Fire Injures Family as Home Burns in Kansas
Sherri Trussell reports Chase Trussell woke coughing amid smoke and led siblings to safety from a house fire on Highway 50. Justin Trussell and others escaped with injuries. Mona Trussell aided and learned wiring caused the blaze. Justin was flown to Wichita after hospital transfers. a relief fund was started at Kearny County Bank.
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Sherri Trussell
Bradley
Kearny County Hospital
Krasser
Houston
Mona Trussell
Justin Trussell
Highway 50
Kohman
Kearny County
Chase Trussell
Justin
St. Catherine Hospital
Wichita
Trussell
Kearny County Bank
N. Main St
Lakin
K. L. Johnson Trucking
Bellevue Ave
Garden City
Kansas House advances concealed carry bill details evolve
The Kansas House approved a concealed carry bill 66 to 46 to restrict permits for felons and ban concealed weapons at the State Fair and Statehouse. Debates covered training hours, local policy rights, and business policy carry prohibitions, with KBI neutrality noted and cost estimates for issuing permits. Senators also tentatively backed a private prisons measure as a stopgap for crowding.
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Federal and State Affairs Committee
Kansas State Fair
Statehouse
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Bill Graves
KBI
Uncertainty slows Sunflower plant water deal yet to begin
Sunflower project leaders cite water access hurdles with 8,000 acre feet needed and 2,369 of 5,200 acre feet approved for use by the Kansas agriculture division. Sunflower awaits market responses and warns Garden City Holcomb residents to avoid premature property purchases and hiring before formal plans launch.
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Division of Water Resources
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Hauck
Sunflower
Miller
Mexicans Exempted From Fingerprints At Border Short Visits
The policy allows certain Mexican visa holders making brief border-area visits to skip fingerprinting and photos. The change, announced ahead of Vicente Fox’s Crawford Texas visit, aligns with US VISIT aims but excludes some entrants at land ports later in the year. Fox had pressed against broader photo and fingerprint requirements for Mexicans.
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America
Asa Hutchinson
Homeland Security Department
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Bush
Crawford
Texas
Fox
United States
Kerry Trails Bush With $100 Million Cash Gap
Kerry trails Bush by about 100 million in ready cash as he campaigns for the White House. He reports a record 1.2 million raised online in less than 24 hours after clinching the nomination. Bush prepares a 10 million ad blitz with fundraisers in California while outside groups step in to aid Kerry amid campaign funding limits.
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Sen
John Kerry
Bush
White House
Kerry
Massachusetts
George Bush
Orlando
California
Stephanie Cutter
Hollywood
Democratic National Committee
Kansas House Debates Gay Marriage Amendment
The Kansas House weighed a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages, aiming to lock the definition into the state constitution and bar related benefits. Gov. Sebelius questioned the need, while supporters and opponents debated fairness. voters would decide if approved by two thirds in both chambers.
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House
Kansas
Massachusetts
Kathe Lloyd
Clay Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Tim Owens
Overland Park
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Hawaii
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Nevada
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