Garden City Police to hold sobriety checkpoint
Garden City Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 1 to 3 a.m. Sunday in a high traffic area within the city limits to identify intoxicated drivers and remove them from the streets. Vehicles may be stopped but officers will minimize disruption for non intoxicated drivers. The checkpoint is funded by the Impaired Driving Deterrence Program grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
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Garden City
Kansas Department of Transportation
State board may revoke teacher's license
Former eastern Kansas teacher Andrew L. Crook agreed to surrender his teaching license after a Professional Practices Commission review. Crook, 38, taught elementary in Burlingame and was convicted of burglary stalking and eavesdropping of a fellow teacher. The commission found him unfit for his profession and urged the state board of education to revoke the license at its Topeka meeting.
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Topeka
Eastern Kansas
Professional Practices Commission
Andrew L. Crook
Burlingame
Kansas State Board of Education
Crook
Wichita dad speaks after kids taken from home
In Wichita AP: eight children placed in protective custody after three minors aged 5 6 and 7 wandered seeking a new home. Police found five more children ages 4 months to 8 years at the residence with unsuitable living conditions. The state investigates. no charges filed.
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Wichita
Ksnw-Tv
Stray alligator captured and housed in Manhattan
An 8-foot stray alligator was wrangled off a residential street near Kansas State University and delivered to Sunset Zoo in Manhattan. Zoo director Scott Shoemaker notes the young reptile is illegal to own in Manhattan and likely resulted from people not knowing how to manage an exotic pet as it grows.
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Manhattan
Sunset Zoo
Kman-Am
Kansas State University
Zoo
Scott Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Lawrence man found dead after domestic dispute at hotel
Lawrence police identify 52-year-old Donald E. Wiggins as the deceased in a Howard Johnson Hotel room. A 42-year-old female acquaintance was injured in the same incident and declined medical aid. No charges have been filed and details remain limited.
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Lawrence
Donald E. Wiggins
Howard Johnson
Matt Sarna
Brownback Appoints Attorney to Kansas Medical Board Stirs Debate
Kansas Governor Brownback faced criticism as he named Richard Macias, an attorney who previously represented anti abortion protesters, to the state Board of Healing Arts. Advocates say the board regulates physicians including abortion providers amid ongoing disputes over new health department rules, while supporters argue Macias will apply the law fairly. A federal suit blocks some rules and a scheduling conference in the related case is set for August.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
State Board
Richard Macias
Wichita
State Board of Healing Arts
Health Department
Board of Healing Arts
Brownback
Macias
Operation Save America
Bonnie Scott Jones
Center For Reproductive Rights
D.C
Kathleen Sebelius
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
George Tiller
Tiller
Tve
Julie Burkhart
Trust Women
Burkhart
Anti-Choice
Troy Newman
Operation Rescue
Newman
National group urges NEA to cut Kansas arts funding
Americans for the Arts calls on the National Endowment for the Arts to withhold federal dollars from Kansas after Gov. Sam Brownback eliminated the Kansas Arts Commission's funding. The advocacy group argues partnership with state and local support is essential. Kansas may lose up to 1.2 million annually from NEA and the Mid-America Arts Alliance. Brownback defends private funding and private Arts Foundation plans while maintaining a small state subsidy.
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Kansas
Topeka
Arts
Sam Brownback
U.S
Americans For the Arts
Washington
National Endowment For the Arts
Robert Lynch
NEA
Brownback
Mid-America Arts Alliance
Kansas City
Kansas Arts Commission
Lynch
Kansas adds four counties to drought water rights options
Kansas Agriculture Department adds Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and Rush to the 46 counties already offered two pumping relief options. One uses multi year flex permits allowing five year spread of allocation to limit aquifer impact. The second option allows a one time borrowing from next year's quota in federally designated drought counties.
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Wichita
Kansas
State Agriculture Department
Division of Water Resources
Kiowa
Pawnee
Pratt
Rush
Farm Aid adds to musical lineup
Farm Aid announced additions for the August 18 concert at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City Kansas. The lineup includes Jason Mraz Jakob Dylan Jamey Johnson Rebecca Pidgeon Robert Francis Billy Joe Shaver and Farm Aid officials Willie Nelson John Mellencamp Neil Young and Dave Matthews. The event supports struggling farm families with a history dating to 1985.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Livestrong Sporting Park
Jason Mraz
Jakob Dylan
The
Wallflowers
Jamey Johnson
Rebecca Pidgeon
Robert Francis
Billy Joe Shaver
Farm Aid Board
Willie Nelson
John Mellencamp
Neil Young
Dave Mathews
Milwaukee
St. Louis
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State Medical Board
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Walnut Streets
Laurie Sisk
Kansas Arts Foundation
State Commission
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Arts Foundation
New Arts Commission
Linda Browning Weis
Farm Aid
Kansas City, Mo
Trust For America’s Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
South
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