Police seek suspects in garden city house burglary
Garden City police investigate a residential burglary Friday with $11,000 in stolen property. Leydi Sagastizado, 20, returned home at 4 p.m. to find the front door forced, with three TVs, computers, jewelry and cash missing between 9:35 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Damage loss $80. two others lived in the home but were away. Call 276-1300 or Crime Stoppers 275-7807 with tips.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Leydi Sagastizado
Campusview St
Apt. 1
Utz
Tabor College Choir to sing at Garden Valley chapel
The Tabor College Concert Choir of Hillsboro will perform But We See Jesus at 9 30 a m Wednesday in Garden Valley Retirement Village chapel. The program is part of the 2007 spring tour and includes traditional and spiritual pieces. Former Garden City resident Dr Brad Vogel directs. Admission is free.
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Tabor College
Hillsboro
Jesus
Chapel of
Garden Valley
Use of methadone becomes deadly across the nation
A Lawrence AP report notes rising methadone use for pain relief rather than addiction treatment fueling more deaths. Federal data show methadone related poisoning deaths climbed 389 percent from 1999 to 2004, with Kansas rising from four to 25. Dr McKnelly runs the Kansas City Metro Methadone Program, charging nine dollars daily.
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Lawrence
Kansas
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Center For Health Statistics
William McKnelly
Kansas City Metro
McKnelly
Kansas Lottery urges unclaimed prizes worth 1.3 million
Kansas Lottery officials urge winners to check tickets as about 1.3 million in prizes remain unclaimed. A South-Central Kansas Powerball ticket from the recent draw is worth 200,000, with numbers 2 21 27 35 55 and Powerball 1. About 6,000 in prizes expire by month’s end, and prizes can be claimed six months or one year after the game concludes.
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Topeka
Kansas Lottery
Kansas
Sally Lunsford
K State opens biosecurity lab on food safety front lines
Kansas State University launches a 50 million Biosecurity Research Institute led by Randy Phebus to study dangerous agents such as anthrax and botulinum toxins. The Biosafety Level 3 facility includes a live animal area, slaughter floor, and large containment capabilities for testing and validation projects with government, academia, and industry partners.
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Manhattan
Randy Phebus
Kansas State University
Senate
Kansas State
Phobus
U.S
State employee could lose job over bumper sticker
In Topeka a Republican leader pressed for the firing of Ashley Holm, a Kansas Legislative Research Department fellow, after she displayed a two word bumper sticker with the f word followed by war on her car in the statehouse garage. Holm refused to remove it, raising questions about free expression and work policy. Other leaders questioned the move while acknowledging the profanity was in poor taste.
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Topeka
Statehouse
House
Ray Merrick
R-Stilwell
Kansas Legislative Research Department
Ashley Holm
Holm
Research Department
Merrick
Alan Conroy
Conroy
Topeka Capital Journal
Senate
Derek Schmidt
R-Independence
Anthony Hensley
Hensley
Robber robs Snow Ride Shop in Lakin area
Ramon Almuina, 25, an ATV dealer employee, was held at gunpoint by a black man who demanded cash and fled in a 2000 black Chevy pickup. Deputies described the suspect as 6 feet tall and 230 pounds, last seen westbound with the vehicle. Police ask anyone with information to contact the Kearny County Sheriff's Office.
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Lakin
Ramon Almuina
Snow Ride
Almuina
ATV and Snow Mobile
Kearny County
Dave Horner
Horner
Norman Swank
Swank
KBUF
Garden City
Fake diploma sites worry universities over academic fraud
Kansas City area schools fight a growing batch of Internet sites selling counterfeit diplomas and transcripts. Colleges like Kansas State warn that even with cease and desist letters, the counterfeit diploma business remains dynamic and lucrative, as licensing groups target offending sites and protect university brands.
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Kansas City, Mo
Barmak Nassirian
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Cers
Washington
Kansas State University
Kansas State
Kansas City Star
Stitute
the Star
FBI
Allen Ezell
Kansas
Missouri
Collegiate Licensing Co
Georgia
Jim Aronowitz
Aronowitz
University of Kansas
Todd Cohen
Sebelius Faults Legislature For Slow Health Care Action In Kansas
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius criticized lawmakers for slow progress on health care and urged expansion of Medicaid and HealthWare to insure all children five and under. She proposed $4 million in state funds plus $6 million federal matches, but lawmakers did not include it in the $12 billion budget. A task force and committees planned studies and proposals toward universal coverage this year.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Kansas
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Jim Barnett
Emporia
Jeff Colyer
Overland Park
Barnett
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
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Daniel Smith
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Mike Hooten
Denver
Finney County Exhibition Building
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