Priest removed amid possible sexual impropriety case
In Kansas City Kansas Archdiocese announces Rev. Dennis Schmitz 41 was placed on indefinite leave from two northeast Kansas parish roles after being accused of sexual impropriety with a minor. Archbishop James P Keleher said the matter was reported to Topeka social services and a full investigation is pending.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dennis Schmitz
Kansas
Archdiocese of
Father Schmitz
Woman found guilty of killing husband
An Overland Park woman, Tyler Black Patton, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of her husband Edward Patton II. A Johnson County jury deliberated 4 1/2 hours over two days before conviction. She faced a life sentence and was last to see him alive, then called police Jan. 16, 2001.
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Olathe
Overland Park
Johnson County
Tyler Black Patton
Edward Patton II
Patton
Edward Patton
Overland Park House
Barton County CCD adopts XF grade for cheating
Barton County Community College enacts an XF grade for academic dishonesty after盗 cheating cases last fall. Instructors may place XF on a student’s permanent record with a note detailing dishonesty, following incidents of stolen tests and plagiarism and an instructor error that exposed a test to an entire class.
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Great Bend
Barton County Community College
Barton County
Karen Clos
Army Corps seeks quake upgrade for Tuttle Creek Dam
The Army Corps of Engineers invites public input on a 146 million plan to reinforce Tuttle Creek Dam near Manhattan. Cement injections beneath the dam would boost quake resistance, with comments due by June 10 after a forum drawing 165 attendees near the Humboldt fault.
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Manhattan
Army Corps of Engineers
Tuttle Creek
Corps
Humboldt
Wheat tour lowers Kansas harvest forecast for 2002
The annual wheat tour estimates Kansas will harvest 297.1 million bushels in 2002, down from 328 million last year, with 55 participants surveying 480 fields across 90 percent of the state. Yield is projected at 35.6 bushels per acre amid drought in western counties and relatively better conditions in the north.
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Wichita
Kansas
Partici
Brett Myers
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Myers
Nebraska
Atwood
Colby
Colorado
Argentine Rotary students visit Garden City teachers host five locals
Five Argentina residents visiting since April 13 as part of Rotary International Group Study Exchange toured Garden City events. The group met Garden City students and staff at USD 457 centers and Sitts Intermediate Center, visiting elementary, high school, and local homes through Thursday.
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Jose Zenclussen
Esperanza
Argentina
Mario Margarit
San Genaro
Isaac Pena
Moscow
Garden City
Cesar Pena
Rotary International
Kansas
Kelly Glodt
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
United States
Guymon
Okla
Ulysses
Colorado Springs
Colo
Clanton
N.M
Alejandra E. Kraus
Mariela L. Diedic
Diedic
Jose F. Zenclusen
Rotary
Garden City High School
Kinsley
Pena
Gladt
Sue
Lance
Dana Woodbury
Lorena Menaker
Santa Fe
Bernadine Sitts
Alvaro Molina
Menaker
Clock ticks on free well cap program in Garden City
Garden City seeks to cap abandoned wells with a $61,620 grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing. With a Dec 14 deadline and May extension, seven of 20 eligible wells are identified inside the target area and seven outside. The program covers low to moderate income owners plus a supplemental $19,000 for higher income cases. three years are allowed to complete the work under local ordinance. Call 276-1170 for details.
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Garden City
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Jim Neblett
Neblett
Kansas House Eyes Expanded Gambling at Racetracks
In Topeka AP reports a House bill would permit slot machines and electronic gambling devices at five pari mutuel tracks The Woodlands Kansas City Camptown Wichita Eureka Downs Greenwood County Anthony Downs would host machines with profits shared among operators local governments and the state A countywide vote would approve each site and a previous at large site proposal was dropped with critics saying it broadened gambling.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pari-Mutuel
House
the Woodlands
Kansas City
Camptown Greyhound Park
Pittsburg
Wichita Greyhound Park
Eureka Downs
Greenwood County
Anthony Downs
Harper County
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National Weather Service
Larned
Larnedon
Im K. Johns
Taste of America
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Kraus
Agency of Communication
America
Mario S. Margarit
Graham K. Johns
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
Garner
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