Deputies release illegal immigrants in Wichita stop
A moving van with 12 illegal immigrants was stopped for minor traffic violations in Wichita but deputies released them after immigration officials were unavailable. The driver lacked a license and was cited. 10 passengers were in back, two in the cab. Federal custody was not pursued due to tight enforcement loads.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office
Sedgwick County
Jackie Stuart
Stuart
Kansas
Rolla
Mexico
U.S
Arizona
Salina
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office
Chicago
Amish farmers hit by South Central Livestock closure
In South Hutchinson, the sudden shutdown of South Central Livestock on Feb 14 forced Reno County Amish and other farmers to ship cattle 60 to 75 miles to auctions in Pratt El Dorado and Salina. Rural producers cite high travel costs and distance as major burdens while auditors probe the barn's finances and checks bouncing incident.
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Roman Yoder
Partridge
South Hutchinson
South Central Livestock
US Department of Agriculture
el Dorado
Pratt
Salina
Mike Samples
Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co
Reno County
Obama energizes Kansas Democrats at Washington Days
Hundreds gathered for two days of events in Topeka as Barack Obama headlined the Washington Days banquet. The event drew 1,100 dinner tickets and 300 in a second room, with Sebelius praising Obama as a party rock star who can attract moderates. He urged progress on education, labor, and energy independence while Kansas aims to keep momentum for Sebelius’s re election and possible future national roles.
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Topeka
Illinois
Barack Obama
Obama
New Frontiers
Sebelius
Phill Kline
Johnson County
Paul Morrison
GOP
Kansas
Lyndon Johnson
Tim Shallenburger
Washington
Augusta
el Dorado
Hawaii
Articu
Larry Sabato
Center For Politics
University of Virginia
Democratic Party
Sabato
Hillary Clinton
Kansas woman glad to be home after prison escape link
Toby Young from Kansas City Kansas, accused of aiding jail escape by using a dog program, remains jailed with a $100000 bond. Her accomplice John Manard, serving life for a Johnson County murder, was captured with her in east Tennessee on Feb. 24. A preliminary hearing is set for March 17, with prosecutors seeking probation to 32 months. she previously traveled with Manard in a van through prison gates using a dog crate.
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Leavenworth
Toby Young
Kansas
Jim Yoakum
Young
John Manard
Lansing
East
Tennessee
Yoakum
Kansas City
Kan
Leavenworth County
Manard
Johnson County
Safe Harbor
Garden City
Palmer Manufacturing
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Matt Allen
Environmental Issues Board
County Health Department
Kristi Schmitt
Public Works
John Ellermann
Commission to review gas pipeline tax changes in county meeting
Finney County plans to reassess oil and gas property taxation with 1325 wells identified and 272 unlisted on rolls. The county will decide whether those wells are taxed or exempt, as state-level taxation for pipelines moves forward for 2006.
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Finney County
Alan Roop
County Commission
Roop
Kansas Department of Revenue
Topeka
Kansas job growth cooled by revised figures
Topeka as the Kansas Department of Labor revised 2004 and 2005 data, showing nonfarm jobs rose 1.3 percent in January 2006 and the unemployment rate at 5.0 percent, while revisions suggest two years of continual growth ended. Gov. Sebelius and officials defended the overall economy as strong despite the setback.
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Topeka
Department of Labor
Department
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Jim Garner
Garner
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Sebelius
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Abe Hubert
Cheyenn Bemis
Kenneth Henderson
Commission
Finney County Commission
County Administrative Building
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