Western Kansas educators move back to bond with grandchildren
Marilyn and Phil Mahan, longtime educators now headed to El Dorado, plan to relocate to deepen family ties with their children Erin and Emily and grandchildren Skylar Lane and Ada. They first moved west in 1974, briefly to Wamego, then back to southwest Kansas, and now return after years of teaching roles and community service across the region.
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Sern
Marilyn Mahan
Deerfield
Kansas
Marilyn
Garden City Community College
Phil Mahan
Deerfield Usd 216
Mahans
Phil
Theoni School
Garden City High School
Erin
Emily
Wamego
Chris Morse
Skylar
Lane
Brad Perry
Pittsburg
Flint Hills
el Dorado
Evelyn Wiebe
Hesston
Rural Kansas development eyed by Senate panel
A Kansas Senate Commerce subcommittee chaired by Sen. Nick Jordan studied rural development to frame debate for future sessions. It warned drought and recession hurt farming, urged long term approaches, local leadership, and private public partnerships to sustain communities and create entrepreneurs.
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Topeka
Heaven
Kansas Senate
Senate
Commerce
Nick Jordan
Shawnee
Jordan
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Gram
Brownlee
Johnson County
Jay Emler
R-Lindsberg
Emler
McPherson
Lawrence Tornado Touches Down Cracking Up Town Night
Crews and residents recover after Thursday night tornadoes ripped through Lawrence Kansas causing property damage and minor injuries. Amit Kashyap a University of Kansas graduate and storm spotter chased the system to his apartment complex as officials survey damage and insurers prepare to assess. Governor Sebelius and state officials toured the area Friday with legislators and Maj. Gen. Gardner among those assessing impact.
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Lawrence
Amit Kashyap
Kashyap
University of Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Greg Gardner
Tornadoes strike Cass and Lafayette counties in Missouri
Severe storms sweep through Cass and Lafayette counties with tornado touchdowns near Freeman and Harrisonville and another in Alma. Damage includes flooding and one inch hail while watches and warnings cover multiple nearby counties. At least 42 people dead across the region and damage totals reach hundreds of millions.
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Alma
Lafayette
Weather Service
Saline
Bates
Cass
Henry
Johnson
St. Clair
Vernon
Midwest
Plains
Missouri
Tennessee
Kansas
Illinois
Lawrence
University of Kansas
USD 363 Board Meeting Time and Place Noted
The USD 363 Board of Education schedules a 7 30 p m meeting on Monday in Room 25 at Holcomb Elementary School.
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Holcomb Elementary
Schoo
Ninth St
Survey on Holcomb Elementary team learning program agenda
The USD 363 Board of Education will hear a survey on the fifth grade team learning program at Holcomb Elementary. Fifty-three of 57 students and 33 of 58 parents were surveyed about class changes, three teachers, readiness for middle school, discipline, and learning styles. Also on the agenda are bids for computers, a band instruments request, and final payment on the district construction including Wiley Elementary and high school additions.
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Holcomb
Board of Education
Wiley Elementary
Two Westar directors resign from board
Westar Energy Inc announced that two longtime directors Gene Budig and Frank Becker resigned for personal reasons. The move leaves John Dicus retired and the Human Resources Committee dissolved, as the company cited retirees pursuing other business and writing or research interests.
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Topeka
Westar Energy Inc
Gene Budig
Frank Becker
David Wittig
John Dicus
Budig
University of Kansas
Becker
Lawrence
Jim Zakoura
Overland Park
Westar
Zakoura
Jim Ludwig
County weighs broadening Olson duties at county hall
Finney County Commission plans to discuss possible expansion of County Administrator Pete Olson's duties including budget responsibility policy administration and supervision of non elected department heads A memo from Chairman Irv Stephens notes no final resolution from March strategic planning session and suggests further study The unusually brief meeting will also review road access for two state gas companies and monthly EMS and Health Department activity reports
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Finney County
Pete Olson
Commission
Irv Stephens
Olson
Stephens
IBP
Roman Halbur
Halbur
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Hanks
Adrian Polansky
Karin Brownlee
R-Olathe
Web
Kansas Legislature
Kslegislature.org
Brittany Steel
Garden City
Steel
Harrisonville
Kansas City
Mitch Phillips
Cass County
Sheriff's Department
National Weather Service
Oral
Yates Center
Anderson, Allen, Linn, Douglas, Osage and
Woodson
Gardner
Westar Board
County
Finney County Commission
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