Stolen Goods Recovered From Four Garden City Homes
Garden City police recovered more than 2400 in stolen property in weekend searches of four homes connected to a Sears warehouse thefts investigation. Items found included a CD player laptop camera Sony DVD player Jensen CD car stereo and more. Three suspects aged 18 and 19 identified. affidavits for felony theft and conspiracy to be filed with the Finney County Attorney.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Sears
Kansas Ave
Chaney
Apt. 3
302 College
No. 10
Kelso
Kansas Highway 50
Utz
Finney County Attorney’s Office
Adkins Heads to Garden City Campaign Stop
State Sen. David Adkins of Leawood visits Garden City at 11 a.m. Wednesday to launch a three day campaign for Attorney General in 2002. He will speak at Wheat Lands Convention Center Room Three 1408 E Fulton St with other stops in Colby Liberal and Dodge City.
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David Adkins
R. Leawood
Garden City
Adkins
State Senate
Kansas House
Wheat Lands Convention Center
E. Fulton St
Colby
Liberal
Dodge City
Ramon Molinar
Wheat Lands Hotel & Conference Center
Molinar
Stoecklein Construction
Miles of Smiles ball and auction planned Oct 20
The third annual Walk and Whoa Ball and Auction will raise funds for the Miles of Smiles Therapeutic Riding Program. It will be held Oct. 20 at Garden City Plaza Inn Grand Ballroom with 7 p.m. viewing and 8 p.m. program start led by Anita Cochran and Storm Dennison. Admission is $5.
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Miles of Smiles
Garden City Plaza Inn Grand Ballroom
Smokin’ Hott
Ksnw-Tv
Anita Cochran
Storm Dennison
Earhart portrayal at Kearny County Library
Ann E. Birney of Admire will portray Amelia Earhart in First Lady of the Air at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Kearny County Library meeting room in Lakin. Birney, an independent scholar and Ride into History partner, pursues a KU American studies PhD and joined History Alive! in 1993, a program funded by the Kansas Humanities Council to promote local history.
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Ann E. Birney
Amelia Earhart
Kearny County
E. Prairie St
Lakin Birney
University of Kansas
Kansas Humanities Council
KHC
Two Die in Northeast Kansas Collision Near Sabetha
In Brown County two people died in a crash on US 75 four miles north of Sabetha. Tom O. Meisinger, 67, of Plattsmouth Nebraska, drove a van that collided with another vehicle. The other victim’s identity was not released by Tuesday morning.
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Tom O. Meisinger
Plattsmouth
Neb
Brown County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Sabetha
Sunflower and union workers reach tentative contract agreement
Sunflower Electric Power Corp and 93 unionized workers reached a tentative contract after just over three months since the prior deal expired. A union vote next week will decide the agreement, with details withheld pending the ballot. Negotiators cited wage and benefit talks as ongoing, noting no work stoppage and amicable discussions. Sunflower operates in 34 Kansas counties, with Holcomb and Garden City facilities detailing recent investments and plant updates.
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Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Terry Golay
Steve Miller
Sunflower
Golay
Kansas
Holcomb
Garden City
District 457 Wins Enrollment Extension Amid Nimda Outage
Garden City USD 457 received a deadline extension to submit official enrollment figures after a three week computer shutdown caused by Nimda virus reinfestation. State officials understand the district faces delays and expect final numbers by week’s end, with hand counting ongoing and computers being restored.
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Garden City
USD 457
Kansas
Nimda
Ann Goodman
Enrollment shifts and aid impacts across Kansas districts
USD 457 faces a potential one to two million dollar state aid cut tied to a ConAgra fire that left 2,300 workers unemployed. Schools consider a three year enrollment average to cushion the budget. USD 363 reports a five student gain from last year but still trails two years ago. 2001 full time equivalency sits at about 874.25, down from 896.3 in 1999, with figures awaiting state confirmation. Nimda virus briefly affected USD 363 but was contained quickly.
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Sherry Root
Kansas Department of Education
USD 457
ConAgra Beef Co
ConAgra
Holcomb Usd 363
USD 363
Nimda
Gary Schlappe
Lewis
Hooper
Schlappe
Prater
Sean Thayer
Phil Keidel
Holcomb Elementary
Keidel
Thayer
Reidel
Shelly Schap
Russell Komlofske
United States
Mexico
Pruter
Holcomb elementary school opening may wait a year
Holcomb USD 363 delays Holcomb and Wiley Elementary openings to at least December or later. D&D Builders near completion on the K-2 building report touch ups and moisture tests pending occupancy.
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Holcomb
Wiley Elementary
D&d Builders
Garden City
D&d
Environmental Protection Agency
Daryl Prater
Holcomb Usd
University ends fraud probe at Kansas athletics fund
Lawrence AP University of Kansas campus police finished a probe into alleged theft from the Williams Educational Fund, sending findings to Douglas County prosecutors. More than 8,000 may have been reimbursed incorrectly as overcharges for entertainments in vouchers from 1999 to 2001. director Scott McMichael resigned in August amid the inquiry.
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Tion
Scott McMichael
Williams Educational Fund
McMichael
Bill Skepnek
Skepnek
Schuyler Bailey
Graves opposes splitting Douglas County in redistricting
Gov. Bill Graves rejects dividing Douglas County for new congressional lines. He favors moving Lawrence and the University of Kansas into the 2nd District in eastern Kansas, while the 3rd District centers on the Kansas City area. Recent committee plans kept KU in the 3rd but shifted much of Lawrence to the 2nd.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Douglas County
Graves
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Kansas
Kansas City
University
GOP
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