Ethanol Promotion At Garden City Gas Station Event
Ethanol Pump Tour stops at E10 stations across the Midwest to raise awareness. AgriTalk and Kansas Corn Commission plan live broadcasts from 10 to 11 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at KBUF 1030 AM. E10 will be sold at a 10 cent per gallon discount. Volunteers pump discounted fuel and share ethanol information with attendees. Six Kansas ethanol plants produce 122.5 million gallons yearly, using over 46 million bushels of corn and grain sorghum, with plants in Garden City and Leoti.
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Agriculture
Midwest
AgriTalk
Garden City
KBUF
Kansas Corn Commission
Kansas
Leoti
Accident Diverts Traffic on US 50 Near Fulton Plaza
Westbound US 50 traffic was diverted for three hours after a 1998 Freightliner driven by Robert McCain failed a sharp turn near Fulton Street and Campus Drive. McCain, cited for unsafe turning, struck a culvert and post, damaging the trailer and closing the road from Campus Drive to the bypass.
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Fulton Street
Campus Drive
Robert McCain
Garden City
Mike Utz
Utz
McCain
Fulton Plaza
Two killed in Coffey County weekend shootings
In Coffey County over the weekend a man stabbed his girlfriend, killing her, then was fatally shot by his ex-wife's husband after he stabbed his ex-wife. A woman stabbed multiple times was taken to Coffey County Hospital and died. No names released. Kansas Bureau of Investigation aiding.
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Burlington
Coffey County
Randy Rogers
Rogers
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Leavenworth prison to be torn down
The Army prison at Fort Leavenworth, longtime home to some of the militarys worst criminals, will be demolished starting next month after the 2002 opening of the new U S Disciplinary Barracks. The castle once held as many as 1500 inmates and will be removed 129 years after its construction.
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Fort Leavenworth
U.S
Soldiers in Kuwait Adopt Ride the Outlaw Trail Game
Texas National Guard unit in Kuwait embraced a board game based on Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. Sgt Jeff Steele discovered it in a magazine, arranged a donation from Dusty Grothusen of Scott City. The game helped the soldiers relax, with seven players often in long sessions, even renaming their unit from Road Hogs to Road Hangs in tribute.
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Dusty Grothusen
Scott City
Kuwait
Butch Cassidy
Sgt
Jeff Steele
Steele
Grothusen
Utah
Wyoming
Texas National Guard
the Wild Bunch
Betty Gable
Record Low Garden City Temperatures Crack Weekend Marks
Garden City set record low temperatures with Saturday 54 and Sunday 53 degrees, beating 1933 1975 and 1991 lows. Rain totaling 2.67 inches boosted dryland corn, with year to date 13.86 inches. Wetter east Kansas and a high pressure system fueled the cool spell, followed by a rebound to the 80s and 90s by weekend.
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Kansas
Garden City
Jeff Elliott
Kansas State University Southwest Research and Extension Center
Tim Burke
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Burke
Canada
Oklahoma
Kearny County
Lane
Wichita
Oklahoma meth precursor law could push cooks north
Southern Kansas sheriffs fear Oklahoma limits on ephedrine purchases will drive meth cooks into Kansas. They note recent arrests in Harper County and warn small departments may struggle to handle spillover. Kansas reports 340 labs this year versus Oklahoma's 378 seized.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Oklahoma
Pratt County
Vernon Chinn
Harper County
Anthony
Wichita
Enid
Okla
Chinn
Kansans face rising state debt and borrowing binge
The 1990s saw Kansas per capita bonds surge by 333 percent from 1992 to 2002, far outpacing other states. State debt is projected to hit 3.71 billion dollars by year end, equating to 1352 dollars per resident, sparking concerns over mortgage-like fiscal strain and potential limits on other spending.
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Topeka
Kansas
Associated Press
Texas
Arthur Stickney
Tibet
Henry Helgerson
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