Family speaks in Garden City on Carr brothers case
Roundup speakers will address victims' kin at 7 p.m. Thursday in Garden City. Kansans for Justice promotes removing Kansas Supreme Court justices who overturned the Carr brothers death sentences. The Carr brothers were convicted of robbing, raping, kidnapping and shooting five people in Wichita in 2000 and sentenced to death in 2002. The Kansas Supreme Court vacated most murder convictions in 2014, and the US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 the reversal was improper.
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Reginald Carr
Garden City
Garden City Community College
Kansans For Justice
Kansas Supreme Court
Carr Brothers
Wichita
US Supreme Court
Mayor to Speak at Garden City Chamber Breakfast
Garden City Mayor Chris Law will deliver the State of the City at the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast at The Golf Club at Southwind. The event will showcase the 2017 city financial profile and local projects and goals, with breakfast at 7:10 a.m. and program at 7:30 a.m. Registration is online via the Chamber site.
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Garden City
Chris Law
Chamber
Yoder rival gets Obama nod
Senator Obama backed 30 House candidates including Democrat Jay Sidie facing Republican U.S. Representative Kevin Yoder in Kansas 8th District. Sidie gains from Obama reach as Clinton leads in Johnson County while Yoder’s stance on Trump may clash with voters. Cate Duerst calls out Washington involvement.
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Barack Obama
House
Kansas
U.S
Kevin Yoder
Jay Sidie
Obama
Yoder
GOP
Sidie
Hillary Clinton
Johnson County
Donald Trump
Johnson
Wyandotte
Trump
Cate Duerst
Washington, D.C
Finney County to prosecute Wiseman in 2014 Dillons shooting
The Kansas Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling and ordered Loren Wiseman to stand trial for premeditated first-degree murder in the December 6, 2014, shooting death of Jeremy Pascascio in Garden City. Authorities consider Wiseman’s countdowns and actions as evidence of premeditation and not imminent fear.
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Finney County Attorney’s
Wichita
Garden City
Kansas Court of Appeals
Finney County District Court
Michael Quint
Loren Wiseman
Jeremy Pascascio
Quint
Finney County
Will Votypka
Wiseman
Kansas Supreme Court
Kscourts.org
Court of Appeals
Alexandra Escarcega
Pascascio
Dillons East
Kansas Ave
Kansas Appellate Defenders Office
Topeka
Sherman County
Goodland
Steve Leben
Buffalo Jones story to become one man show revival
Garden City resident Duane West rewrites the two act Buffalo Jones musical into a single actor production telling how C J Buffalo Jones helped save the American bison from extinction and helped found Garden City. West seeks an actor to perform all roles and contribute to a 90 minute show with 15 songs. Auditions expect a commitment and contact details are provided.
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Buffalo Jones
Garden City
Duane West
C.J
Buffalo” Jones
West
Frontiersman Jones
Jones
Abraham Lincoln
Dodge City
John Stevens
Theodore Roosevelt
Zane Gray
Teddy Roosevelt
Finney County
JumpStart Kansas launches new entrepreneurial program statewide
Kansas unveils JumpStart Kansas linking six state universities and Washburn with KDOC funding of 425000 to grant small awards and equity in startup ventures. Soave notes grants of 5000 or 10000 and a 1 percent equity stake, with network expansion to rural areas via Network Kansas in a second phase.
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Regents’ University Network
JumpStart Kansas
Kansas Department of Commerce
Washburn University
Antonio Soave
JumpStart
KDOC
Kansas State
University of Kansas
Wichita State
Pittsburg State
Fort Hays State
Emporia State
Kansas
Blake Flanders
The
Kansas Board of Regents
Soave
Network Kansas
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Stephanie Bogner
Dillons
St. Catherine Hospital
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Sterling
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