Jails consider adding corrections officer standards
Kansas lawmakers discuss expanding jail hiring rules as some states already require corrections officer certification. Rep Stephen Owens notes recent moves to ease information sharing to vet officers, while officials question whether jails face the same certification failures as police. Blaise Mesa reports.
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Vinland Fair Returns With Chicken Noodle Dinners and Acts
The Vinland fair features mind readers, contortionists, aerial acts and kid races Friday. Antiques tractor pull begins at 6 p.m. with chicken noodle dinners back after a year’s absence. Concessions offer burgers and pies. Saturday includes pet parade, pedal tractor and garden tractor pulls plus ice cream contest judged at 7 p.m. Live music starts 7:30 p.m. daily. Visit vinlandfair.com for full schedule and menus.
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Swallow Faces Bond After Not Guilty Plea and Court Appointment
Swallow, asserting nonviolence and a Marine Corps veteran record, entered a not guilty plea as Judge Simpson appointed Dakota Loomis to defend him. Prosecution sought a $20,000 cash or surety bond citing public safety and violent nature of the attack. Judge Simpson set a $5,000 bond and a next court date for August 9.
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