Edith Scheuerman School up for 21st Century honor
Edith Scheuerman Elementary School seeks national recognition as a 21st Century School of Excellence in the partnership category after a Blue Ribbon panel evaluates its collaboration with Security Savings Bank and Applebee’s. The bank runs a student piggy bank program, aiding deposits and financial literacy.
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Schools of Excellence Foundation
Security Savings Bank
Applebee’s
Donna Tanner
Tanner
Garden City
Security Savings
Scheuerman’s
Conrad DeHerrera
Christopher Miller
Education Senate debates another schools bill
In Topeka the Senate backed a 128 million school finance plan breaking from a no new taxes stance to push talks with the House. The coalition proposed 108 million funded by tax tweaks and reserves, with a 5.46 percent sales tax and a 3.75 percent income tax surcharge, plus 60 million in higher local property taxes.
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House
Chamber
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Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Kansas
Hamilton County sheriff to retire from post in November
Bethanie Popejoy, Hamilton County sheriff, will not seek re election in November after five years on the job. She says the role suits women trained in criminal justice and plans to teach as an adjunct at Garden City Community College while pursuing a full time criminal justice instructor position. Popejoy has led investigations into murder attempts domestic and child abuse burglaries and stresses that the sheriff’s task is gender neutral.
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Kansas
Bethanie Popejoy
Hamilton County
Popejoy
GCCC
Garden City
Garden City Community College
Fort Hays State University
Kait Wurst
Garden City High School
Wurst
Brooke Hernandez
Kinney
Wams Tropical Inn
Rolanda Kinney
Lawrence
University of Kansas
West Nile Virus season arrives in Kansas
KDHE warns of West Nile Virus as spring brings longer days and more mosquitos. The virus appeared in Kansas with 90 confirmed human cases last year, seven of which were fatal, and 82 horse infections were reported.
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Kansas
New York City
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KCHE
Garden City heat hits record as 95 degrees ties old mark
Garden City sweltered yesterday with a 95 degree high, matching a 1955 record as a near heat peak. Forecaster Scott Reiter says today will be hot but slightly cooler in the low 90s with a potential 1962 record of 93.
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95 de S
National Weather Service
Scott Reiter
Dean Wiley Park
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