Holcomb students hurt in Kansas highway crash
A Holcomb USD 363 suburban carrying seven high school cheerleaders was rear ended in a construction zone on U S Highway 50 near the Edwards Ford County line. Students were taken to Dodge City hospital with minor injuries. one girl was cut free. Driver cited as Becky Miller assisted cheerleading sponsor.
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Holcomb
USD 363
U.S. Highway 50
Edwards
Ford County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Skip Landis
Becky Miller
Dodge City
el Dorado
Landis
KHP
Man arrested for allegedly making meth
A Fowler man was arrested Friday afternoon on allegations of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Vernon Smith, 53, was stopped by Kansas Highway Patrol after a tip and found with 11 grams of meth, pseudophedrine, beet bottles, lithium batteries and drug paraphernalia. Investigators pursue charges of meth possession with no tax stamp and multiple felony counts. A separate note: Finney County Extension will hold a free Summer Salsas demo at 7 p.m. Thursday at 501 S. Ninth St with pre-registration.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Finney County
Utz
Kansas Highway Patrol
Vernon Smith
Smith
City Commission Goes High Tech with Laptops
Garden City commissioners adopted laptops at last week’s meeting to go paperless and speed up discussions. The five Toshiba notebooks costing about 270 each total 7000, with storage for roughly 100 meetings. The move aims to reduce paper use, simplify accessing prior records, and keep information available to the public via the city site.
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Garden City
Kansas
Bob Halloran
Robert Phillips
Gary Fuller
Halloran
Commission
Escape inmate tied to major charges misclassified as minimum security
Anthony Jefferson, 38, an inmate at Lansing Correctional Facility, escaped a Kansas City Kaw work crew while facing pending charges including attempted murder and rape. Kansas DOC says they were unaware of the pending felonies, leading to a misclassification and renewed questions about notification protocols. He was arrested in Tulsa and awaits extradition. District Attorney notes potential 100 year sentence if convicted on all counts.
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Janie Perkins
Perkins
Hutchinson
Kansas Department of Corrections
Anthony Jefferson
Lansing
Kansas City
Kaw
Tulsa
Okla
Henderson
Department of Corrections
Jefferson
Reno
Corrections Department
Keith Schroeder
Wyandotte Nation seeks return of casino assets in raid case
A Wyandotte Nation attorney pressed a federal judge to order Kansas to return about 300000 dollars in cash and 150 gambling machines seized during the April raid on the 7th Street Casino in Kansas City Kansas. The tribe seeks an injunction barring state jurisdiction over the site until a broader lawsuit against state officials is resolved.
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Topeka
Wyandotte Nation
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Kan
Julie Robinson
Robinson
Kathleen Sebelius
Phill Kline
Conly Schulte
Omaha, Neb
National Guard
Kansas
Steven Alexander
7Th Street
Alexander
Schulte
National Indian Gaming Commission
Wyandottes
Michigan
Ohio
Kansas Forms Expanded Energy Council To Set Policy
Topeka Kansas launches the Kansas Energy Council a 23 member body with four cabinet secretaries and a focus on conservation and alternative energy. The panel replaces the earlier SERCC and aims to craft a comprehensive state energy plan reducing reliance on outside sources and promoting in state production.
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Topeka
HNS
Kansas
Energy Council
Kansas Energy Council
Lee Allison
State Energy Resources Coordination Council
Bill Graves
Allison
Sebelius
Kansas Geological Survey
Graves’ Energy Council
SERCC
Wind and Prairie Task Force
Flint Hills
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Finney County ‘Extension Office
S. ‘Ninth St
Linda Walter
Dean ““Whitey
Whitehill Willshare
City Commission
Jason Allen
Fuller
Jean Payne
Haley Regan
MacKenzie DeSpain
Raelyn Harper
Garden City Recreation Commission
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Chuck Simmons
Simmons
Randy Henderson
Council
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