Two Arrested In Garden City Drug Bust Near Schools
Efrain Arreola and Monicio Ramirez were arrested at 304 N. 12th St. on multiple drug charges including selling cocaine within 1000 feet of a school and possession with intent to sell. Police seized a .22 pistol, 564 dollars, 3.8 grams of cocaine, over 380 grams of marijuana, and paraphernalia. Street cocaine value cited at 1600 dollars. Schools within the 1000 foot radius include St Mary School and Buffalo Jones Elementary. Authorities warn narcotics remain prevalent in Garden City.
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Efrain Arreola
12Th St
Monicio Ramirez
E. U.S. Highway 50
12Th Street
Garden City
Finney County Sheriff’s
Mike Utz
Utz
St. Mary School
Buffalo Jones
91 Cents concert at Knights of Columbus Hall
The 91 Cents rock show with opening acts PHS and So Many Dynamos is set for 6 30 to 9 p m Friday at Knights of Columbus 205 N Eighth St Musicians in 91 Cents include Kiel Stubblefield Zac Snyder and Jason Degenhard PHS members are Nick Grooms Alex Palomarez Aaron Geil and Theo Musick So Many Dynamos members are Adam Lott Ryan Gillette Brandon Gillette and Brandon Worf
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91 Cents
PHS
So Many Dynamos
Knights of Columbus
Eighth St
Kiel Stubblefield
Zac Snyder
Jason Degenhard
Nick Grooms
Alex Palomarez
Aaron Geil
Theo Musick
Adam Lott
Ryan Gillette
Brandon Gillette
Brandon Worf
Two Die In Head-On Crash West Of Edna
A head-on collision on US 166, about 1.5 miles west of Edna, killed John Allman 45 of Wichita and his passenger Kelly G. Allman 22 of Derby. The driver died later at a Joplin hospital.
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Edna
Labette County
NRA unanimously reelects Charlton Heston to fourth term
The National Rifle Association board, 76 members elected by members, re elected Charlton Heston to a unprecedented fourth one year term as president. He said he expected to step down but agreed to stay another year citing his civil rights work and gun rights leadership.
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Kansas City
National Rifle Association
Charlton Heston
Heston
NRA
Bill Powers
Powers
Martin Luther King
Old soldier honored at high school graduation
Fort Riley hosted Junction City High School’s commencement as renovations moved the ceremony. World War II veteran Bob Clowe finally earned his diploma after missing graduation 57 years ago while serving. The event honors Kansas veterans under the Operation Recognition program by the Kansas Commission of Veterans Affairs and the Kansas Department of Education.
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Fort Riley
Bob Clowe
Junction City High School
Clowe
Kansas
Kansas Commission of Veterans Affairs
Kansas Department of Education
Kansas aging as baby boomers lift median age
Census figures show Kansas with 2,688,418 residents in 2000, median age rising to 35.2 from 32.9 in 1990, and 85 plus population up 22.6 percent to 51,770. Comanche, Jewell and Elk counties top oldest-age lists. Waldron village is the oldest locale at 75.5 years. The 45-54 group, the baby boomers, numbered 354,147 with Douglas County leading growth.
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Topeka
Kansas
Census Bureau
Ann Derkes
Comanche
Gong
Jewell County
Elk County
Waldron
Harper County
Oklahoma
Sam Alvey
Department On Aging
Norma Sorenson
American Association of Retired Persons Southwest
Dallas
Sorenson
Smith County
Douglas County
Graham County
Alvey
Derkes
Chicago
West Coast
Greeley County
Ness County
Graham
Topeka Water Crisis Forces School Closures
A severe lightning strike knocked out Topeka's water supply leaving the city with no fresh drinking water. Officials ordered a boil advisory until Tuesday and prepared a news conference with Mayor Felker to report on plant damage and repairs.
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Renaldo Davis
Davis
Butch Felker
Tuttle Creek sediment delta risks filling lake by 2076
The Army Corps of Engineers warns Tuttle Creek Reservoir near Manhattan will lose much of its storage as Big Blue River sediment forms a northwest delta and migrates toward the Randolph Bridge. Predicted fill date pushed beyond original estimates. dredging deemed cost prohibitive.
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Manhattan
Tuttle Creek
Nebraska
Randolph
Army Corps of Engineers
Randolph Bridge
Kansas Highway 16
Brian McNulty
Corps
Big Blue River
Platte River
McNulty
Big Blue Basin
Turtle Creek
Defense lawyer seeks stay in Wichita mass killing case
Lawyers for Reginald Carr ask to suspend criminal proceedings until media access to sealed evidence is resolved. A stay would protect Carr's fair trial rights amid disputes over public records and who may challenge sealings. The motion, supported by The Wichita Eagle's attorney, faces uncertain timelines and was set for May 25.
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Wichita
Wachtel
Sedgwick
Nora Foulston
Bernard Rhodes
Senting
Wichita Eagle
Kwch-Tv
Rhodes
Kansas Supreme Court
The
Eagle
KWCH
Carr
Murdered KU student Shannon Martin remembered at graduation
Shannon Martin at age 23, an honors student set to graduate, was stabbed to death in Golfito Costa Rica while on a research trip. KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway led a moment of silence at Memorial Stadium as the campus honored her memory and mourned other losses. Local Costa Rican residents noted risky areas near the Jurassic Bar and airport path where she was attacked. Police have not reported arrests.
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Golfito
Costa Rica
Martin
Thayne Cockrum
Joanna Griffin
Griffin
Marcie Porras
Otto Vargas
al Dia
Shannon
Porras
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Ron Knoefel
Kansas Highway Patrol
Makenzie Williams
Stevens Park
Caylen
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KHP
Finney County Sheriff's Office
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