Doniphan Board rejects Seaboard Farms zoning request
The Doniphan County Planning and Zoning Board unanimously denied Seaboard Farms petition to rezone 134 acres from agricultural to industrial use for a hog slaughtering plant. The project could employ 2,300 and slaughter 16,000 hogs daily. Elwood annexed the land. the proposal goes to Elwood City Council, which may vote November 7.
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Troy
Doniphan County
Seaboard Farms
Doniphan County Planning and Zoning Board
Seaboard
Elwood
Planning and Zoning Board
Activists rally in Topeka for federal ADA protections
About 75 activists and disabled Kansans gathered at the Statehouse to support the Americans with Disabilities Act as the Supreme Court weighs Alabama's case on the act’s scope. The Topeka Independent Living Resource Center organized the event, stressing the need for strong protections nationwide. Mike Oxford called for stronger laws beyond Topeka and Kansas to safeguard disabled rights.
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Topeka
Statehouse
Topeka Independent Living Resource Center
US Supreme Court
Alabama
ADA
Mike Oxford
Topeka Center
Oxford
Kansas
Georgia
Trego County sheriff charged with forging records
WaKeeney AP Eight charges filed against Trego County Sheriff Jerry White over a background check on former deputy Jason Walt who planned to run against White. Altered document allegedly showed Walt authorized an investigation, leading to forgery and misconduct charges. White also faces a charge tied to obstructing a Kansas Bureau of Investigation probe.
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Wakeeney
Trego County
Jerry White
White
Jason Walt
Walt
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
INS cites more agents and two new offices boosting Midwest arrests
Federal immigration officials credit added agents and two new field offices in North Platte and Grand Island for a 28 percent rise in arrests of illegal immigrants in Nebraska and Iowa this year from 2,524 to 3,242. Deportations also climbed, and smuggling cases increased to 164. Officials note response times improved and discuss revival of enforcement programs amid backlogs in residency and citizenship applications.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
US Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Michael Went
North Platte
Grand Island
Lexington
Interstate 80
Jerry Heinauer
Kansas to expand mental health insurance for state workers
Kansas will expand mental health coverage for state employees dependents and retirees starting January 1. About 90 000 participants in Blue Cross plans will have reduced out of pocket costs and need permission before treatment. Covered disorders include schizophrenia OCD panic autism ADD and bipolar and major depressive illness. Some conditions like PTSD and social phobia are excluded.
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Topeka
Stanley
Glen O. Gabbard
Menninger Psychiatric Clin
Gabbard
Babysitter charged after gasoline burns injure girl in Colorado
Debbie Ann Jasso 37 faces child abuse counts after applying gasoline to 12 year old Stephanie Leblancs hair near a lit stove caused deep second and third degree burns. Adams County DA Bob Grant said recklessness, not intent, underlies the charge while the familys wishes weighed in. Stephanie's mother Julie Leblanc opposed charges.
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Commerce City
Colo
Adams County
Bob Grant
Debbie Ann Jasso
Stephanie Leblanc
Jasso
Grant
Julie LeBlanc
Stephanie
F-16 crashes in Kansas during guard training mission
An Oklahoma Air National Guard F-16 crashed in a Cowley County cow pasture near Atlanta Kansas while on an air to air training mission. The pilot ejected safely before impact and was being treated for neck pain and a limp. A HazMat team from McConnell AFB assisted at the scene.
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Atlanta
Kan
Oklahoma Air National Guard
Kansas
Tulsa
Cowley County
Pat Scully
Oklahoma National Guard
Scully
Bob Odell
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Odell
Oklahoma Guard
Bonner Springs Man's Body Recovered From Lake Near Hiawatha
The body of 70 year old John Lowe was found Thursday in a Brown County lake after he and his wife fished there Wednesday night. Sheriff Lamar Shoemaker said Lowe appeared to have drowned and the body was recovered after lake dragging.
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Hiawatha (Ap
Bonner Springs
Brown County
John Lowe
Lamar Shoemaker
Lowe
Hiawatha
Shoemaker
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