Rupp Final Four on Sweet Home Alabama adds Kansas journalist
Cassie Rupp, a Garden City and Dighton native, remains in the final four of CMT’s Sweet Home Alabama season two. The Kansas KU graduate and Farm youth joins 21 others in a Birmingham man’s house competition.
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Cassie Rupp
Garden City
Dighton
CMT
Sweet Home
A Night in Bethlehem at The Presbyterian Church
The community is invited to enjoy a live nativity experience at The Presbyterian Church on 1719 Texas St this Friday and Saturday from 5 30 p m to 8 p m. Visitors participate as villagers and pilgrims in costume, share in a census, receive a family photo, view crafts and foods, with free admission for all ages and supervision for children under 10.
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Bethlehem
Presbyterian Church
Texas St
Jesus
Buffalo Debate Tournament At Garden City High School
Garden City High School hosts its Buffalo Debate Tournament at 8 a.m. Saturday with nine state schools including Bucklin Colby Dodge City Hays Hoisington Liberal Nickerson Scott City and Thomas More Prep. Volunteers are sought. contact Russ Tidwell at 805-8175 or rtidwell gckschools.com.
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Garden City High School
Buffalo
Bucklin
Colby
Dodge City
Hays
Hoisington
Liberal
Nickerson
Scott City
Thomas More Prep
Russ Tidwell
GCHS
Rtidwell
Gckschools
Winter Wonderland Extravaganza at Deerfield church
The Deerfield United Methodist Church hosts a Winter Wonderland Extravaganza from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday featuring 11 vendors selling jewelry food and Pampered Chef items. Contact Wynell Jones at 620-426-6667 for more information.
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Deerfield United
Kansas farmers finish fall corn harvest as wheat emerges
In Wichita AP reports Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service says 3 percent of sorghum and 5 percent of sunflowers remain to be cut. All but 3 percent of winter wheat has emerged with 5 percent excellent, 42 percent good, 40 percent fair and 13 percent poor to very poor. Hay supplies remain short to very short in 55 percent of the state as livestock producers cite low water in stock ponds despite rains.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Kansas City Hub for National Drug Trafficking Network
Federal analysis places Kansas City at a nationwide drug trafficking hub due to central location and major interstates. The Midwest is targeted by a flow of cocaine heroin marijuana and methamphetamine from Mexico with law enforcement noting hundreds of indictments and a high trafficking activity level. Rasheed Shakur received a life sentence for leading a multimillion dollar operation coordinating shipments from Texas Arizona and the Southwest into Kansas City using air and mail methods.
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Kansas City
Mexico
Midwest
National Drug Intelligence Center
FBI
Mike Oyler
Kansas City Star
David Barton
Missouri
Kansas
Barton
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Rasheed Shakur
Matthew Kenyon
Shakur
Michael Corleone
Texas
Johnson County Executive
Arizona
Kenyon
Rotary club gives third graders color dictionaries in district drive
Rotarians from Garden City deliver 530 Scholastic Children’s Dictionaries to USD 457 third graders this week at multiple elementary schools. The project, in its fourth year, aims to boost literacy with free colorful dictionaries featuring pictures and kid friendly explanations.
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David Ramirez-Hernandez
Georgia Matthews
Rotarians
USD 457
Kathryn Byers
Rotary Club
Garden City
Rotary
Stu
Shawna Whitehurst
Garden City Area
Jennie Wilson
Garfield
Holiday fire safety tips for candles and trees nationwide
Fire authorities warn holiday heat sources raise risk of home fires. Garden City reports low incident rates but urges precautions: never leave candles or heaters unattended, inspect cords, avoid paper in fires, have chimneys cleaned, and keep fresh trees away from heat. Safe Kids Kansas adds child-proofing advice and poison prevention with 800‑222‑1222.
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US Fire Administration
Garden City
Daniel Wimmer
Wimmer
USFA
Safe Kids Kansas
Coalition
Poison Control Center
Safekids.org
Usfa.fema. Gov
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