 24 he helped uncover 10,000 year old Bison antiquus bones, noting the animals stood about 6.5 feet tall at the hump and weighed roughly 2,500 to 2,700 pounds, far larger than modern bison.
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Mark Singhisen
Oklahoma
American Institute of Archaeology
Archaeological.org
Kansas
Woodward
Badger Hole
Singhisen
Casey Anthony to be freed next Wednesday
Casey Anthony will be released Wednesday after nearly three years in jail on charges tied to the disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. She was cleared of murder and abuse and convicted only of lying to investigators, with time served and good behavior credits yielding a four year sentence.
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Orlando, Fla
Casey Anthony
Caylee
Anthony
Pat Roberts
Jerry Moran
Washington, D.C
Audrey Gerber
Garden City High School
Kansas State Research and Extension Office
Ninth Street
Garden City
Area 4-H leaders learn Washington leadership in trip
Six southwest Kansas 4-H Club members joined the Citizenship Washington Focus program in June touring Washington and meeting U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp and Senators Roberts and Moran. They learned how bills are written and debated and discussed leadership and government function with optimism about its operation.
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Southwest
Kansas
4-H Club
Washington, D.C
Washington
U.S
Tim Huelskamp
Audrey Gerber
Finney County
Gerber
Paige Wallace
Katy Clawson
Kurtis Clawson
Kyle Deaver
Elizabeth Sharp
Weather forecast for tonight and Friday in brief
Tonight partly cloudy with a low near 69. Friday looks breezy and partly sunny with a high around 90 and a low near 69. Details on page A8.
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Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie
Garden City Co
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Lindsey
Alida Potter
Shearer
Paleontology
Mosaic
Hers
D.C
Holcomb High School
Garden City Community College
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