Heartland SHARE offers Thanksgiving turkey package deal
Heartland SHARE will provide an 8 to 10 pound turkey plus 10 items for 18.50 and a two hour volunteer commitment. The nonprofit began in 1983 and operates across several states. Packages distributed November 20 at Cornerstone Church, with signups at the Finney County Senior Center and La Santa Cruz Church. Volunteers may count almost any help toward the two hour requirement.
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Heartland Share
Don Blackman
Kansas
SHARE
Carl Shelton
San Diego
Topeka
Let’s Help Group
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Barbara Jensen
Finney County
N. 10Th St
la Santa Cruz Church
N. Main St
Blackman
Aquila seeks 5.5 percent Kansas gas rate hike
Aquila Inc seeks approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission for a 5.5 percent rise in natural gas prices in Kansas, projecting a $4.25 monthly increase for households and a $9 monthly rise for businesses. The request, tied to $6.2 million in upgrades over five years, awaits a 240 day review. A separate $19.2 million electric rate rise is also under consideration.
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Aquila
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas
Kansas City
Phil Escareno
Garden City
Kearny
Finney, Gray
Grant
Haskell
Stevens
Rosemary Foreman
KCC
Missouri
Colorado
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Escareno
Seven incumbents lose in Kansas elections
In Kansas, four senators and three House members lost seats as Republicans expanded influence. The Senate remains 30-10 GOP, House rises to 83-42 GOP. Open seats and contested races reshaped districts, with focus on education funding and a pending Supreme Court ruling on school finance.
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Topeka
House
Senate
GOP
Kansas Supreme Court
Marci Francisco
Lawrence City
Mark Buhler
Laura Kelly
Dave Jackson
Janis Lee
Larry Salmans
Honston
Wichita
Mike Peterson
Henry Helgerson
Helgerson
Ralph Ostmeyer
Grinnell
Tim Peterson
Oakley
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Decatur
Norton
Sherman
Thomas
Sheridan
Graham
Rooks
Wallace
Logan
Gove
Trego
Greeley
Scott
Lane
Ness
Stan Clark
Kansas
Tim
Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Steve Morris
Ringoton
Johnson County
Jan Scoggins-Waite
Dodge City
Pat George
Virgil Peck
Tyre
Jim Miller
Coffeyville
Mark Treaster
Pretty Prairie
Mary Kauffman
Hutchinson
Jim Kemp
Lawrence
Jan Justice
Linwood
Lawrence Farmer
Roger Pine
Kemp
Rush
Ness County
Virginia
Beamer
Charles Ayers
Seon
Ostmeyer
Ward Loyd
Garden City
Larry Powell
Bill Light
Rolla
Melvin Neufeld
Ingalls
Gary Hayzlett
Lakin
Kansas House
Temple Inland expands Garden City paper plant tour notes progress
Garden City plant invites commissioners to hear needs as expansion talks surface. Inland production manager John Swenson cites potential six day workweeks, strong waste control, and 130 truckloads weekly shipments. Mayor Jeff Whitham praises equipment and environmental practices. Temple Inland, a Fortune 500 firm, operates 80 plants across the United States and beyond.
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Temple Inland Paperboard & Packaging
Garden City
Larry Gennette
Temple Inland
E. U.S. Highway 50
John Swenson
Swenson
Jeff Whitham
Whitham
Palmer Manufacturing & Tank
el Remedio
Garden City Community College
Gennette
National Beef
Swensor
United States
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Moore defeats Kobach in Kansas suburb race for Congress
In a GOP leaning district, Democrat Dennis Moore wins re election with 55 percent to Kris Kobach 44 percent. Kobach campaigned on abortion bans immigration policy and terrorism, while Moore carried Johnson County, drawing broader support among moderates.
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Topeka
Dennis Moore
Kris Kobach
Kansas City
Moore
Kobach
Kansas
Congress
Johnson County
Sam Brownback
Jerry Moran
Jim Ryan
Todd Tiahrt
Justice Department
Overland Park
Lenexa
National Guard
Johnson and
Wyandotte
Douglas County
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Ulysses
City Commission
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