Shelley to headline Wichita country concert in July
Scott City native Heather Shelley headlines a Cowtown Sundown Country Concert at Wichita on July 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost 15. Shelley was named Best New Act in Country Music and recently won the Colgate Country Showdown National Final at Epcot Center in Orlando.
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Heather Shelley
Cowtown
Wichita
Scott City
Epcot Center
Orlando
Fla
Dodge City
Kansas State Fair
Royal River Casino
Flandreau
S.C
Country Fever Group
Selectaseat.com
Beef barbecue at Cimarron park set for July 20
A beef barbecue at Cimarron Crossing Park is scheduled 5 to 7 p.m. on July 20. Sponsored by the Cimarron Rotary Club, the county wide event charges 2 for adults and 1 for children 12 and younger. Lazy B Productions will provide music.
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Cimarron Crossing
Cimarron Rotary Club
Lazy B Productions
Lions Club Feed July 21 in Gray County
Cimarron hosts a Lions Club Feed at the Gray County Fairgrounds at 5 30 p m on July 21 with pork burgers and donations. Eyeglasses are encouraged for drop off at the Cimarron Lions booth. WICHITA AP wheat crop update reports 98 percent of winter wheat harvested and 52 percent of corn silking with varied conditions across soybeans and sorghum.
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Lions Club
Gray County
Cimarron
Gray County Fairgrounds
Lion's Club
Wichita
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Kansas
Man whose sentence overturned charged with rape
CLATHE AP reports Matthew J. Cullen, freed May 11 after parole violation, faces one count of rape in Johnson County District Court. Prosecutors say he assaulted a 17 year old girl on a bicycle path in Olathe earlier this month.
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Clathe
Kansas Supreme Court
Matthew J. Cullen
Johnson County
Olathe
Kansas City
Finney County backs Palmer plan for expansion and loans
Finney County commissioners endorsed Palmer Manufacturing and Tank expansion that could create up to 40 jobs with a 100 percent tax abatement for 10 years on a $1.5 million project. Final approval requires formal abatement applications and approval from Garden City USD 457, the community college, and the water district. The panel also supported Palmer's request for a revolving loan to help fund the project, while noting job growth and economic benefits at the steel fiberglass and paint facility.
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Finney County
Palmer Manufacturing & Tank
Garden City Usd 457
Garden City Community College
Water District
Pete Olson
County Commission
Palmer
Steve O’brate
O’brate
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Rich Harp
FCEDC
Harp
Commission
Cliff Mayo
Patty Richardson
Great Plains Development Inc
Start Inc
Garden City Area Industrial Development Corp
Bill Fruth
Fruth
J & A Livestock Products Inc
Garden City Commission
Olson
Wiebe Road
Jennie Barker Road
Garden City
Holcomb
Doll
Teens sentenced in instrument theft case
Grant County District Court sentenced two Ulysses teens for stealing six band instruments from Ulysses High School between December 2004 and February. Henson sold items on eBay for about $3,000. Alexander received one year probation. Henson one year and a half probation with transfer possible to Fort Hays State University.
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Nels P. Noel
Andrew Alexander
Jarrett Henson
Grant County
Ulysses High School
Alexander
Henson
Grant County District Court
Noel
Robert Gale
Fort Hays State University
Cer
Hays
FHSU
Noel Saidn Henson
National Honor Society
Club owner buys BTK killer's house at auction
Michelle Borin daughter of late night TV ads buys the Dennis Rader home for 90000 at auction in Park City. She says the overbid will fund lawsuits against Rader and help his family while denying any benefit to the killer. The sale drew 30 to 40 bidders and started at 40000.
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Wichita Eagle
Radel
Paula
Rader
Borin
Penny
Sedgwick County
Wichita
BTK
Lonny McCurdy
McCurdy Auction Service
McCurdy
Couple foster parents to hundreds of Lawrence teens
Pat and Phil McPhail, both 65, retired last month after 34 years as foster parents in Lawrence. They estimate caring for hundreds of children, perhaps 400, including teens who faced severe abuse. They adopted and still host four of their own kids, earning praise from The Shelter and a juvenile court judge for their lifelong commitment.
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Pat McPhail
Phil
McPhails
Phil McPhail
Larned
Karl Menninger
E. Kent Hayes
Douglas County
Jean Shepherd
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Finney County Commission
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Dorothy Heying
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