Shooting leaves man in critical condition in Garden City
Police investigate a Garden City shooting after a 24 year old man allegedly discharging a handgun at 2305 Campus Drive Apt A. The bullet struck Nicholas Jones 25 of 2606 LC Fair St Apt 2 in the face and lodged near his spine. Jones is in critical condition after transfer between St Catherine Hospital and St Francis Via Christi in Wichita. No arrests have been made. A separate Morris County crash sent Tammera Kreger 23 to hospital. passenger Thomas Campbell 15 uninjured. Downes 17 treated and released at Stormont Vail. not wearing seat belt per KHP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Mike Reagle
Campus Drive
Apt. A
Nicholas Jones
Fair St
Apt. 2
Beagle
Jones
St. Catherine Hospital
St. Francis
Morris County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Tammera K. Kreger
Council Grove
Rhiannon K. Downes
1400
Kreger
RHP
Downes
Morris County Hospital
Thomas Campbell
Garden Ily
KHP
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Task force cocaine probe ends in arrest in Garden City
A six week investigation into alleged cocaine trafficking led to the arrest of Jorge Alberto Yebra at 7 03 p m Friday when police served a search warrant at 4101 East U S Highway 50 Yebra faces charges including possession with intent to sell within 1000 feet of a school felony possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia He is jailed in Finney County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Garden City
Mike Reagle
Garden To
Finney County
Jorge Alberto Yebra
U.S. Highway 50
Yebra
Ey County
Gas prices spur methane boom in Cherokee land
Independent AP report notes landowners in Cherokee County benefiting from coal bed methane as gas prices rise. The southeast Kansas basin, with under 30 wells in 2000, now hosts about 4,400 wells, fueling sizable royalty checks for local landholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Cherokee In
Kansas
Kansas universities warn cuts would harm higher education
Kansas lawmakers weigh 2 percent this year and 5 percent next year budget cuts. KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway warns of lost faculty hires and delayed library, technology upgrades. KU Medical Center and Lawrence campus face hiring freezes. K State could cut 180 jobs, eliminate 400 courses, raise student professor ratio. some relief could come from privilege fees casino revenue and potential casino operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
University of Kansas
Robert Hemenway
Duane Goossen
Hemenway
KU Medical Center
Ing
Medical Center
Kansas State
Jon Wefald
Werald
Regents
New ABC Pregnancy Center opens larger Garden City home
Garden City residents toured the ABC Pregnancy Center at 509 N Sixth St as staff showcased a bigger facility with three extra rooms and two more bathrooms. The center moved from a 1700 square foot Laurel Street site to 2300 square feet, offering classes, pregnancy tests, sonograms, counseling, and a baby boutique where earned baby bucks can be spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
ABC Pregnancy Center
Sixth St
Pregnancy Center
Dawn Thiel
Laurel Street
Thiel
Love
Joyce Zoschke Bridges
ABC Pregnancy Care Center Inc
Sixth Street
Weskan
Kansas labor report flags nursing and teaching shortages growth
A Kansas Department of Labor study shows five of the top ten fastest growing occupations through 2014 will rise 40 percent, led by medical assistant and dental roles. It notes almost 12,000 RN openings, a teacher shortage, and a 30 percent gain in gambling and recreation jobs from new casinos. The jobless rate is projected to climb from 4.3 percent in 2006 to 4.6 percent in 2009 amid a softer national economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Department of Labor
Jim Garner
Garner
Racing and Gaming Commission
Wichita mural aims to curb graffiti and gang violence
Frances Davis watches Ricky Otano paint a Jesus mural on a Westar pole at 19th and Waco as police and city officials push murals to reclaim a gang plagued area. The site saw three armed assaults, a robbery, arsons, burglaries, rapes and larcenies in two months while broader gang violence persists nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Frances Davis
19Th
Waco
Davis
Ricky Otano
Jesus Christ
Otano
Terri Dozal
Evergreen Neighborhood
Doral
Capt
Jeff Easter
Patrol North Bureau
Dozal
Ernest Sharp
Woman charged in highway worker deaths on trial
Lawrence AP The trial of Ramona Morgan of Chewelah Washington began with jury selection for two counts of reckless second degree murder in the September 11 2007 hit and run deaths of Kansas Department of Transportation worker Tyrone Korte 30 of Seneca and contractor employee Rolland Griffith 24 of El Dorado in a U S 59 work zone near Pleasant Grove Morgan also faces aggravated battery for injuring a third worker Prosecutors say she ignored warnings sped through the blocked area and struck Korte and Griffith on her second pass Her attorney says she was driven through the zone because she was being chased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 59
Pleasant Grove
Kansas Department of Transportation
Tyrone Korte
Seneca
Rolland Griffith
el Dorado
Morgan
Osage County
Korte
Griffith
Eve Kemple
Also Mentioned on This Page
G.C
Geilar
Rex
Carden City
Goossen
Nancy Hodson
Hodson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!