Night of the Reading Dead at Finney County Library
The Finney County Public Library in Wichita or surrounding area opens for a first annual read-a-thon fundraiser from 5 p.m. Oct. 29 to 5 p.m. Oct. 30 with a 24 hour read-a-thon auction at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 breakfast cake walk at 2 p.m. Oct. 30 costume contest Halloween movies and more. Admission is free and donations are welcome.
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Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Saline County to Hire Private Jail Food Service
Saline County plans to outsource jail food service to a private company. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says outsourcing could save $50,000 to $60,000 yearly. Last year the county spent $238,841 to prepare 191,958 meals. inmate numbers rising. Proposals sent, aim to select a vendor in October.
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Salina
Saline County
Glen Kochanowski
Kochanowski
Salina Journal
Federal case cites cooperators in Kansas guided hunts poaching
A federal prosecutor said the government has a number of cooperators in a large poaching case linked to guided deer hunts at Camp Lone Star in south central Kansas. The plan is not to add more defendants to the Camp Lone Star owners James Bobby Butler Jr. and Marlin Jackson Butler. Trial for the brothers, both of Martinsville Texas, was set for February 1 after a judge granted an extension.
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Wichita
Kansas
Justice Department
Camp Lone Star
U.S
Matt Treaster
James Bobby Butler Jr
Marlin Jackson Butler
Roger Falk
Texas
Louisiana
Wesley Brown
Martinsville
Man who strangled wife to serve 50 years
LENEXA AP A man identified as Jason Cott received a hard 50 sentence of 50 years without parole after pleading guilty to two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of his 29 year old wife Angela and their unborn child. He strangled her at a Kansas hotel on January 20 and the couple dumped the body along U S 69 in Miami County.
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Lenexa
Kansas
Jason Cott
Johnson County
The
Kansas City Star
Cott
Angela Cott
U.S. 69
Miami County
Fort Leavenworth Hosts Annual Military Ethics Symposium
Fort Leavenworth will host the second annual sympos ium on military ethics November 15 through 17 at the Fort Leavenworth campus of the Command and General Staff College. The event is co sponsored by Flint Hills Resources of Wichita and will explore the Professional Military Ethic and corporate ethics as a comparative study. The General Staff College Foundation, a nonprofit supporting education and training of officers, backs the event.
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Fort Leavenworth
Command and General Staff College Foundation
Command and General Staff College
Flint Hills Resources
General Staff College Foundation
Kansas
Garden City debating smoking ban alignment with state code
Garden City commissioners plan to resume debate on the local smoking ban. A September 7 2-2 vote halted changes to the uniform public offenses code including smoking policies. Commissioner Crase was absent. the 2007 ordinance bans smoking in all public places and private clubs, stricter than the state ban effective July 1 2009.
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Garden City
David Crase
League of Kansas
Garden City Arts rebrands and unveils gallery upgrade
The Southwest Arts and Humanities Council unveils The Arts Center on Main remodel in Garden City. The gallery features new wooden floors and rough fiber walls to curb nail holes, as the group plans a Jan 1 name change to Garden City Arts and new mission to enrich lives through the arts.
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Southwest Arts and Humanities Council
Garden City
Arts Center
Main
N. Main St
Stephanie Metheny
Arts Council
Paula Sloderbeck
Garden City Arts
Slederbeck
Stederbeck
Rural Mainstreet survey signals weak rural economy persists
A Creighton University survey of bankers across 10 Midwest and Plains states shows the Rural Mainstreet index at 47.6 in September, below 50 and signaling contraction over the next six months. Farm-related metrics stay healthier, with higher farmland prices and farm equipment sales, while retail and hiring indices lag. Bankers remain cautiously optimistic as the overall economy struggles.
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Omaha
Neb
Midwest
Plains
Creighton University
Ernie Goss
Colorado
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Goss
Bill McQuillan
CNB Community Bank of
Kathy Thuman
Farmers State Bank
Maywood
Buffalo Jones story set for spring stage production
Duane West advances the musical Dream Your Dreams The Buffalo Jones Story toward a spring stage debut in Garden City. Performances are planned for March 31 and April 1 2 with a 30 person cast and multiple local theater veterans directing and musical directing the show.
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Duane West
West
Brian Seagraves
Garden City Recreation Commission
Bruce Spiller
Garden City Community College
Tam
Garden City
Seagraves
Phoenix Productions Inc
Gulfport
Miss
Brian
Kansas
Spiller
Garden City Municipal Band
Garden City Symphony
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Feds
Randy Grisell
Grisell
Garden City Gallery
Buffalo Jones Story