Counterfeit money probe linked to Kwik Shop cash
Garden City police seek information on counterfeit bills passed between Sunday and Monday at Kwik Shop 211 W Kansas Ave totaling 260. Bills include duplicates and missing security features with serials F33243535C G87946910B AC3149311A AA12445375A AG14677530B. Investigation partners with Secret Service to trace further passes.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Kansas Ave
Utz
Secret Service
Fire in dryer suggests arson at Garden City complex
Garden City police and firefighters suspect arson after a Monday night fire started in a laundry room dryer at 2820 Terrace Place, No. 35. No injuries. the blaze damaged three apartments, with total damage about 20 000 on a 140 000 building. Fire, police and state fire marshals investigate.
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Garden City
Allen Shelton
Mike Utz
Terrace Place
Shelton
Circus Returns to Finney County Fairgrounds Wednesday
The Barnes and Bailey Bros. Circus tours to town Wednesday with shows at 5 and 7 p.m. at the Finney County Fairgrounds Exhibition Building. Children 14 and under receive free tickets at local schools, while adults pay $12 at the gate. Performers include aerialists jugglers clowns and animal acts.
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Barnes and Bailey Bros. Circus
Finney County Fairgrounds
Kansas submits five designs for its quarter
Kansas sent five proposed designs and an alternate for the back of its state quarter to the U S Mint for the 2005 release. The Kansas Commemorative Coin Design Committee narrowed more than 1 200 entries to finalists and will have artists illustrate the ideas.
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Wichita
Kansas
U.S. Mint
Jean Schodorf
R-Wichita
Delaware
Hawaii
Kansas records act reform eyed by committee chair
In Topeka, Rep. Jene Vickrey urges narrowing the Kansas Open Records Act's personnel records exception, proposing modification rather than repeal. Agencies seek to protect privacy, while news groups push for access to employment and disciplining records. the act faces 46 core and 324 sprinkled exceptions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jene Vickrey
R-Louisburg
Vickrey
Johnson County
Robert Keller
Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder in 1999 machete attack
Mateo Gomez 38 pleads not guilty in Finney County District Court to aggravated battery aggravated assault and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the 1999 machete attack on his then girlfriend Soledad Guzman and her son Angel Rodriguez. Trial set for Jan 26 to 30 with pre trial conference Jan 8. Gomez was arrested after fleeing authorities and an interpreter issue was resolved.
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Finney County
Mateo Gomez
Gomez
Immigration and Naturalization Services
Phoenix
Philip Vieux
Vieux
Soledad Guzman
Emerson Street
Guzman
Angel Rodriguez
Southwest Kansas leaders map eight regional development priorities
Southwest Kansas leaders began a series of meetings through mid December to flesh out eight priorities for regional growth. The plan, discussed with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, aims to combine marketing for western Kansas, a new four lane highway, expanded access to higher degrees, nature tourism, dairy industry expansion, alternative energy, retaining existing businesses, and venture capital incentives.
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Southwest Kansas
Donna Shank
Liberal
Kansas
Shank
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Dodge City Chamber of Commerce
Bob Wetmore
Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance
Alliance
New Frontier
Wetmore
Topeka moves to allow Sunday liquor sales
The Topeka City Council advances an ordinance setting Sunday sale hours from 11 am to 7 pm and allowing alcohol sales on Memorial Day Independence Day and Labor Day while prohibiting Thanksgiving Christmas and Easter. The measure mirrors Shawnee County hours and awaits full council action on November 25 or December 2.
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Council
Jeff Preisner
Preisner
Topeka
Shawnee County
John Nave
Garden City Couple to Receive Outstanding Service Award
The Garden City Community College Endowment Association to honor Ed and Ethel Hooper and the GCCC Maintenance Department at tonight’s 6:30 dinner at Wheat Lands Conference Center. Ed Hooper taught at GCCC and both Hoopers era contributed long service hours. Remschner to receive top board member award for leadership and charity work.
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Garden City Community College Endowment Association
Wheat Lands Conference Center
Garden City
Association
Ed and
Ethel Hooper
GCCC
Callie Remschner
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Hoopers
Ed Hooper
Kiwanis Club
Finney County
Abe Hubert Middle
Jack Rutherford
Remschner
Oklahoma
Tumbleweed Girl Scouts Council
Southwest Regional Prevention Center
Southwest Kansas Regional
Girl Scouts
Rotary
Endowment Association
Phone-A-Thon
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Circus
Wichita Eagle
Eagle
Rick Thames
Mike Merriam
Garden City High School
Michael Powell
Taylor Babb
Southwest
Gccc Endowment Association
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