Two Children Killed as Car Crashes Into Schoolyard
In Chicago a man picking up his son from Chopin Elementary backed a car through a crowded yard, killing Angelica Avila 12 and Glenda Mollimero 9 and injuring 19 others. Cruz Rivera, 50, faces reckless homicide and related charges while held for a bond hearing.
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Chicago
Robert Gallegos
Miguel Vargas
Cruz Rivera
Rivera
James J. Zurawski
Chopin Elementary School
George Rafalski
Gallegos
Bernice Sullivan
Angelica Avila
Glenda Mollimero
Benjamin Varela
Sara Salas
St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital
St. Mary’s
Garden City hosts industrial education exhibit and events
Garden City Community College hosts the Southwest Kansas Industrial Education Exhibit today and Thursday with 15 area high schools and four junior highs competing in furniture making drawing welding and models. Viewing runs 1 to 8 p m today and 8 a m to noon Friday.
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Garden City Community College
Southwest Kansas
Jet explosion kills 21 near Walkersville Maryland
Air Force search continues in a barley field for the last of 21 dead when a missile tracking EC 135 jet crashed during a training flight near Walkersville Maryland. Civilians among the victims included two crew wives. Authorities caution on cause, with sabotage not ruled out.
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Odgers
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas Larock
Wright-Patterson
Maj
Edward Robertson
Speeding ticket defendant seeks innocent declaration
Carl Finkenbinder of Coolidge has filed in Finney County District Court asking Associate District Judge Harrison Smith to acquit him after a hung jury in a speeding case. He argues double jeopardy and speedy justice require dismissal and an acquittal, with a May 14 hearing set to hear arguments and a possible retrial May 18.
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Carl Finkenbinder
Coolidge
Finney County
Harrison Smith
Finkenbinder
Smith
U.S
Kansas
Paul Handy
City leaders dispute including firefighters on weekend tour
Mayor Duane West and Commissioner Rodney Hoffman clashed over whether Garden City Volunteer Fire Department members should join a state tour to study other facilities for the planned downtown fire station. West argues the trip is a policy matter for commissioners. Hoffman says firefighters can offer useful input.
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Rodney Hoffman
Garden City Volunteer Fire Department
West
Hoffman
Garden City
City to raise water sewer and trash rates
City commissioners approved rate increases for water 21 percent, sewer 40 percent, and trash disposal about 40 percent. The cuts follow a Black and Veatch study from Kansas City that recommends revenue needs for current and future utilities. Details and rate schedules to appear in Friday's Telegram.
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Black and Veatch
Kansas City
Storms spawn unconfirmed tornado report near Rolla
Southwest Kansas storms brought lightning hail and heavy rain with unconfirmed reports of a tornado near Rolla nine miles west of Garden City. No damage confirmed as of Thursday morning though hail damage was reported in Stanton and Hamilton counties. Weather bureau extended a tornado watch for 13 counties but radar showed no tornado.
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Meade
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Stevens
Seward
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Cimarron
Lakin
Kearny County
Dighton
Lane County
Topeka to Host Carlin and Hurley Wedding Plans
Kansas governor John Carlin and Karen Hurley announced their May 29 Topeka wedding at First Lutheran Church with a small private ceremony for about 50 relatives. The couple will hold a reception at Cedar Crest with best man Joel Wimner and attendant Carol Wooderson. Hurley will resign her job to focus on family and public duties as Carlin’s marriage becomes a public moment amid political attention.
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Karen Hurley
Carlin
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Dale Gregoriew
Harris News Service
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Smolan
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
People’s Republic of China
China
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Sedgwick County
Farm Bureau
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Kansas Farm Bureau
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