32 Storage units burglarized at Prairie Avenue facility
Prairie Avenue ABC Self Storage reported 32 units burglarized Thursday night with preliminary losses over 2475 dollars. A separate unit at the Fulton Street location was also broken into between 4 and 9 p.m. Tools, appliances, and household items were stolen. investigators have no suspects.
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Prairie Avenue
ABC Self Storage
Prairie Ave
ABC
Fulton Street
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Family nursing home settle over mother’s death
Hutchinson AP report notes a $75,000 settlement between Wesley Towers nursing home and the family of Adalai Nusz. An executor alleged a do not resuscitate list led to lack of medical care after Nusz fell ill following a Kansas State Fair trip on September 10, 2000, with a nurse present at her death.
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Hutchinson
Wesley Towers
Adalai Nusz
Nusz
Wesley
Reno
Richard Rome
Matt Bretz
Brett
Fire damages three businesses in Lyndon downtown
In Lyndon, a Thursday night blaze heavily damaged three downtown businesses as flames leapt 50 feet into the sky. Firefighters from eight jurisdictions fought the blaze, injuring two people mildly while authorities investigated the start near 6 p.m. at the East-Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation site, with the fire spreading to an insurance office, a dentist, and an auto shop.
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Lyndon
American Medical Response Ambulance Service
Topeka Avenue
Alden Christesen
Special committee formed to study security measures
Topeka lawmakers created a special committee to study security at the Statehouse and state buildings, power plants, water supplies, and transportation of hazardous materials along with computer security. The panel will include three senators and three House members and meet for five days before year’s end while balancing security with civil liberties.
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Topeka
Health plan hit by shortfall sparks employee premium debate
Shawnee County legislator condemns Gov Graves as state employees face higher costs next year. Changes set for Jan 1 aim to cover a 43 million shortfall in the state health insurance program by dipping into reserves and raising agency contributions while keeping premium levels. Deductibles will rise. employees may pay 25 percent more for medical services. The Kansas Choice plan will impose a 300 deductible per person and 600 per family, with out of pocket costs rising from 500 to 2000.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
Bill Graves
Annie Kuether
D-Topeka
Kuether
Kansas Health Care Commission
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Choice
Senator rebuffs support for suffrage in Kansas clash
OLATHE AP An Illinois state senator? No, Kansas voice Kay O Connor says she would not back women's suffrage if reconsidered, arguing the 19th Amendment eroded family values. She told The Kansas City Star men should care for women and questioned why women vote or work. League leaders call her stance shocking and counter to representation.
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Olathe
Kay O’connor
Kansas City Star
Olathe Republican
Johnson County League of Women Voters
Delores Furtado
O’connor
Furtado
Johnson County Community College
Senate
O'Connor
the Star
House of Representatives
League
Janis McMillan
McMillan
Kay
Finney County Commission Plans Monday Strategic Discussion
Finney County commissioners prepare to revisit the county strategic plan at their 8:30 a.m. meeting in the Finney County Administrative Center. Goals set in May, a joint Garden City to Kearny County line transportation project, and a proposed lateral sewer district for Airlinks and Foltz parks are on the agenda alongside bids for a parts washer and pavement marking program.
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Finney County
Garden City
Kearny County
Kansas Department of Transportation
Garden City City Commission
Commission
Foltz
Boeing to lay off 5000 at Wichita splice
Boeing plans to cut 5000 Wichita jobs by end of next year with 2000 to 2200 cuts by end 2001 and another 3000 next year. The commercial modification center will close by March as part of the reductions, with 1200 workers affected.
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Boeing
Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Boeing Wichita
Jeff Turner
New York
Turner
Dick Ziegler
Jerry Calhoun
Defense tests in murder trial for they dragged to death
Jurors weigh Kim Davis case in Kansas City as the defense rests after two witnesses while prosecutors cite that the 6 year old Jake Robel was dragged to death on February 22, 2000. The jury will decide first degree murder or related charges with potential death penalty.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kim Davis
Davis
Jackson County
Jake Robel
Independence
Christy Robel
Chase
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Alta Brown
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