Kansas seat belt push expands with radio TV ads
A two week state campaign led by KDOT and the Kansas Highway Patrol runs May 24 to June 6 to boost seat belt usage. The effort includes a Spanish language ad featuring Garden City Officer Omar Mora and a news conference in Overland Park with Kansas City Chief Neil Smith backing the program. Vehicle stops for belt violations bring fines. the campaign aims to raise compliance from 59 percent to higher levels amid a grant funded saturation patrols. Former Sheriff Curtis Bender of Trego County was convicted in federal drug and gun charges, with sentencing set for September 13.
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Topeka
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Kansas
Garden City
Omar Mora
James Hawkins
Robert Eichkorn
Kansas Department of Transportation
Bureau of Traffic Safety
KDOT
Kansas Highway Patrol
America
Overland Park
Kansas City
Neil Smith
Smith
Derrick Thomas
Eichkorn
Hawkins
Wichita
Trego County
Curtis Bender
Kansas Bureau
Bender
Lawrence
Eric Melgren
Trego
Ellis
Melgren
Neblett leaves Garden City for Rio Rancho development post
Community Development Director Jim Neblett steps down after 11 years, moving from Garden City to direct development services in Rio Rancho New Mexico at noon Friday. He helped craft the first countywide plan and zoning rules, oversaw a growth in housing permits, and praised intergovernmental cooperation.
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Garden City
Jim Neblett
Neblett
Rio Rancho
N.M
Jim Berry
Matt Allen
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Rose
Finney County
City of Holcomb
Area Planning Commission
Allen
Rotary
Pete Olson
Olson
KU to seek 18 percent tuition increase for next year
Lawrence AP report says University of Kansas will ask the Kansas Board of Regents for an 18 percent tuition hike for the coming year marking the third rise in a five year plan. Schools of business and others seek additional differential tuitions potentially boosting revenue by about 8.6 million if approved.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
University of Kansas Schools of Business, Education, Journalism and
Fine Arts
School of Business
Schools of Law, Pharmacy and Architecture
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Social Welfare
Weekend festival offerings fill Garden City schedule
Garden City residents can sample ethnic foods at the 22nd annual International Festival at Finney County Exhibition Building Friday to Saturday with a $12 food package option. The weekend also features Relay for Life at Garden City High School Memorial Stadium, monster truck shows at Finney County Fairgrounds, a 3-on-3 Cop Shop Classic basketball tournament, a fundraising event for Smile: A Woman's Day Out, a National Guard flea market and bake sale at the armory, a benefit dinner for Blake Hill, wildflower tours at Finney Game Refuge, and more activities across town.
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Garden Club
Finney County Exhibition Building
Norway
France
Guatemala
el Salvador
Pat Biggs
Holcomb
Dillons
Wal-Mart
Biggs
Regan Jewelers
N. Main St
Relay For Life
American Cancer Society
Garden City High School
Memorial Stadium
Lori Curl
Nancy Woods
Roni Knight
Finney County Fairgrounds
Mega Promotions
Weatherford
Texas
Law Enforcement Center
N. Ninth St
Finnup Park
Miles of Smile
Fiesta Courtyard
Buffalo Jones Ave
Audra Peitz
Peitz
Kansas Army National Guard
The
State Guard
161St Field Artillery
S. Main St
Becky Kuntzelman
Blake Hill
First United Methodist Church
Kansas Avenue
Main Street
Hill
Friends of the
One man sentenced in Hays student's beating death
Bradley D. Deary 21 of Smithville Texas received 18 months probation in Ellis County District Court for the November 13 aggravated battery of Michael Penka. He pleaded guilty April 26. The case relates to a series of fights near the Fort Hays State University campus that left Clint Johnson dead two days after his head was struck with a baseball bat.
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FHSU
Luis A. Llamas
San Diego
Jaime R. Lopez III
Chula Vista
Calif
Christopher R. Ross
Waylie
Texas
Clint Johnson
Healy
Llamas
Lopez
Ellis County
Tom Drees
Deary
U.S. District Court
Wichita
Arizona
Graham County
Ariz
Eastern Arizona Community College
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Audrey Gerber
Callan Rice
Hays
Ross
Ed Booker
Penka
Hutchinson
Tim O'Keefe
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