Former Garden City man killed in Palm Desert motorcycle crash
Steven Michael Russell, 36, of Yucaipa Calif died when his Suzuki motorcycle hit a turning car at about 5 30 p m Pacific time in Palm Desert a Riverside County deputy coroner said Russell who wore a helmet died instantly He had lived in Garden City since age five and attended Garden City Community College and Fort Hays State University for architecture Afterward a separate Kearny County rollover crash killed Samuel M Nelson 29 of Wichita on Kearny County Road 27 near Lakin at 3 a m He was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene Officials say causes are unknown.
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Garden City
Lakin
Palm Desert
Calif
Palm Springs
Alondra Birdsall
Riverside County Sheriff’s Office
Steven Michael Russell
Yucaipa
Birdsall
Russell
California
Sandi Bridges
Garden City Community College
Fort Hays State University
Bridges
Kearny County
Samuel M. Nelson
Kansas Highway Patrol
Nelson
KHP
Thanksgiving dinner offered by local congregations
Second Missionary Baptist Church and the Garden City African American Coalition host a free Thanksgiving Dinner from noon to 3 p.m. at 1107 N Main St with dine in or take out options and transportation for those in need. Word of Life Church also offers a turkey dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3004 N Third St.
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Second Missionary Baptist Church
Garden City
Word of Life Church
Fellowship Hall
Third St
Committee endorses Sunday sales proposal
A legislative study committee endorsed a plan allowing Sunday liquor and beer sales, potentially ending stalemate on the issue. The measure would apply to liquor stores and beer in groceries and convenience stores, allowing Sunday sales in all cities and in townships with populations of 5,000 or more. It aims to reassert state control after a Wyandotte County ruling that the Liquor Control Act is not uniform. The proposal advances to the 2004 Legislature.
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Topeka
Wyandotte
Special Committee On Judiciary
Drainage District 2 discusses ditch expansion plans
Finney County Drainage District No 2 faces funding and timing hurdles as it plans a major ditch expansion to handle growth. The 1952 design cannot cope with current flows from commercial and residential development, prompting a mill levy increase to 4.506 mills to fund improvements and force coordination with City and county officials.
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Drainage District No. 2 Board of Directors
Finney County
Riverview
Wal- Mart
Home Depot
Garden City
Tina Burgardt
Lot Taylor
Taylor & Associates
Burgardt
Taylor
Applebee's
American Lodge & Suites
Tigger’s
Jennie Barker
Tree of Life lights for southwest Kansas hospice memorials
A ceremony welcomed the fourth annual Tree of Life at St. Catherine Hospital North Lobby in Garden City. Gust Crump honors his wife Mildred with an ornament, reflecting hospice care that supports patients and families in their final months. Volunteers provide nursing, counseling, and bereavement services across 18 counties, aiming for quality of life rather than life prolongation. Ornaments, handcrafted by South Gray High School students, fund care for uninsured and underinsured patients. Donations enable continued hospice work and memory keepsakes.
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Kansas
St. Catherine Hospital
Gina Cash
Gus Crump
Mildred
Dodge City
Gus
Warren Cico
Cash
St. Catherine
South Gray High School
Montezuma
Three convicted of defrauding Medicare in Topeka case
Three defendants from Kansas were found guilty in federal court of defrauding Medicare and Invacare Inc. of more than 640000 dollars through a Senior Wheels Program. Terence W. Cooper Paige A. Heck and her son Frank D. Heck face charges including conspiracy health care fraud wire fraud and money laundering for upcoding and improper use of proceeds. The scheme ran from 1996 to 1998.
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Topeka
Medicare
Terence W. Cooper
Overland Park
Paige A. Heck
Lawrence
Frank D. Heck
Shawnee
Eric Melgren
Cooper
Frank Heck
Paige Heck
Melgren
Invacare Inc
Medicare Benefi
Boxes reveal pieces of the past
In Topeka Kathy Priest catalogs abandoned safe deposit boxes sent to the Kansas unclaimed property division. The vaults hold relics from James Naismith’s peach basket to 1862 bank notes, military medals, jewelry, letters, baby teeth, and even bodily fluids, with dozens of items revealing private lives as investigators seek owners.
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Topeka
James Naismith
Kathy Priest
Kansas
London
Tim Shallenburger
Lynn Jenkins
Ryan Wright
Jenkins
London Times
Wright
Kansascash.com
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Bernard Chappel
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Mary Street
T-Bone
DD No. 2
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Remigius Ekwearth
Herald Angels
Ciaries
Invacare
Elyria
Ohio
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