Humane Society to offer free dog vaccinations Saturday
The Finney County Humane Society using Western Kansas Community Foundation funds will provide free parvo and distemper shots for dogs 1 year old or younger at Garden City Animal Shelter parking lot Ninth and Isabel from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Lo income individuals urged to attend. Leashed or crated dogs only. Clinic not a substitute for professional veterinary care.
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Finney County Humane Society
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Garden City Animal Shelter
Ninth and
Isabel
Fiddlers and Pickers Headline Sunday Music Event
The White Woman Basin Chapter of the Old Time Fiddlers Pickers and Singers performs from 2 to 4 30 p m Sunday at the VIP Building 300 Church St Scott City. Local musicians may join in and the public may attend free of charge.
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White Woman Basin
Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers
Church St
Scott City
Arts council film series to continue with WWII German film
The Southwest Arts and Humanities Council Friday Night Film series continues with a World War II German U Boats film shown Friday at 7 p.m. at the Finney County Public Library. Information requested via The Arts Center on Main at 260 9700.
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Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Finney County
Kansas appeals sex law court ruling
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline appeals a federal judge's ruling that Kansas mandatory report law for suspected child abuse may not require reporting in cases of underage sex between consenting adolescents. The case centers on whether doctors teachers and abortion clinics must report potential abuse of minors when the activity involves individuals near the age of consent.
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Wichita
Kansas
Phill Kline
10Th Circuit
Kline
J. Thomas Marten
Attorney General
Apex
Hearing delayed in Riverton High shooting plot case
A judge postponed a hearing on whether four juveniles charged in an alleged Riverton High School shooting plot should be tried as adults after defense requests. Five teens were arrested April 20, the Columbine anniversary, following a Myspace.com message about an attack.
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Riverton High School
Robert 4 .Fleming
Aefense
Jan Lunsford
Attorney General's Office
Columbine ‘High School
Colorado
Myspace.com
Pittsburg Parents Weigh Kansas School Finance Plan
In Pittsburg Kansas parents, teachers, and officials debate a three year 541 million dollar school finance package approved to satisfy a Kansas Supreme Court mandate. The plan aims to boost K 12 spending to 3.25 billion next year, with Pittsburg receiving 450 dollars more per student and at risk funding of 830000 dollars, while concerns remain about court approval and long term funding.
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Kansas College Town
Rachel Patterson
Jack
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Mike Kastle
Leroy Gridley
Supreme Court
Kastle
Bob Hightree
South
Barber County
Trict
Piper
John Chapman
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Olathe
Johnson County
Chapman
Susan Baden
Miki's Law aims to flag felons with deadly weapons
In Topeka during the current session James Martinez and Phillip Cosby pressed lawmakers on two reforms. Martinez sought Miki's Law to list felons with deadly weapons on parole and add public alerts about offenders moving into neighborhoods. Cosby urged obscenity law changes to curb adult businesses and remove overly broad terms. Legislature passed portions of both proposals but not all.
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Topeka
Hns
James Martinez
Phillip Cosby
Capitol
Martinez
Great Bend
Miki
Cosby
Kathleen Sebelius
National Coalition For the Protection of Children and Families
Olathe
Lion’s den
Abilene
Dickinson
Mikiala Martinez
Barton County
Darren Wornkey
Miki Martinez
Julie Huntwork
House
John Edmonds
Mumps cases rise in Kansas with Kearny County listed
State health officials report 601 confirmed and probable mumps cases across 60 Kansas counties as of Monday. Adults aged 18 to 24 are most affected, with 249 cases, and 67 percent of cases are female. most cases are concentrated in Douglas County.
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State Health Department
Kearny County
Kansas
Finney, Grant
Scott
Wichita Counties
Sharon Watson
KDHE
Douglas County
Sebelius signs bills to curb Medicaid abuse in Kansas
Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed two measures to fight Medicaid fraud and protect disabled and mentally ill residents. One law creates a prosecutor unit in the attorney general's office and takes effect May 25, prompted by a Newton group home abuse case. The other law, effective July 1, targets illegal kickbacks and sharing of Medicaid funds and strengthens investigations, backed by the AG's office, Disability Rights Center of Kansas, and Newton survivors. An $11.9 billion budget adds a Medicaid inspector general. The Newton case involved Arlan Kaufman and his wife Linda, with prison terms.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Attorney General’s Office
Newton
Disability Rights Center of
Kansas
Nancy Jensen
Lynn Kohr
Arlan Kaufman
Linda
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