Delays Hit New Wichita to Pueblo Bus Service Plan
Prestige Charters delayed a daily Wichita to Pueblo route funded by federal and state subsidies. No 24 hour Hutchinson stop found to sell tickets, delaying start by at least two months. A Wichita to Salina twice daily route also faces delay due to an unfinished McPherson stop and awaiting federal operating permit.
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Hutchinson
Wichita
Pueblo
Colo
Salina
McPherson
Hutchinson News
Prestige
Tight GOP race in Kansas First District primary
SurveyUSA poll shows state Sens. Jim Barnett Tim Huelskamp and Tracey Mann tied at 24 percent in the Kansas 1st Congressional District Republican primary. Wasinger 12 Boldra 7 Cobb 2. Mann unopposed Democrat Alan Jilka in primary.
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Surveyusa
Jim Barnett
Emporia
Tim Huelskamp
Fowler
Tracey Mann
Salina
Rob Wasinger
Cottonwood Falls
Sue
Boldra
Hays
Marek Cobb
Galva
Kwch TV
Channel 12
Barnett
Mann
Huelskamp
National Rifle Association
NRA
Wasinger
Sup
U.S. House of Representatives
Alan Jilka
Westar executives’ pretrial hearing delayed. third trial set
In Topeka the pretrial hearing for former Westar Energy leaders David Wittig and Douglas Lake was postponed. They face conspiracy and other counts over evading internal controls. their third trial is slated for Sept. 20 after prior rulings, hung jury, and overturned conviction. In a separate matter, Shirley Phelps-Roper settled with Westboro Baptist Church for 17,000 and dropped her suit against Bellevue after protests at soldiers’ funerals and flag incident.
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Topeka
Westar Energy
Kansas
David Wittig
Douglas Lake
Topeka Capital Journal
U.S
Julie Robinson
Wittig
Westar
Lake
Lincoln, Neb
Omaha
Shirley Phelps- Roper
Bellevue
Westboro Baptist Church
Phelps-Roper
Jon Bruning
Doctor admits illegal sale of painkillers in Kansas City
Wayne Williamson a 67 year old physician from Olathe Kansas pleaded guilty to illegally selling prescription painkillers at low income housing in Kansas City Missouri He also admitted defrauding the federal government and threatening a state medical investigator in his plea on Tuesday.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas
Kansas City
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Wayne Williamson
Olathe
Garden City and Fort Hays State seal two plus two degree partnership
Officials from Garden City Community College and Fort Hays State University announced a two plus two agreement to offer four bachelor of business administration degrees in management tourism and hospitality human resource management and marketing. Courses will be completed mostly in Garden City with upper level classes online through FHSU Virtual College.
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Garden City Community College
Fort Hays State University
Southwest
Kansas
Bill Clifford
GCCC
Edward Hammond
FHSU
Clifford
Garden City
Virtual College
Hammond
Deb Robinson
Fort Hays
Dennis King
Virtual College and Learning Technologies
Area voters to decide on special ballot questions
Voters in area counties face local primaries and special ballot questions. In Leoti Carol Benning recall question appears, while Kearny County voters decide on a hospital and High Plains Retirement Village bond and mill levy. Other counties consider a Satanta hospital assisted living bonds and Lane County a one mill levy for the J.O.Y Center and Healy Primetimers programs.
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Seou
Carol Benning
Jeanene French
Jim Myers
Eugene Biel
Laura Medina
Roger Porter
French
Seoti
Benning
Leoti
Kansas
Great Plains
Kearny County
High Plains
Deerfield
Lakin
Board of County Commissioners of
Kearny County Hospital
High Plains Retirement Village
Satanta
Haskell
Ron Baker
Baker
Satanta District Hospital
Haskell County
Lane County
J.O.Y
Healy Primetimers
Max Moomaw
Moomaw
Board of County Commissioners
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