Great Bend man injured in semitrailer accident
Derek McCormick, 25, of Rainbow Trucking Great Bend, was in critical condition after being run over by a backing semitrailer in Finney County. He was unloading a dog house on an oil rig when the incident occurred at 8:54 a.m. EMTs airlifted him to a Wichita hospital.
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Great Bend
Wichita
Finney County
Derek McCormick
Rainbow Trucking
Ibp
Kevin Bascue
Jimmie Baird
McCormick
Bascue
Everett Burroughs
Ellinwood
Kenny Mid Continent Inc
School bond issue meetings planned for USD 457
The USD 457 Board of Education schedules two special meetings next week to discuss the long range facility plan and a bond issue on the November 4 ballot. Architects will present bond details and preliminary high school floor plans and costs, with final approval set for a future session.
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Board O Education
Fleming St
Garden City School
N. Main St
Garden City High School Class of 1973 Reunion
The Garden City High School Class of 1973 plans a 35 year reunion this weekend. Activities include an 8 p.m. Friday gathering at the Grain Bin, a Saturday high school tour at 2 p.m., a Windsor Hotel tour at 3 p.m., a 6:30 p.m. social and 7:30 p.m. dinner and dance at Knights of Columbus Hall, plus a 10 a.m. Sunday brunch at Wheatlands. Contact Whitney Baker for details.
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Garden City
Windsor Hotel
Knights of Columbus
Lane County candidates ready to run in GOP primary
Lane County Republicans prepare for a statewide primary Tuesday with two sheriff candidates, Donald Wilson and Steve Edler, and a race for Register of Deeds between Wendelin Scheck Vicki Jo Hubin and incumbent Betty Terhune retiring. Edler faces independent Charlie Fraley in November.
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Lane County
Donald Wilson
Steve Edler
Wilson
Crysta Torson
Lane County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Edler
Charlie Fraley
Big City
Lane County Register of Deeds
Betty Terhune
Wendelin Scheck
Vicki Jo Hubin
Terhune
Register of Deeds Office
Scheck
Dighton
Fort Hays State University
Judge OKs six jurors in abortion provider trial
Sedgwick County Kansas judge Clark Owens ruled the state statute allowing six jurors for misdemeanor trials is constitutional in the case against Dr. George Tiller, who faces 19 counts for alleged violations of the 1998 late term abortion law. Trial date set for March 16.
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Wichita, Kan
Sedgwick
Clark Owens
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Supreme Court
Owens
George Tiller
Lee Thompson
Veronica Dersch
Letter Lost 60 Years Returns to Lawrence Home
A Lawrence woman received a letter postmarked November 11, 1948, nearly six decades late. The envelope to Ruth Williston in Connecticut was returned to the Gilmore family address, revealing a 1948 message about mourning in Lawrence after Truman’s presidential win.
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Lawrence
Xan Wedel
Wedel
Gertrude Gilmore
Gilmore
Ruth Williston
Rockfall
Conn
Middlefield
Judy Raney
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Westinghouse
Plymouth Congregational Church
Dale Turner
Pickens to campaign for wind and gas energy plan in Topeka
Texas oilman T Boone Pickens launches a 58 million campaign to boost wind and natural gas use to cut foreign oil reliance. He will host a series of Great Plains town halls starting today in Topeka Kansas at Heritage Hall Expocentre.
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Topeka
Texas
T. Boone Pickens
Pickens
Melissa McKay
Great Plains
Heritage Hall
Kansas
McKay
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Finney County
Sunflower
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Finney County Ems
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Via Christi St. Francis Hospital
GCHS
Wheatlands
Whitney Baker
Foday Price
Sioux City
Neb
Air Force Academy
Olathe Police Department
Scott City
Fraley
Phoenix
Sheriff's Office
Democratic Party
Janice Backowki
Hubin
Tribune
Fowler
Colo
Otero Junior College
la Junta
Joe Hubin
Craig Kershner
Dale Pike
State Farm Insurance
Hays
Oakley
Schecks
Democrat
Backowki
Tve
Tiller
Ann Kristin Neuhaus
Nortonville
Paul Morrison
Phill Kline
Steven Six
Morrison
Kline
Cheryl Sullenger
Operation Rescue
Sullenger
Tyler Pierce
Dodge City
Pierce
Dodge City Park
Texan
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