Anti-meth law praised in Garden City by grandpa Ken Minter
Ken Minter, a Garden City resident and grandfather of four, welcomed the anti-methamphetamine law enacted April 22. The bill requires pseudoephedrine and ephedrine medicines to be behind counters, buyer IDs, logging, and a seven day limit of three packs per person. Retailers without pharmacies must remove the products.
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Ken Minter
Garden City
Minter
Kansas Supreme Court set to rule on school finance legality
The Kansas Supreme Court planned to release at 3 p.m. its ruling on the legality of the school finance formula. Spokesman Ron Keefover said the decision would be posted on the court's website after today’s session. Arguments were heard May 11 over lawmakers' attempt to fix flaws identified in a January ruling, with emphasis on boosting funding for poor and minority student programs.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Ron Keefover
Leoti Grain Elevator Death Claims Worker
Eugenio Penaran-Huerta age 35 is dead after grain collapsed in the ADM Grain Elevator in Seot where he was cleaning bins. Sheriff Randy Keeton says the accident occurred shortly before 8 20 a m with co workers discovering him. ADM officials express condolences and an internal probe is planned. Penaran-Huerta had worked for ADM since 2004 and previously at Sullivan Elevator for 10 years.
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Leoti
Wichita County
Randy Keeton
Eugenio Penaran-Huerta
ADM
Seot
Penaran-Huerta
Keeton
Karla Miller
Radio upgrade plan puts Finney County on to do list
Kansas launches first step toward seamless first responder radio system funded by 16 million dollars in federal grants and state funds. Southeast Kansas will receive initial support to upgrade communication towers and enable interagency talk regardless of radio type. Finney County would face costs of 240000 annually to lease and replace about 400 radios as digital tech expands capacity across 76 KDOT towers statewide.
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Kansas
Kansas Department of Transportation
Ron Hall
KDOT
Garden City
Hall
Finney County
Dave Jones
Kansas Highway Patrol
KHP
Lary Cole
Jones
Ulysses Eyes Random Drug Tests In District Activities
USD 214 boards considering a policy that would require all students in middle and high school who participate in extracurricular activities to sign a consent form for random drug and alcohol tests next year. Superintendent Bill Hall says the issue is a long standing concern and the measure aims to show teen substance use is illegal and unhealthy. A group of 25 high school students and 10 others weighed in on the plan at the board meeting.
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Ulysses
USD 214 Board of Education
Bill Hall
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