Teen arrested on drug allegations in Garden City
Garden City Drug Task Force and SWAT arrested 19 year old Tiffanie Calhoun at 1610 Taylor Plaza No. 2 after a search found six grams of crack cocaine, baggies, $331, scales and a loaded 9mm gun. Allegations include possession with intent to sell conspiracy to distribute and drug paraphernalia charges. Calhoun jailed. street value about $600. Investigation ongoing. Also three Garden City teens injured in a one car crash on Sagebrush Road, 4000 block, caused by driver distraction from a cellphone. Driver Ashlie Wesley, 16, lacked a license. passengers Jacobby Jones, 14, Sylvester Mitchell, 13, Christopher Morgan, 13, left scene. Jones airlifted in serious condition. Wesley cited for no license and reckless driving.
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Garden City
Finney County
Taylor Plaza No. 2
Tiffanie Calhoun
Kansas
Calhoun
Wesley
Jacobby Jones
Sylvester Mitchell
Christopher Morgan
Jones
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Mitchell
St. Catherine Hospital
Dedication Ceremony For Sheriff Mills And Undersheriff Kumpf
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office to dedicate a memorial marker at 1 p.m. Saturday in front of the Law Enforcement Center. The marker honors Sheriff Govan Mills and Undersheriff E Ray Kumpf, slain in the line of duty in 1927 and 1939. Public invited to ceremony and reception.
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Hamilton County
Sheriff's Office
Law Enforcement Center
Govan C. Mills
E. Ray Kumpf
Wittig seeks time served for bank fraud sentence
Former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig asks the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to override sentencing and impose time served after reviewing his 24 month bank fraud penalty. The appeals court has already overturned two prior sentences in the case.
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Kansas City, Mo
Westar Energy Inc
David Wittig
Wittig
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Landis Says USD 363 Faces Tight Funding for Raises
Superintendent Skip Landis warns the district may not have funds to grant raises next year despite a $34,865 expected increase in base state funding under the three year plan. Enrollment fluctuations reduce per pupil funds from $4,374 to an anticipated $4,374 next year, with actual students projected to fall from 845.6 to about 826.4. The board ponders raising the Local Option Budget while cautioning against relying on tax dollars if enrollment continues to decline. Negotiations also boost substitute pay and consider sick day donations. ratification remains pending with the Board of Education.
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Skip Landis
Holcomb Association of Teachers Union
Board of Education
Landis
Holcomb
Land
Bob O'Connor
Columbus Elementary School
Columbus
Texas
Stan Kennedy
Kennedy
USD
Garden City
Deerfield
Wiley
Baby alpaca born at Lee Richardson Zoo
A male alpaca weighing 18 pounds was born May 20 at Lee Richardson Zoo. The cria is on display in the South American Pampas exhibit near the flamingos, part of a year with three births bringing the herd to seven. The mother Aggie, born in 2004, was hand raised and now bonds with the new cria.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Peru
Chile
Argentina
Andrea Smith
Zoo
Smith
Aggie
Morrison sues to test funeral picketing law in Kansas
Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison files suit in state Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of a funeral picketing statute. The law limits protests within 150 feet of services and allows fines up to 1000 dollars and six months in jail, with additional private lawsuits for defamation of the deceased. The case seeks expedited review by July 1.
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Topeka
Paul Morrison
Kansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Kansas
Morrison
Fred Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church
Shirley Phelps
Roper
Church
Phelps-Roper
Phelps
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Rivers and Creeks Rise Across Central Kansas Flood Risk
Flooding was forecast across much of central and parts of south-central Kansas as rivers and creeks rose. Halstead along the Arkansas River faced the worst threat while Reno County warned of possible evacuations for 20 to 30 homes near Cow Creek west of Hutchinson. Authorities noted ongoing runoff from up to eight inches of rain, with at least 60 residences flooded and roads damaged or washed out. The Little Arkansas and Arkansas rivers were under flood warnings affecting several counties, and Saline County saw Mulberry Creek floodwaters forcing road closures and evacuations. Rescue teams evacuated five people as a Saline home structural wall collapsed. In Saline County towns Bavaria and Hedville about 80 residents evacuated.
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Hutchinson
Central
Kansas
Halstead
Arkansas River
Harvey County
National Weather Service
Reno County
Cow Creek
Reno County Emergency Management
Bill Guy
Guy
The
Weather Service
Little Arkansas River
Alta Mills
Sedgwick
Haven
Derby
Mulvane
Oxford
Arkansas City
Cowley
Harvey
Reno
Sumner
Saline
Salina
Bryan Armstrong
Saline County
New Cambria
Glen Kochanowski
Ksal Radio
Bavaria
Hedville
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ADIGE
Dee Jones
Pierceville- Plymell
Kathleen Moorman
Moorman
Martha Carter
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