Historic tours of State Theatre celebrate 82nd anniversary
Finney County Historical Society and Garden City Recreation Commission host tours of the State Theatre on Main Street. The 2 p.m. Sunday event marks the theater's May 29, 1929 opening with a $5 ticket at the box office, advance sales through The Arts Center. Proceeds fund renovations.
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Finney County Historical Society
Garden City Recreation Commission
Main Street
Brian Nelson
Arts Center
Main
N. Main St
Windsor
Nelson
State officials to prepare for highway projects tour
A four day five city tour will announce major highway expansion and modernization projects funded under the T-WORKS program. Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas Transportation Secretary Deb Miller will kick off the tour in Wichita and stop in Dodge City at United Wireless Arena on June 2 at 10 a.m. Local mayors will speak. events are open to the public.
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Wichita
Sam Brownback
Kansas Transportation
Deb Miller
Dodge City
United Wireless
Comanche
Rangers and Grangers 150th Kansas Statehood project to be presented
Janet Benson emeritus professor of Kansas State University will present her analysis of interviews with Finney County ranchers and farmers who descend from western Kansas pioneers. The 10 a.m. Saturday lecture at the Finney County Museum is funded in part by an 8400 dollar Kansas Humanities Council grant supporting the Rangers and Grangers project as part of Kansas statehood's 150th anniversary celebration.
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Janet Benson
Kansas State University
Finney County
Kansas Humanities Council
Andover TV theft ends in fatal crash during chase
A Tuesday morning theft at Andover Dillon's Store led to a police chase. A pickup driver drove off a 380 foot embankment, flipping the vehicle upside down into a creek. One suspect survived arrest. the other died at the scene. names not released.
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Andover
Butler County
Kelly Herzet
Andover Dillon’s
Herzet
KFDI
Woman sets house fire in suicide attempt in Wichita
Investigators say a 53 year old woman started a fire in her home hoping to kill herself. A 16 year old passerby rescued her from the blaze as she moaned inside. The fire caused about $65,000 in damage and she remained in critical condition at Via Christi Health Center.
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Wichita (Ap
Wichita
Via Christi Health Center
Stu Bevis
Wichita Fire Investigations Unit
Kake-Tyv
Bevis
Kansas Moves Toward Health Care Freedom Law
Kansas nears enactment of a health care freedom measure to block the federal mandate requiring health insurance purchase. Gov. Sam Brownback reviews a 74 page package, with changes to providers and EMT rules, amid tea party support and GOP backing.
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Kansas
Topeka
Sam Brownback
Brownback
U.S. Senate
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
Emler
FCEDC to keep public funding level for 2012 budget year
Finney County Economic Development Corp plans to keep funding requests steady for 2012 with amounts from four public partners: Finney County 123671, Garden City 89000, Garden City Community College 12000, Holcomb 11000. President Eric Dopperschmidt said the group will pursue other revenue streams while holding line on public funding.
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FCEDC
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Finney County
City of
Eric Dopperschmidt
Panel gathers reactions to proposed court cuts Salina
A three member public hearing panel in Salina says large counties drive most judicial costs while rural borders spend little. They note Kansas ranks 44th in judge pay and explore e filing, interpreters, video hearings, and county cost savings to modernize the courts.
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Salina
Wyandotte
Johnson
Shawnee
Sedgwick
Riley
Clay County
Meryl Wilson
University of Kansas
Kansas
Calvin Williams
Colby
Williams
Wilson
Saline County
Todd Heitschmidt
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National Conference of State Legislatures
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Florence Wilson
Sue Tiffany
Victor Ornelas
FCDEC
Pueblo
Colo
Pueblo Economic Development Corp
PEDCO
Ray Purdy
Bret Crofts
Fcedc Board of Directors
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