Tribes plan to refurbish Chilocco Indian School into living museum
Five tribes including Otoe-Missouria, Tonkawa, Kaw Nation, Ponca, and Pawnee aim to restore the 165 acre Chilocco site once housing Indian School from 1884 to 1980. The property with over 70 buildings is on the National Register and could attract a major developer like Disney as part of a master plan.
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Arkansas City
Michael Harwell
Chilocco
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Harwell
Disney
Kassebaum Baker warns U S focus on Middle East may miss Latin turmoil
Former Kansas senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker told Topeka audiences that while U S foreign policy concentrates on the Middle East, brewing political upheaval in Latin America could threaten American economy and security. She noted U S attention “two steps forward and three steps back” and questioned Iraq war judgments.
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Topeka
Nancy Kassebaum Baker
United States
Middle East
South America
Latin America
America
Kassebaum Baker
Kansas
Senate
J.cotter Hirschberg
U.S
Bush
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Iraq
Iran
Four Victims Slain in Kansas City Home Shooting
Police investigated two weekend shootings in Kansas City Kansas that left four people dead inside a residence and a fifth body found in an alley. Officers reported three immediate deaths at the scene and the survivor later died at a hospital. the second incident involved a woman found dead in an alley. Names and exact identities were not released on Sunday.
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Kansas City, Kan
Jackie Waters
Soldier's video farewell bridges gap to dying sister
In Iraq a brother in the Army National Guard spoke to his sister Jenny Wolf during a videoconference arranged by Freedom Calls. She, gravely ill with cancer, longed to sing to him and return home to Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kan
Clara
Jenny” Wolf
Iraq
Army National Guard Spc
Roger Bradley
Kansas
Freedom Calls Foundation
University of Kansas Medical Center
Sherri
Roger
Michael
Marines
Army National Guard
Freedom Calls
al Asad
John Harlow
Jenny
Rome family tops fifth Alzheimer's Memory Walk at zoo
The Rome sisters led by 16 member Best Grandma team won the fifth annual Memory Walk at Lee Richardson Zoo raising 2540 for the Alzheimer's Association of Central and Western Kansas. Dale Hubbs and Retha won oldest couple door prize. event total reached 6227.15, exceeding last year.
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Rome
Lee Richardson Zoo
Dale Hubbs
Retha
Lakin
Retha Hubbs
Dale
Romes
Alzheimer’s Association of
Central and Western Kansas
Hubbs
Finnup Park
Mother
Darie Rogers
Rhonda Riedel
Alzheimer’s Association
Central
Kansas
Riedel
Two clerks cited in Garden City alcohol compliance checks
Garden City police and ABC agents checked 30 liquor stores on Saturday. Two stores violated rules and clerks were fined 200 dollars for selling to minors. One minor was cited for furnishing a cereal malt beverage to a minor at Cruz and Cruz Liquor and another at the Money Stop.
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Garden City
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Mike Utz
Utz
Matthew Tarwater
Donna Ave
Cruz and
Cruz Liquor
Buffalo Jones Ave
Robert Morrison
Mansfield Road
Kansas Ave
Chappel Liquor
E. Fulton St
Taylor Liquor
Taylor Plaza
Five Points Liquor Store
Discount Liquor
E. Kansas Plaza
Third and Kansas Liquor
E. Kansas Ave
Fourth and Fulton Liquor
N. Fourth St
W. Campbell St
E. US
Naah Liquor
the Watering Hole
S. Main St
Calihan
Kansas man convicted in HIV exposure case faces sentencing
Lawrence, AP A Douglas County man, Robert Richardson II, joins a small national group prosecuted under HIV exposure laws. He allegedly lied about his status or removed a condom during sex with four women, with sentencing set for November 22. The case highlights debates over testing and stigma surrounding HIV.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Robert Richardson II
Richardson
Former Holcomb mayor injured in traffic accident
Dennis Lauer, former Holcomb mayor, was treated and released after his 1998 Jeep overturned on Interstate 435 east of Lackman in Johnson County. Shawn Elliott, 29, of Lenexa, was driving a 1994 Chevy and was not injured. Lauer sustained a concussion and stayed overnight. both drivers wore seat belts. Lauer resigned as mayor in August to relocate for AT&T work. Jamie Jarnagin became mayor in September.
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Holcomb
Dennis Lauer
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Kansas Highway Patrol
Interstate 435
Lackman
Johnson County
KHP
Shawn Matthew Elliott
Lenexa
Elliott
Lauer
Colleen Lauer
Cita
Kansas City
At&t
Jamie Jarnagin
Autumn
Middle school returns to normal after shooting scare
In Joplin Missouri Memorial Middle School resumes routine a week after a seventh grader threatened students with an assault rifle and fired a ceiling shot. Experts warn many students and staff may still be processing fear and trauma from the close call when the gun jammed.
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Joplin
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders
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Alzheimer's Association
E. Mary St
Sandstone Spirits
W. Mary St
Tabor Retail
Dillons
Wal-Mart
Kwik Shop
Campus Drive
Alamo Food Mart
Fleming St
Jennie Barker Road
W. Buffalo Jones Ave
Fulton Convenience
Presto
N. Taylor Ave
Quicker Market
Wheatland’s Country Store
Dillons West
U-Pump-It
Yale University
Bebe Anderson
New York
Lambda Legal
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