Bad Boyz boxing club runs groceries at Walmart
The Bad Boyz Boxing Club held a Tuesday grocery run at Walmart with cash prizes. Natasha Oglesby of Garden City won 150 dollars for one minute, Dustin Rhodes of Garden City won 300 dollars for two minutes, and Sergio Nevarez of Ulysses won 500 dollars for three minutes. Proceeds fund national tournaments and equipment. Another run is planned for August.
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Bad Boyz Boxing Club
Walmart
Natasha Oglesby
Garden City
Dustin Rhodes
Sergio Nevarez
Ulysses
Kansas tax revenues exceed forecast in May
Kansas revenue officials report May tax collections at 445 million, nearly 47 million above forecast of 398 million. For 11 months, total receipts surpass 5 billion, about 59 million above budgeted forecast. Individual income taxes lead gains, exceeding expectations by nearly 60 million and over 94 million for the year. Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan cites expanding economy and stronger business activity.
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Topeka
Kansas Revenue
Kansas Department of Revenue
May
Nick Jordan
Kansas
Kansas insurer pushes in state vacations campaign
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas funds a 100000 promotion with state officials to market healthy vacations inside Kansas. The campaign features print ads and radio and TV spots across the state, arguing staying local lowers stress and strengthens families. Governor Sam Brownback and the Department of Commerce joined the launch.
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Topeka
Kansas
Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of
Sam Brownback
State Department of Commerce
Blue Cross
Brownback unveils $116 million Wichita highway upgrades
Governor Sam Brownback and Kansas Transportation Secretary Deb Miller announced the next Wichita area highway projects totaling 116 million dollars. Planned work includes I-235 Kellogg interchange, U S 54 in Sedgwick County, and routes on U S 54 in Kingman and Pratt counties, U S 50 in Newton, and Kansas 96 from Hutchinson to Sterling as part of the 2010 transportation program. The plan envisions 8.2 billion dollars in highway rail and aviation work over ten years with five Kansas communities visited in four days.
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Wichita
Sam Brownback
Kansas Transportation
Deb Miller
Brownback
Kellogg
Sedgwick
Kingman
Pratt
Newton
Kansas
Falcon chicks receive new identification bands in Topeka
Three peregrine falcon chicks born in a nesting box atop the Westar Energy building in Topeka were banded for tracking. On Monday experts applied leg bands, collected blood samples, and examined the birds’ feet to determine gender.
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Topeka
Westar Energy
KWCH
Kansas AG Expands Prosecutor Network on Sex Predator Cases
Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt added two Douglas County prosecutors to a state committee reviewing sexually violent predator cases. The panel, now with 19 prosecutors, evaluates high risk offenders before release and whether to pursue district court cases.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Derek Schmidt
Lawrence Journal-World
Douglas County
Charles Branson
Amy McGowan
US Supreme Court
Department of Corrections
Christine Ladner
Attorney General
Paul Morrison
Wyandotte
Johnson
Sedgwick
Schmidt
Reno
Douglas
Shawnee
Corrections Department
Branson
GCCC names Ambassador Award scholarship recipients
Garden City Community College selects Jordan Lee Angie Schieber and Rilee Spresser for the 2011 12 Ambassador Award. Each scholar excels academically and in service while preparing for fall enrollment. They join a tradition of student leadership and campus engagement guided by the college president.
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GCCC
Western Kansas
Garden City Community College
Jordan Lee
Kismet
Angie Schieber
Garden City
Rilee Spresser
Gem
Ter
Gccc Endowment Association
Lynn Dunford
Gccc Endowment Association Board of Directors
Dunford
Lee
Southwestern Heights
Budget cut increases unclaimed Kansas funeral cases
Kansas counties face more unclaimed bodies after state funding for funeral costs was cut in 2010. The program, run by SRS, paid 550 to low income families for relative funerals, yet 1,194 people benefited in 2009 and 589 in early 2010. Shawnee County reports seven bodies and seven cremains unclaimed, with cases from Allen, Douglas and Cherokee counties.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Topeka Capital-Journal
Pam Scott
Kansas Funeral Directors Association
Shawnee County
Sharon Mandel
Allen County
Douglas County
Cherokee County
Mandel
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