Eighteen charged in record meth bust tied to cartel
Eighteen people linked to a Mexican drug cartel were indicted on meth conspiracy charges after a rural Douglas County home was used as a manufacturing hub. The case stems from an August seizure of nearly 25 pounds of meth at 2174 N 700 Road in Eu Dora. Indictments allege conspiracy from May 2011 to December 3 of this year, naming Ezekiel Olivas Yanez Monica Ortiz Soto and Benito Olivas Yanez among those charged.
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Judge Declares Mistrial in 2012 Death Case
Douglas County District Court Judge Peggy Kittel declared a mistrial in the involuntary manslaughter case of Justin P. Gonzalez, 22, of Mission, over the February 25, 2012 death of Nicholas J. Sardina, after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict at the Law rence house party scene on Kentucky Street. Gonzalez pleaded not guilty in December, and the trial stretched into a second week with about two dozen supporters present.
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Governor silent on school funding gap as budget talk swirls
TOPERA Gov Sam Brownback avoided confirming a supplemental budget request to cover a nearly 38 million shortfall in public school funding. He pledged that budgets would be announced in a timely fashion as the 2014 legislative session begins in January.
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Brownback flags budget growth areas in education Medicaid pensions
Kansas governor Brownback says the proposed budget will emphasize school funding Medicaid and pensions. He describes these as the growth areas expected to stand out in the plan.
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