MADD Discusses Safety, Tracking, and Seat Belt Changes
MADD members debated implementing a Kansas court monitoring program with data sharing from DUI cases, aiming to curb impaired driving and reform penalties. They urged a state tracking system for judges and prosecutors, and promoted stricter adult seat belt enforcement alongside education and funding needs. The meeting covered EMS staffing and ambulance service concerns, with final recommendations due to the governor in fall.
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Spencer
Josh Biera
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bob Prewitt
Finney County Ems
Hays
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Heat wave prompts shelter talk as Garden City sees 90s
Finney County Health Depart ment administrator Kristi Schmitt urges seeking shelter during peak heat hours. Red Cross director Carolyn Henry notes little public demand for heat relief shelters or fans, while forecasts call for a cooling front to bring 90 degrees and a chance of storms before a warm rebound midweek.
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Carolyn Henry
Garden City Area
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American Red Cross
Henry
Garden City
Jason Gryzwacz
National Weather Service
Powell and Mathes clash over education funds and privatized prisons
In District 117 campaign remarks Powell and Mathes spar over expanded gambling as an education funding source and prison privatization. They differ on TABOR, with Powell opposing auto increases and Mathes warning against curbing tax revenue while citing a courthouse boiler need. The race has one Republican and one Democrat in the general election.
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Department of Corrections
Americans For Prosperity
Edwards County
Public defender named in Garden City murder case
Court appointed public defender in the murder case involving Sanjuana Torres Enriquez 43 of Garden City. Delacruz Flores allegedly fired a handgun at Torres Enriquez after a dating split at Mificina Club 604 W Fulton St. He fled in a 1998 Oldsmobile, later located on Karen Street. Bond set at 1.5 million. His next hearing is 2 pm Aug. 14 before Judge Robert Frederick. Davalos Garcia’s body sent for autopsy. autopsy pending.
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Garden City
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Mificina
W. Fulton St
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Torres-Enriquez
Karen Street
Robert Frederick. Delacruz-Flores
Finney County
Sedgwick County Forensics Center
Wichita
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