Two Men Injured After Cow Collision Near Scott City
Mitchell Brett Bowling of Fort Collins Colorado and Brandon A Carlson also of Fort Collins were hospitalized after Bowling’s 2004 Pontiac struck a cow on U S Highway 83 about 11 miles north of Scott City. The car rolled once before landing upright. both occupants wore seat belts and were later released from Scott County Hospital.
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Scott County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Mitchell Brett Bowling
Fort Collins
Colo
Scott City
Bowling
Brandon A. Carlson
Scott County Hospital
KHP
Used car tax drawing heat in Kansas lawmakers weigh repeal
Kansas lawmakers consider changing a 2003 law that bases used car sales tax on the higher of reported price or state vehicle value. Revenue officials say private sales tax receipts rose 27 percent in the first three months, with total annual gains near five million dollars, prompting calls to repeal if no better plan emerges.
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Topeka
Hns
Joan Wagnon
Wagnon
John Edmonds
Great Bend
Edmonds
Couple released from hospital after accident near Haskell
A northbound 1990 Chevrolet pickup driven by Johan L. Bergen 24 struck the rear wheels of a 1977 Whit semi at U S Highway 83 and Haskell County Road 180. Johan and Anna Bergen 18, both of a Mexican city, were treated and released at St Catherine Hospital, while the semi driver Tyler Cade Stipe 21 of Gail Texas was not hospitalized. The Bergens wore seat belts. Stipe did not.
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Haskell
Kansas Highway Patrol
Johan L. Bergen
Mexico
Johan Bergen
Anna Bergen
St. Catherine Hospital
Tyler Cade Stipe
Gail
Texas
Bergens
Stipe
Holcomb Man Flung From Motorcycle In County Crash
Joseph Matthews, 22, of 5630 W Railroad Ave, was riding a 2000 Honda 250 in the Arkansas River bed when he lost control and was ejected at 2 10 p m Sunday. His condition was not available.
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Joseph Matthews
W. Railroad Ave
Arkansas
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Matthews
Fast-track degree program on agenda
Garden City Community College eyeing a fast track to an associate degree for working adults in six semesters starting fall 2005. The plan, named 2-4-0, would run nine to twelve credits per term with classes on weeknights and alternating Saturdays, plus summer sessions. Trustees will hear updates at Wednesday's meeting on the Access US initiative, Front Door Project plans, and financing, including certificates of participation.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Carol Ballantyne
Community Colleges
Regents
Garden City
Lee Construction
Gibson, Mancini, Carmichael
Nelson
Ballantyne
Fire in dump-site pit burns on Burnside Drive
A long burning pit fire at a state licensed construction dump on Burnside Drive, ongoing since May, fills nearby homes with smoke. Fire Chief Shelton says burying the fire is planned to smother it as debris remains deep beneath the surface. Ashton Group and Lee Construction operate the site under an unclear license arrangement.
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Burnside Drive
Garden City
Marie Quinones
Allen Shelton
Shelton
Ashton Group
Campus Drive
Lee Construction
Lee
Smith Salvage
Rean Wessels
Wessels
Kansas Highway Patrol
Fire Department
Quinones
State parks seek license plate fee to fund operations
Kansas state parks plan to ask the Legislature for a $5 vehicle license plate fee to replace the tax funded $1.1 million parks budget and keep facilities open longer. One dollar of the fee would fund a grant for city parks, aiming to boost year round recreation like camping and fishing.
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Topeka
Hns
Jerry Hover
Wildlife and Parks Department
Kansas
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Kansas State University
Emily Ripple
Kstate
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Logan Litton
Lakin
Finney County Fairgrounds
Tucker Glanzer
Kelton Uthe
Beth Tedrow
Brad Nading
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