Auto burglary leads to meth bust in Garden City
Police say an 8:49 a.m. auto burglary in the 600 block of North 10th Street led to a drug raid at 407 Elm St. Where officers found drug paraphernalia and 28 grams of methamphetamine and 2.2 grams of marijuana. Dana Leens, 18, was arrested for auto burglary and theft, while Mathew Castaneda, 18, was charged with possession of meth with intent to distribute near a school and other drug offenses. Two other suspects, Richard and Sherrie Brough, were later arrested near Towns Road for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and related charges.
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Garden City
North 10Th Street
407
Elm St
Mike Utz
10Th Street
Utz
Dana Leens
Shamus St
Mathew Castaneda
Castaneda
Finney County
Great Bend
Richard Brough
Sherrie Brough
Target
Kansas Ave
Brough
Wal-Mart
Kansas Highway 156
Towns Road
GCRC offers fall music classes for kids
Garden City Recreation Commission presents two fall music programs for children. Fall Songbird's Delight serves ages 4 to 6 and kindergarten to prep. Fall Super Singers serves grades 1 to 3. Classes run Mondays. fees are 25 dollars with need-based scholarships via Arts Angels Patrons. For details, contact Mark Hays at 276-1200.
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Garden City Recreation Commission Community Theater
Arts Angels
Mark Hays
Garden City College weighs cooling loop project plan
Garden City Community College trustees discussed a $1.6 million cooling loop project to link campus buildings to a centralized chilled water system and upgrade HVAC components. The plan covers major buildings including the physical education and John Collins Vocational Building with costs itemized for each site and potential financing options.
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Garden City Community College
Gccc Board of Trustees
Bill Clifford
Ed Rutter
Steve O’brate
Lauren Welch
Steve Sterling
Mark Eisenbarth
Bob Kreutzer
Tatro Plumbing
Kreutzer
Physical Education
John Collins Vocational
Fine Arts
Saffell Library
Pauline Joyce
Penka
Clifford
O’brate
GCCC
Carol Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Lawmakers order audit on death penalty costs in Kansas
A legislative committee in Topeka on Wednesday ordered an audit of death penalty costs amid warnings that only estimates may be possible due to few cases and long appeals. The Board of Indigents Defense Services spent about 2.4 million dollars last year defending two high profile capital cases.
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Topeka
Board of Indigents Defense Services
Legislative Post Audit Committee
John Edmonds
Edmonds
Leo Hafner
Post
Kansas
Hafner
Missouri
North Carolina
Lansing
Bill Bunten
Bunten
R-Topeka
State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services
John E. Robinson Sr
Johnson County
Jonathan
Reginald Carr
Sedgwick County
Carrs
Wichita
Robinson
Gas leak closes Tribune school for a day
Tribune USD 200 evacuated its campus after a natural gas leak beneath the junior high. About 300 students and staff were sent home one hour after classes began, with Midwest Energy locating a single leaking pipe and plans to reroute the line. Classes resumed next day.
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Tribune Usd 200
Midwest Energy
USD 200
Bill Wilson
Wilson
Greeley County Sheriff’s Office
Greeley County Fire Department
USD 200 Board of Education
Survivors recall rescuer heroics on flood swept turnpike
Helen Foster, 79, of Topeka, recounts being pulled from a flooded car on the Kansas Turnpike by a rescuer she never learned the name of. She believes the hero was Albert Larsen of Fort Worth, who later died. Foster and Larsen were among seven vehicles swept off the highway near Emporia. Authorities say Larsen helped others before perishing. Foster hopes to contact his widow to offer comfort.
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Topeka
Helen Foster
Foster
Kansas Turnpike
High Ground
Albert Larsen
Fort Worth
Texas
Larsen
Emporia
Liberty
Charles G. Foster
Ryan Lane
Lawrence
Wichita
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GCRC
Hotli
Brandon Ginther
Garden City Recreation Commission
Midwest Skate
Tribune
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