Five Garden City children placed in protective custody
Police and Social Rehabilitation Services removed five children from 705 Taylor Ave after reports of endangerment. Officers described rotting garbage, roaches, blocked access, a kitchen knife, and a fire hazard near the water heater. The grandmother permitted the search. the girls and boys aged 3 to 10 appear healthy. Affidavits will be sent to the Finney County Attorney.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Social Rehabilitation Services
Taylor Ave
Utz
Finney County Attorney’s Office
Bonner to show art in Manhattan
Artist Chuck Bonner of Keystone Gallery near Scott City will display two paintings at the Kansas Masters Invitational Art Show at Strecker-Nelson Gallery in Manhattan. The 127 participant exhibit may be the largest of its kind in Kansas, opening 5 to 8 p.m. today. Bonner’s works include Buzzard Butte and Snow Rocks, both acrylic and oil pieces inspired by western Kansas rock formations.
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Chuck Bonner
Keystone Gallery
Scott City
Strecker-Nelson Gallery
Manhattan
Bonner
Buzzard Butte
Snow Rocks
Kansas
Strecker-Nelson
Don Lambert
Poyntz Ave
Keystone
Crop damage reports due May 31
Kansas farmers must report crop losses from cold, not replanted crops by May 31. FSA asks for acres to be destroyed and filing of form FSA-576 to preserve planting history for crops damaged by low temperatures. Those with crop insurance should also contact FSA to protect records.
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Bill Fuller
Kansas Farm Service Agency
FSA
Detective testifies on confession doubt in Bello trial
Garden City man Juan Jose Bello, 25, faces two counts of aggravated indecent liberties and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy for alleged acts on a 7-year-old girl. Det. Omar Mora described Bello's mixed statements during a September interview, with Bello sometimes admitting and other times denying the crimes. The trial, under Jessica's Law, could impose 25 years to life if convicted.
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Garden City
Juan Jose Bello
Omar Mora
Bello
Belle
Mora
Mark Marion
Western Regional Public Defender’s Office
Marion
Jessica
Kansas
Finney County
Commissioners reject Kline invitation for private talks
Johnson County leaders dismissed DA Phill Kline s bid for individual one hour meetings saying it would dodge open meetings law. Kline, who fired prosecutors after taking office, faced criticism over investigations and a probe into alleged mistreatment of women in his office.
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Kline
Commission
Johnson County
Paul Morrison
Jackie Spradling
Spradling
Ed Peterson
Peterson
Brian Burgess
John Toplikar
Doug Wood
Wood
Mike Press
Kansas approves 39.5 million prison expansion plan
Ellsworth and Stockton prisons could add beds and up to 42 new staff as Kansas lawmakers approve a 39.5 million prison program. Ellsworth facility may gain 100 beds and 28 staff, Norton East Unit 72 beds and 14 staff, with security and treatment roles boosting local economies.
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Ellsworth
Stockton
Kansas
Jonathan Mitchell
Roger Werholtz
Ellsworth Correctional
Norton Correctional Facility East
Werholtz
Roger Hrabe
Rooks County
Two More Fort Riley Soldiers Die in Iraq
The Pentagon reports two Fort Riley soldiers killed in Iraq raising the post total to 97. First Lt. Ryan P. Jones, 23, from an unnamed Massachusetts hometown, and Spc. Astor A. Sunsin-Pineda, 20, of Long Beach California, died after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb. They deployed in February for a 15 month tour. Fort Riley houses the 1st Infantry Division and over 6,000 soldiers remain deployed with more to go later this year.
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Topeka
Pentagon
Fort Riley
4Th Brigade
1St Infantry Division
Iraq
Ryan P. Jones
Massachusetts
Spc
Astor A. Sunsin-Pineda
Long Beach
Calif
Afghanistan
Army
Kansas
Germany
United States
Europe
Disbarred Wichita lawyer and wife get probation in forged signatures case
James S. Phillips Jr and Alicia Morales-Phillips, both from Wichita, received three years probation after a February trial found them forged employer signatures on immigration employment forms. They faced 15 to 21 months in prison but were spared jail time, with house arrest and electronic monitoring. The couple allegedly used forged signatures to collect hundreds in fees from clients seeking to stay and work in the United States.
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Wichita
United States
James S. Phillips Jr
Alicia Morales-Phillips
Wesley Brown
Brown
Phillips
Laura Shaneyfelt
Morales-Phillips
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Kloe
Tricia Welch
Holcomb
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