Weather officials urge tornado safety and planning
Finney County emergency coordinator Dave Jones notes 27 sirens citywide used for outdoor warnings only as storms approach. Ruth encourages personal disaster plans, shelters, and ready supplies. emphasize staying away from doors and windows and using basements or sturdy objects during a tornado. mobile home residents should evacuate immediately.
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Finney County Emergency Management Services
Dave Jones
Jones
Finney County
Garden City
Holcomb
Ruth
Ruthi
Finney County prepares storm shelters with local locations listed
Finney County Emergency Management lists business locations schools churches and government buildings for storm shelter access. Shelters operate by space availability and may not be open outside regular hours. Residents should have a disaster plan and call 911 for assistance if needed.
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Eighth St
Finney County Health Department
Zerr Road
W. Santa Fe St
Finney County
10Th St
High Plains Public Radio
Seventh St
Tornado safety tips emphasize shelter and debris caution
Weather expert Ruths notes western Kansas faces possible tornadoes though F4 and F5 events are rare. Guidance urges moving to basements or interior rooms, staying away from windows, exiting vehicles, and lying in a ditch if outside. It also warns mobile homes offer little protection and recalls Garden City's 1967 killer tornado with one fatality.
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Ruths
Kansas
National Weather Service
Garden City
Weather awareness classes offered across Kansas counties
Finney County hosts 3 and 7 p.m. sessions Monday in the Law Enforcement Center basement. Hamilton County holds 7 p.m. MST March 16 at Syracuse High School Lecture Hall. Lane County offers 7 p.m. March 22 in Dighton Courthouse Community Room. Gray County 7 p.m. March 28 at Cimarron library. Haskell County 7 p.m. March 30 in Sublette Co op basement. Scott County 7 p.m. March 31 at Scott City EMS building. Kearny County 7 p.m. April 4 at Lakin library meeting room.
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Law Enforcement Center
Ninth St
Hamilton County
Syracuse High School
Main Street
Lane County
Dighton Courthouse
S. Lane
Gray County
Cimarron Library
N. Main St
Haskell County
Co-op
Sublette
Scott County
Scott City Ems
Court
Kearny County
Lakin Library
Weather fatality study highlights 2003 Kansas impacts
The 2003 National Weather Service report shows 438 weather related fatalities nationally with tornadoes causing 54 deaths and 1 087 injuries from tornadoes, while 2 924 people were injured overall. Residents are urged to use alert systems on radio or TV and follow four alert stages including tornado watch and warning and severe thunderstorm watch and warning.
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Sumner County
National Weather Service
Hall faces multiple charges after resignation from city post
Hall resigns from his aviation position amid one count sexual battery one count criminal trespass and 40 counts of harassment by telephone involving five women. City officials plan to hire a new aviation director and appoint a public contact for the airport. Powell will handle some duties. a four month search is anticipated. Hall remains free on bail with a March 17 case management in Finney County District Court and faces eviction from a city house by April 1 if he does not vacate.
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Allen
Halloran
Rachelle Powell
Hall
Powell
Federal Transportation Security Administration
Richard Marquez
Lindner & Marquez
Randall Grisell
Grisell
Marquez
Finney County District Court
Air Service Road
Bus Stop at GCCC features 1950s kidnapping plot and cast
GCCC actors perform Bus Stop with Walker playing a loud obnoxious character who kidnaps a woman to Montana. Mancini notes strong learning value from the props and fight scene while Betsy Hall as Elma, Carly Dodge as Grace, Michael Breitkreutz as Dr. Lyman, and Craig Brownlee as Virgil fill ongoing roles. Tickets $5 are on sale in the Fine Arts lobby 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday or one hour before each show. about 120 tickets remain.
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Elma
Betsy Hall
Garden City
Grace
Carly Dodge
Dr. Lyman
Michael Breitkreutz
Leon
Virgil
Craig Brownlee
Syracuse
Fine Arts Building
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