Four Girls Injured in KC School Complex Stabbing
Four girls sustained minor injuries in a stabbing at the Westport Edison High School Middle School complex in Kansas City. Four people were in custody after fights broke out in a parking lot amid an ongoing feud. the attackers had prior suspensions for fighting. Three of the injured are sisters and the fourth is their cousin.
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Kansas City
Westport Edison
Jan Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Mark Folsom
Bar co-owner jailed for restroom eavesdropping case
Darrin A. Votan 32 of Lawrence received a 60 day work release after pleading no contest to five counts of eavesdropping for secretly videotaping women in the restroom of G Williker's Bar and Deli in Ottawa. The sentence was reduced from three years in jail. civil suits filed by two victims proceed. Original 14 counts and Oct trial date referenced.
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Ottawa
Darrin A. Votan
Lawrence
Votaw
G. Williker
Franklin County
Victim’s mother to resume testimony in trial
Prosecutors in the John E. Robinson Sr murder trial return to testimony from relatives of the victims. Carolyn Trouten, mother of Suzette Trouten, was to finish her witness work as the case continued in Kansas. Two Canadian friends testified about deceiving Robinson in online and phone chats seeking Suzette’s fate.
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John E. Robinson
Carolyn Trouten
Suzette
Robinson
Kansas
Canada
Suzette Trouten
Giraffe Sienna Dies at Kansas City Zoo
An eightyearold Masai giraffe named Sienna collapsed and died at the Kansas City Zoo after entering the animal plains exhibit. The zoo closed the exhibit briefly and offered no immediate cause. Sienna arrived with the 1995 African exhibit opening and had a past calf euthanized after head injuries. Two other giraffes had died at the zoo in 1998.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Zoo
Sienna
Animal Plains
Kansas City
Court confirms Courtney harmed cancer patients in civil case
Courtney, jailed and nearly broke, admitted harming cancer patients by watering down chemotherapy. In Jackson County Circuit Court, Georgia Hayes seeks damages while Courtney’s assets, once about 12 million dollars, are seized for a victims’ fund after his guilty plea. Insurance policy targets remain undisclosed, with no insurer representatives present.
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Kansas City, Mo
Robert R. Courtney
Georgia Hayes
Courtney
Hayes
Jackson County
Cooler temperatures arrive in Kansas weekend
AP reports Sharply cooler temperatures are expected in Kansas by the weekend after a spell of warmth. Showers and a few thunderstorms were possible in the southeast Wednesday with partly cloudy skies elsewhere. Highs span from about 70 in the north to mid 60s in the south, then warmer Thursday and a cooldown Friday into the upper 70s to mid 80s in the southwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Survivor testifies about last night before Wichita murders
The sole survivor, a 25-year-old teacher, described the final night five friends spent together in a Wichita townhome before intruders attacked. She testified at the Sedgwick County District Court trial of brothers Jonathan and Reginald Carr, detailing the events from Dec 14, 2000, through the shootings and subsequent abductions before she survived a gunshot wound and fled naked through the snow.
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Wichita
Jonathan
Reginald Carr
Sedgwick County
Jason Befort
Befort
Augusta High School
Aaron Sander
Brad Heyka
Sander
Heather Muller
Carrs
John Val Wachtel
Sedgwick County District Court
Reginald
Jonathan Carr
Wachtel
Ad Astra statue earthbound over bolt problem at Capitol
The bronze Ad Astra statue weighing 4100 pounds sits on its side in a flatbed truck after bolts fail to align. Officials and workers delay final assembly until repairs by J.E. Dunn Construction Co. at the Kansas Capitol, as crews address misaligned holes and welded nuts.
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Topeka
State Capitol
Gregg Lynch
J.E. Dunn Construction Co
Salina
Dick Bergen
Ad Astra
Lynch
Lyons publisher buys Russell newspaper
RUSSELL AP The Lyons Daily News owners purchased the Russell County News from Jim and Alice Anderson effective Oct 1 The Kriers also own several Missouri weeklies and bi weekly papers The Andersons will stay for a one month transition The Russell paper founded in 1874 carries Natoma and Luray news with the same staff expected to remain and no major operations changes anticipated
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Lyons Daily News
Russell County
Jack Krier
Kathy
Kimberling City
Missouri
Jim
Alice Anderson
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Andersons
Russell Daily News
Natoma
Luray
Krier
World figures and facts quiz item prompts
In Washington protesters pressed IMF and others to cancel debts of AIDS affected African nations. Forsyth Institute in Boston grew pigs hearts in rats. Cargill recalled 400000 pounds of product linked to Midwest E coli outbreak. An honorary knighthood was conferred by Queen Elizabeth II.
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International Money Fund
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Forsyth Institute
Cargill Inc
Midwest
U.S. Federal Reserve
Queen Elizabeth Lt
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