Dodge City gang members charged under RICO 23 indicted
Federal prosecutors announce a 38 count indictment in Wichita charging 23 Norteno gang members in Dodge City with racketeering conspiracy and violent crimes. Four suspects allegedly murdered a man in June 2009 and targeted others for violence to protect territory and drug trafficking. The two year probe involved Dodge City police and ATF.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Wichita
Dodge City Police Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
U.S. District Court
County Commission chairman to step down in Finney County
Don Doll, Republican chairman of Finney County’s third district, will not seek a third term after 20 years in office. Duane Drees has filed to fill the District 3 seat as Doll steps aside following the November general election.
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Finney County
County Commission
Don Doll
Garden City
Kalvesta
Doll
Duane Drees
Eagle Scout project aims to restore Eminence Cemetery
A 17 year old Garden City High School junior, Calvin Evans of Troop 109, Santa Fe Trail Council, works on an Eagle Scout project to facelift Eminence Cemetery in northeast Finney County. He plans to level tombstones, place a flag pole, install a perimeter fence, and paint the fence rails, aiming to complete the effort in a short time for a nonprofit community impact outside Boy Scouts.
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Calvin Evans
Garden City
Evans
Boy Scouts of America
Eminence Cemetery
Finney County
Santa Fe Trail Council
Doll Land & Cattle
Eminence
Boy Scouts
City and County TIF plan advances for 67.2 million Garden City shopping center
City commissioners adopted a redevelopment district and a tax increment financing district to support a 67.2 million shopping center near Schulman Avenue, a Menards store and infrastructure. County officials will consider participation next week after hearing from Collett & Associates, with a May 17 deadline to act.
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City Commission
Schulman Avenue
Sam’s Club
Menards
Garden City
Collett & Associates
Charlotte, N.C
Big booze bill heads to Brownback's desk
A broad set of Kansas bills to ease alcohol rules heads to Gov. Sam Brownback but excludes a plan to allow grocery stores to sell stronger beer and alcohol. The package would permit happy hours at bars, micro-distilleries to sell and serve liquor, and liquor stores to offer samples, with House approval at 97-24.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Missouri
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