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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 2001
Page
3
Finney County Commissioners take their show on the road with a July Holcomb meeting at 7 p.m. at the Holcomb Fire Station 200 N Lynch St. Public comment and a Holcomb Bridge project update are on the agenda as Main Street reconstruction looms for the town.
In Sedgwick County a 21 year old man died after an oilfield work truck touched a 25 foot high power line while maintenance on brine wells. Two other workers suffered serious burns and were hospitalized. The workers were with Pratt Well Service for Vulcan Chemicals when the boom contacted the line, knocking all near the truck to the ground.
In south Kansas City a house fire killed 5 year old Sean Baumgardner and 3 year old Nathan Chamberlain, while a 13 month old was treated and released. The cause is under investigation. The boys were dropped off by their mother to their aunt Paula Russell.
Three Johnson County men, Michael A. Walker 19 Nicholas C. Walker 18 and Sevelt Neal 18, are charged with three counts each of discharging a firearm at an occupied motor vehicle and criminal damage to property for firing a pellet rifle at cars on Interstate 435 in Overland Park. Bail is set at 7500 per defendant as prosecutors pursue similar incidents.
Kansas Arts Commission director David Wilson and Humanities Council chair Morey Sullivan urged legislators to divert up to 5 percent of Lottery revenues to arts programs and 1.7 percent to humanities. The plan would add roughly $4 million annually, expanding grants and funding a folklife festival to attract tourism despite tight general fund budgets.
Western Resources and Public Service Company of New Mexico said they will try to revise terms of their $4.4 billion merger after Kansas regulators objected. Kansas Corporation Commission actions included rate cuts and a rejection of Western’s reorganization plan.
In Wichita, prosecutors say enforcing online gambling laws is hindered by limited staff and jurisdictional complications. Experts note many casinos operate offshore, with traffic crossing Georgia, Britain, and other regions, while Nevada shifts stance to capitalize on cyberspace. One publisher estimates roughly 500 online gambling outlets exist, signaling growing market potential.
Kansas Turnpike engineers found reinforcement bars misaligned in the new east Topeka interchange linking I 70 and U S 24. Repairs will be completed at contractors cost and the $100 million project should open Wednesday, with officials stressing structural integrity remains intact and long term durability.
Attorney for MgtGp Inc seeks dismissal of 36 bribery counts against the firm that ran the Reno County Jail annex. The filing argues the probable cause affidavits do not prove the sheriff was illegally paid or that funds were given to influence duties. The sheriff, Larry Leslie, faces 34 counts of bribery and denies receiving payments of about 284,875 dollars.
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