County mulls four lane expressway plan with interchanges
Burns and McDonnell study for a four lane upgrade of the highway from U.S. 83 to IBP proposes interchanges and limited access. Costs range from 54 to 64 million dollars. Finney County and Garden City would cover 25 percent of first phase, about 4 million, with construction unlikely before 2007 or 2008. Voters may be asked to approve a ¼ cent county sales tax to fund the local match over about three years.
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Revenue chief backs statewide sales tax with local share plan
Kansas revenue chief supports a single statewide sales tax rate with distributed revenue to locals. An advocate for small business proposes a 1.7 percent destination tax for delivered items to preserve local revenues, while officials seek hard figures this fall. Local leaders in Salina await state action.
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Richard Cram
Department of Revenue
Cram
John Ritter dies from heart flaw at age 54
Comedy actor John Ritter died after heart problems tied to an unrecognized aortic flaw. He was widely loved for Two and a Half Men work and Three's Company. Ritter survived by wife Amy Yasbeck and four children, with ABC and Disney mourning his loss.
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Burbank
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Jason
ABC
Touchstone Television
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Hollywood High School
University of Southern California
Jury awards 1.4 million in inmate death case
A Finney County jury found the state negligent in the death of inmate Grishman and awarded 1.4 million dollars. The defense warned the amount would likely be reduced to 500 thousand as the maximum under state law. The case highlighted prison conditions and staffing at the county jail during 1995 and 1996.
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Leavenworth County
Charles Kugler
Kugler
Grishman
Finney County
Law Enforcement Center
John Andrews
Garden City
Andrews
Bill Miskell
KDOC
Lansing
Johnny Cash Dies at 71 a Cultural Icon of Country
Johnny Cash, famed for Folsom Prison Blues and I Walk the Line, died at 71 in May. The Man in Black shaped country music worldwide, earned 11 Grammys, and was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock Hall in 1992. His influence spanned Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Mick Jagger, with June Carter Cash and Rosanne Cash among his successful family performers.
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