Garden City Fiddlers Begin Saturday Night Country Set
The Garden City group will start at 5 p.m. Saturday at Finney County Senior Center 907 N. 10th St. A carry-in supper runs 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. then more music until 9 p.m. The event is free. Bring a covered dish and sign in to join the rotation.
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Garden City
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Corrections board meeting scheduled
The 25th Judicial District Community Corrections Advisory Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. on August 23 in the Community Corrections Conference Room at 601 N. Main St. Suite H. Items include the FY 2013 KDOC Carryover Reimbursement Budget the FY 2013 Justice Assistance Grant FY 2012 Unexpended Funds and a public comment period.
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25Th Judicial District Community Corrections Advisory Board
Community Corrections Conference Room
N. Main St
Suite H
Kansas Department of Corrections
Judge denies third trial in 1974 Prairie Village killing
Kansas District Judge James Franklin Davis rejected a bid for a third trial for John Henry Horton, a former high school janitor serving life for the 13 year old Lizabeth Wilson murder in Prairie Village. Horton argued evidence was improperly kept from a Johnson County jury at the 2008 trial, but the judge ruled the evidence would not have changed the verdict. Horton was convicted in 2004 and 2008. an earlier conviction was overturned. In 2008, two prison inmates testified Horton claimed the killing was accidental near Shawnee Mission East High School.
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Clathe
Kansas
Prairie Village
John Henry Horton
Johnson County
Horton
The
Kansas City Star
James Franklin Davis
Lizabeth Wilson
Shawnee Mission East High School
Topeka man seeks to withdraw guilty pleas in fatal crash
In Shawnee County Court Shane Godfrey, 33, surprised the court by seeking to withdraw his guilty pleas to felony first degree murder and aggravated battery in the November wreck that killed 22 year old Jordan Dodgen and injured five others. Prosecutors say he sped from a police stop, crashing into four vehicles in a 30 second chase. Attorneys have until next Wednesday to file the motion.
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Topeka
Shane Godfrey
Shawnee
Godfrey
Jordan Dodgen
Topeka Capital- Journal
Mid-week storm brings light rain and hail to area
The National Weather Service reports a Wednesday night storm across south west Kansas dropped 1.3 inches of rain north of Pierceville and 0.2 to 0.3 inches over Finney, Gray, and Haskell counties, with 60 mph gusts and golf ball sized hail. No damage was reported as Cruse said the spotty storm will not relieve the drought, which is expected to persist through Oct. 31.
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Pierceville
Finney County
Gray
Haskell
Satanta
Scott County
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Garden City
NWS
Frederick Cruse
Cruse
Kansas
Kansas Kids Well Being Ranking Shows Mixed Outcomes
Kansas sits 16th nationally in the Annie E. Casey Kids Count Data Book but deeper figures reveal 60,000 Kansas children lack health insurance and 64 percent of fourth graders are below reading proficiency. The 2010-based report cites rising teen births, 18 percent in poverty, and 27 percent of children in homes without a full-time, year-round parent job.
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Kansas
Annie E. Casey
Shannon Cotsoradis
Kansas Action For Children
Cotsoradis
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Nevada
New Mexico
Mississippi
Datacenter
Kidscount.org
Judge weighs Hawker Beechcraft bonuses in bankruptcy case
In New York a bankruptcy judge heard Hawker Beechcraft defend 5.3 million in executive bonuses while approving a 1.9 million plan for 31 lower managers. The company seeks dual paths to reorganize or sell, with ongoing talks amid objections from the Machinists union and the Justice Department.
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Wichita
Hawker Beechcraft
Stuart Bernstein
New York
Machinists Union
Bernstein
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
U.S. Justice Department
Frank Larkin
Nicole Alexander
Hawker Beechcraft Corp
Onex Partners
GS Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs
Superior Aviation Beijing Co. Ltd
Superior
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