Man dies at Bible Bowl tournament in Garden City
Colorado man Gary Taz LaFollette a 40 year old children's minister and team sponsor collapsed during a Bible Bowl event at Bible Christian Church in Garden City about 180 students were on campus at the time he was rushed to St. Catherine Hospital where he died counselors and ministers offered help to students and parents seeking counseling Funeral arrangements have not been set.
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Colorado
Garden City
Bible Christian Church
Gary Taz LaFollette
Valley View Christian Church
Littleton
Colo
Robin Zauche
LaFollette
St. Catherine Hospital
Catfish clamps foot of Kansas scientist on river trip
Two Sternberg Museum researchers say a 30 pound flathead catfish latched onto Curtis Schmidt’s foot in the Neosho River near Neosho Falls during a mudpuppy trapping trip en route to a Wildlife Society meeting. The fish held briefly before releasing and being returned to the river.
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HAYS
Kansas
Curtis Schmidt
Schmidt
Sternberg
Taggart
Pittsburg
The
Wildlife Society
Neosho Falls
Neosho
University of Kansas Lab Advances Travel Research
At the University of Kansas Transportation Research Institute scientists explore plane disappearance mitigation, biofuel powered engines, and cost saving concrete. The institute, now in its second year, received 14.5 million dollars from the 2005 federal highway bill secured by Rep. Moran and Sen. Roberts.
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University of Kansas Transportation Research Institute
Jerry Moran
R-Kan
Pat Roberts
Bob Honea
National Transportation Research Center
Rural Kansas counties gain full time workers despite population loss
Wichita State University researchers found 16 of 29 shrinking rural counties added full time workers from 1990 to 2000, led by migration of ages 30 to 49 even as 20 to 29 leave. Ellsworth and Logan counties cite the prison and an ethanol plant respectively as job magnets.
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Wichita
Kansas
Wichita State University
Janet Harrah
Harrah
University
Center For Economic Development and Business Research
Ellsworth
Jan Andrews
Rice
Lincoln
Logan County
Oakley
Jamie Bell
Logan County Development Corporation
Catherine M. Barry
Naomi Kelly
Ann Barnes
Kellie A. Ford
Angela Mayhew
Sheila Ingold
Carmeline Hibbs
Stacie L. Swofford
Gwendolyn Kizine
Margaret J. Miller
Debbie Blevins
Helga Kruger
Connie Luther
Paper Pilots program invites kids to explore Stauth Memorial Museum
In Montezuma the Stauth Memorial Museum hosted a Saturday afternoon event where 3-year-old Josh Mitchell and other children built paper airplanes and kites during the Paper Pilots program. Parents joined to spend time with children as the museum features Fly Now and Amelia Earhart exhibits. The event aimed to familiarize families with the museum environment and encourage future visits, with contact and hours listed for planning a tour.
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Montezuma
Josh Mitchell
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Josh
Wright Brothers
Amelia Earhart
Atchison
Alana Riley
Stauth Memorial Museum
Jeff Mitchell
Smithsonian Institution
National Air & Space Museum
Earhart
Riley
Lenea Field
Tyler
Dodge City
Field
Kansas
Jeff
Parole revocations fall as Kansas returns fewer exconvicts
Kansas parolees are returned to prison less often for violations, with revocations dropping from 7.3 percent in fiscal 2001 to 2.6 percent in the current year. The Department of Corrections cites reintegration efforts and crowded facilities, while Wichita officials note revocations now last shorter periods and feel the system is overtaxed.
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Wichita
Kansas
Department of
Department of Corrections
Bill Miskell
Tom Stolz
Stolz
National Geographic to feature Flint Hills story
National Geographic plans a 22 page April issue on Kansas Flint Hills with photos by Jim Richardson and text by Verlyn Klinkenberg. Richardson has long sought to capture the landscape showing geologic scale and seasonal detail, tracing work from spring 2006 through last winter.
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National Geographic
Flint Hills
Manhattan
Kansas
National Geographic Magazine
Lindsborg
Jim Richardson
Verlyn Klinkenberg
Richardson
Trial to open in serial killer case in Kansas City
A juryless trial begins this week in Jackson County for Lorenzo Gilyard the 56-year-old man accused of killing 13 women over 16 years. Prosecutors drop death penalty in exchange for a judge trial and limited appeals. DNA evidence关键 to the prosecutions.
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Kansas City, Mo
Jackson
Lorenzo Gilyard
Gilyard
Kansas City Star
Missouri
Sunshine Law
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