CILSWES Center Closure Sparks State Rep Weighing In
Mesa calls the Garden City based Center for Independent Living tragedy as state auditors flag more than 1 million in improper Medicaid billing and undocumented grant spending. SRS team, with Garden City police, seized center records amid layoffs and office closures in Liberal and Dodge City.
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Finney County
Independent
Kansas
Reynaldo Mesa
Liberal
Dodge City
Derek Schmidt
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Garden City
Cilswes
Mesa
Syracuse Man Receives Silver Star Medal
Syracuse native Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Gould earned the Silver Star for bravery as a medic during a morning firefight in Helmand province Afghanistan. The July ambush wounded two Marines and killed Marine Cpl Larry Harris Jr. Gould was pinned on March 4 at Camp Pendleton California.
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Navy
Peter A. Gould
Fridrik Fridriksson
Afganistan
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Scott Samuels
Stacia Harris
Cpl
Larry D. Harris Jr
Bruce Merriweather
Larry D. Harris
Syracuse
Peter Gould
Afghanistan
Gould
Garmshr
Helmand
Larry Harris Jr
Kansas weighs idea for luring people back
Freeport Kansas once boasted the smallest incorporated city with a bank. The Freeport State Bank closed and the town of five residents now uses the old bank building as City Hall. Once 500 residents, Freeport faces rural depopulation as Gov. Sam Brownback plans incentives to attract newcomers to counties losing population.
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Kansas
Freeport
United States
Freeport State Bank
Great Plains States
Sam Brownback
Congress
Brownback
Dougherty Seeks Fiscal Efficiency for Garden City Schools
Jason Dougherty argues raising property taxes is not the best fix for ongoing cuts to Garden City Public Schools funding. He cites alternatives to protect students' quality education while legislators in Topeka and Washington seek ways to curb spending. Dougherty is among ten candidates seeking office.
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Garden City
Jason Dougherty
Dougherty
Topeka
Washington
Garden City Commission candidate Harness seeks re election
Nancy Harness 55 aims to keep Garden City growing and serves as ESL teacher at Garden City High School. A six candidate field vies for three seats with Harness first elected in 2007 and a two decade history with new residents and community service.
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Garden City Commission
Nancy Harness
Harness
City Commission
Commission
Garden City High School
Deerfield
Weather Forecast Tonight and Wednesday Outlook
Tonight patchy clouds bring a low around 37 degrees. Wednesday looks sunny and hot with a high near 76 and a low close to 41. Details on page Ag.
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