Commissioners relocate monument to church grounds
Wyandotte County and Kansas City Kansas officials voted to move a Ten Commandments monument about 150 feet across the street from the county courthouse to the grounds of St Marys Saint Anthonys Catholic Church. The decision followed a warning of impending litigation by the ACLU on behalf of an unnamed resident.
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Wyandotte County
Kansas City
Kan
Unified Government Board of Commissioners
St. Mary’s-St.Anthony’s Catholic Church
American Civil Liberties Union
Ternal Order of Eagles
Hal Walker
Walker
U S Supreme Court
Western Diamondback Snakes Found in Kanopolis Park
Eight Western Diamondback rattlesnakes have been seen or captured in Kanopolis State Park since 1991, a sizable number for a nonnative species in a concentrated area. The snakes range from California to Arkansas and can reach seven feet in length. Road condition hotline 1-800-585-7623.
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Kanopolis
Kanopolis State Park
California
Arkansas
Statehouse renovation enters next phase in Kansas
Workers remove boxes and furniture from the Statehouse as the east wing prepares for a new stage in a 10 year 135 million renovation. Gov Sebelius staff and Senate aides will move into temporary quarters while a $15 million underground garage progresses ahead of schedule.
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Topeka
Statehouse
Seat of Kansas
State Budget Division
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Senate
Capitol
East Wing
Caleb Asher
Department of Administration
Asher
Senate Chamber
Barry Greis
Senate
Greis
Price aims for national Miss Teen USA after Kansas win
Megan Price, 18, won Miss Kansas Teen USA last December and will fly to Palm Springs to begin national prep. Preliminary rounds start August 7 with the final on August 12 aired by NBC. She trains daily in Kansas City with director Jon Vannatta and networked support from VANBROS. She focuses on anorexia bulimia awareness as her platform and plans KU broadcast journalism after the pageant. Her family will attend the events and cheer her on in Palm Springs.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Price
Kansas
NBC
Kansas City
Jon Vannatta
Vannatta
Vanbros and Associates Inc
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Adam
Jud
Ann Price
Veterans’ Hospital
Topeka
Jennie Wilson
University of Kansas
New York
Trump Towers
Revised audit backs Kansas Guard accuracy on pay
A federal official corrected an audit claiming misinterpretation and affirmed the Kansas Army National Guard did not inflate troop strength or pay. Gov. Sebelius and Maj. Gen. Gardner said the change confirms all soldiers were paid correctly and timelines reflect internal processing only.
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Topeka
Kansas Army National Guard
Kathleen Sebelius
Greg Gardner
Dennis Elliott
Kansas
Sion
Elliott
Doug Mays
Army Guard
Mays
R-Topeka
Gardner
Sebelius
and Sebelius
Nicole Corcoran
Kansas to form statewide homeless action plan council
Kansas officials plan a coordinated homeless services approach via a statewide council including state agencies, local advocates, and homeless people. The plan aims to map shelters, streamline referrals, and possibly create a rent subsidy with new federal funding sources. Rising shelter occupancy and prescription costs strain providers like New Beginnings in Hutchinson.
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Topeka
Kansas
Amy Apitz
Kansas Housing Resources Corp
Richard Jackson
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunities Corp
Ottawa
Jackson
Shara Gonzales
New Beginnings Homeless Shelter
Hutchinson
Apitz
Gonzales
New Beginnings
Bridge Crash Injures Six Workers in Kansas Construction
Six Beachner Construction Co. workers were hurt when a bridge beam failed on US 96 near Crestline, Kansas. One worker was airlifted with serious injuries to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, while five others were transported by ambulance to area hospitals.
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Crestline
Kansas
US 96
Missouri State Line
Beachner Construction Co
St. Paul
Kan
Spring River
Freeman Hospital
Joplin
Cherokee County
George Kelly
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