Senior college proposal eyed for Dodge City campus
Dodge City Community College president Richard Burke urges a two year senior college on the former St Mary of the Plains site to curb southwestern Kansas brain drain. The Western Kansas Regents Center would support degree programs not offered by public junior colleges and keep talent local. The plan, endorsed by the task force, faces feasibility review ahead of a Kansas Board of Regents submission. Garden City officials weigh location.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Dodge City Community College
Richard Burke
St. Mary of the Plains College
Burke
Seward County Community College
Liberal
Garden City Community College
Southwest Kansas
Western Kansas Regents Center
Western Kansas Regents Center Task Force
DCCC
Kansas Board of Regents
Gccc Board of Trustees
Ed Rutter
Kansas Center
Garden City
St. Mary of the Plains
Rutter
Lights to bring safety gates at Chmelka Road crossing
Sherry Becker received news of progress at the Chmelka Road railroad crossing nine days before Christmas as lights and gates move toward installation. Heather Becker, 20, died June 25, 1998 after a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train struck her car at the crossing, pushing it 170 feet. The Becker families pressed for safety upgrades post tragedy and school bus routes continue through the intersection.
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Sherry Becker
Wheatland Electric Cooperative
Chmelka Road
Heather Becker
Railroad Avenue
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Holcomb
St. Catherine Hospital
Shane Becker
Life or death crash pins mother and kids in Greeley
Melissa Bradfield, 35, and her children Austin seven and Alexis four were in a Jeep Cherokee when a collision near the U S Highway 34 bypass and 47th Street in Greeley send the vehicle rolling twice and sliding 120 feet. Bradfield wore a seat belt. her son sustained a hairline breastbone fracture. The family recalls the crash and its aftermath as they adjusted to injuries and protective measures.
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Melissa Bradfield
Greeley
Colo
Austin
Alexis
U.S. Highway 34
47Th Street
Bradfield
Graves to announce more budget cuts in Kansas
Governor Bill Graves prepared a 2 p.m. news conference at the Statehouse to outline further spending cuts aimed at closing a $310 million shortfall in the current Kansas fiscal year. The plan follows August cuts totaling 41 million dollars and signals cuts across all agencies, with Sebelius and the 2003 Legislature to finalize remaining gaps.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Kansas
Statehouse
Graves
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
House becomes Episcopal church in Lakin home
Rita Stockton and Nora Belle May blend Stockton's 406 W Kingman Ave home into a mission church serving about 30 believers each Sunday. The A frame house hosts folding chairs, an organ, a vestry in a guest room, and traditional Episcopal liturgy with Eucharist in a compact, home setting.
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Lakin
Rita Stockton
W. King
Man Ave
Stockton
Kearny County
Nora Belle May
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