Meatpacking workers seek class action status in Kansas case
About 700 hourly Creekstone Farms workers seek federal class action status over unpaid wages and overtime. The suit, filed in Wichita, adds 40 current and former employees seeking to join. Plaintiffs urge conditional certification for all hourly production staff in the past three years and access to contact information and posted notices at the Arkansas City plant. Creekstone says all hours and overtime have been paid.
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Wichita
Kansas
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef
U.S
Eric Melgren
Creekstone
Arkansas City
Woman found not guilty in stabbing death
A Sedgwick County jury found Catie Collins not guilty by reason of mental disease in the stabbing death of 20 year old Boston Sicard, while convicting her only of misdemeanor battery. The trial heard Collins believed she acted in self defense amid an argument on Sept. 11, 2010.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Catie Collins
Boston Sicard
Collins
Sicard
Wichita Eagle
Lawrence protesters plead not guilty in park hours case
Ten Occupy Lawrence protesters pleaded not guilty to violating city park hours after camping in South Park. They rejected a plea offer of a 200 fine 60 in costs a six month suspended jail sentence and a year of unsupervised probation. Next court date is December 12. The group was ticketed last month after being told on October 25 they could not stay overnight. The city ordinance bans park use from 1130 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Lansing inmates who escaped surrender to police
Two men from Lansing Correctional Facility turned themselves in to police in Kansas City Kansas. Matthew Glen Allender 28 and Chad Duane Amack 22 surrendered Wednesday night after escaping the prison’s minimum security unit on Tuesday. Amack is jailed for theft and aggravated burglary in Shawnee County. Allender for a Shawnee County theft case.
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Lansing
Lansing Correctional Facility
Matthew Glen Allender
Chad Duane Amack
Kansas City
Kaw
Amack
Shawnee County
Allender
Kansas pushes abortion provider licensing amid court fights
Kansas officials proceed with a new licensing process for abortion providers despite state and federal court challenges. Two doctors, Dr. Herbert Hodes and Dr. Traci Nauser, argue licensing would harm their careers as clashes over enforcement and pending lawsuits continue.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Department of Health and Environment
Herbert Hodes
Traci Nauser
Kansas City
Overland Park
Health Department
Shawnee County
Franklin Theis
Hodes
Nauser
Theis
Bonnie Scott Jones
New York
Center For Reproductive Rights
Miranda Steele
Steele
Attorney General’s Office
Sam Brownback
Planned Parenthood of
Mid-Missouri
Planned Parenthood
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
GCCC Smokeout spotlights tobacco risks on campus
Garden City Community College hosts a Great American Smokeout booth to promote a tobacco free campus. SGA leaders push enforcement of a 50 foot no tobacco rule and display posters while addressing sanitation concerns from chewing tobacco. Some students oppose the initiative, citing etiquette and enforcement issues.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Garden City Recreation Commission
SGA
Gutierrez
Ashley Nielsen
Nielsen
Board of Trustees
GCRC
Copenhagen
Moises Mora
Mora
R.J. Sneed
Ulises Prieto
Beth Tedrow
Prieto
Elkhart
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Micah Kasriel
John Deere
Sneed
Mora’s
Brad Nadi
Ansuavcee Ie
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