Garden City man injured in domestic incident ends up hospitalized
Kamal Taylor, 26, was run over at 1706 Maggie St by a car driven by his girlfriend Pamela Marquez, 20, after a verbal argument. Police say the incident, initially described as an accident, left Taylor with a severely injured foot and he underwent surgery at St Catherine Hospital where he remains in good condition.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Maggie St
Finney County Emergency Medical Services
Kamal Taylor
Pamela Marquez
Utz
Marquez
Taylor
St. Catherine Hospital
Janie Wimmer
Holcomb Home Burglarized on Main Street
Holcomb police responded to a burglary at 105 North Main Street Nancy Norton’s home. Entry was forced between 7:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Jewelry boxes rings coins earrings and other jewelry were stolen with an estimated loss of $3000. Crime Stoppers 275-7807 or Holcomb Police 277-2761.
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Holcomb
N. Main St
Nancy Norton
Jeff Sharp
Holcomb Police Department
GCCC opens student art shows at Beth Tedrow Center
Garden City Community College launches a series of student exhibitions in the Beth Tedrow Student Center. The first display features Trey Botts oil paintings, a 2002 Holcomb High School graduate and GCCC art education major, with works showcased through March 30. An April display features Buck Reist of Deerfield, running April 2 to 28.
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Garden City Community College
Beth Tedrow
Trey Botts
Holcomb High School
GCCC
Botts
Phi Theta Kappa
New York
Buck Reist
Deerfield
Mercer Gallery
Pauline Joyce
Holcomb council weighs cheaper health plan change
Holcomb city officials consider replacing Blue Cross and Blue Shield with a Trustmark plan funded by Health Savings Plans to cut costs for nine employees. Estimated annual premiums drop from about 58,800 to 61,500 under current, or to 36,072 with deductibles, plus a 41,304 family option. Dental coverage adds about 2,400 annually. Proposals include deductibles of 1000 to 3000 for individuals and families, with employer and employee contributions to a Health Savings Plan. No final decision. AFLAC plan dropped. Also bid approval for a new Henderson Mills water tower and related work.
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Holcomb
Tom Rotole
Towanda
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Kansas
Trustmark Insurance Co
Lake Forest
Blue Shield
Rotole
Trustmark
Jamie Jarnagin
Lisa Staab
Jarnagin
Jeff Sharp
Staab
Dave Dover
Dover
Kansas Insurance Commission
AFLAC
Gerard Tank & Steel Inc
Concordia
Henderson and
Mills Streets
Railroad Avenue
Paul Nixon
Weekend of rabbits horses and politics in Garden City
Finney County hosts a three event weekend with the Nose Twitchers rabbit show at the fairgrounds from 7 to 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, a Garden City Beef Empire Cutting Horse Association event from Friday to Sunday, and a Saturday presidential caucus at the Wheat Lands Convention Center open to Democrats with on site registration.
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Garden City
Steve Barrett
Finney County
Finney County Fairgrounds
Barrett
Beef Empire Cutting Horse Association
Horse Palace
Fairgrounds
Lee Ann Bates
Bates
Lonny Wartman
Democratic Central Committee
Senate
Finney
Kearny
Hamilton
Stanton
Grant
Morton
Stevens
Haskell County
Wheat Lands Convention Center
E. Fulton St
U.S
John Kerry
Kansas House OKs bill for public library porn filters
The Kansas House approved the Children’s Internet Protection Act 71 to 52, requiring city county and township libraries to install filtering software funded by the state before the measures take effect. Minors would be blocked from R rated videos, with parental override for non filtered access. The bill moves to the Senate.
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Topeka
Senate
Becky Hutchins
R-Holton
Rick Reborn
Kansas City
House
Hutchins
Don Myers
R-Derby
Myers
Open records bill faces Senate snag after House support
Advocates warn the compromise on the Kansas Open Records Act may stall in the Senate despite House approval 104 2. Regents express concerns as committees near March 23 hearing deadline. The measure broadens access by removing exemptions including compensation records and donor disclosure to public officials while universities cite four essential exemptions.
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Topeka
Hns
Senate
House
Kim Gulley
Kansas League of Municipalities
Dave Kerr
Hutchinson
State Board of Regents
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kerr
Judiciary Committee
John Wratil
R-Leawood
Kansas
Regents
Kip Peterson
House Local Government Committee
Kansas State University
University of Kansas
Wichita State University
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Holcomb House
Cindy Hernandez
Aaron Olivas
Hernandez
Rosa Hernandez
Alta Brown
Massachusetts
John Edwards
North Carolina
Dennis Kucinich
Ohio
Vermont
Howard Dean
Wartman
Ellsworth
Garden City Area
Red Cross
Carolyn Henry
Henry
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