Safe holiday travel weekend in Kansas with no fatalities
Kansas Highway Patrol reports no traffic fatalities Dec 23 to Dec 26, down speeding tickets and seat belt warnings, three DUI crashes same as last year but 22 DUI arrests. Lt Joshua Kellerman cites snow and bad roads delaying enforcement, roads cleared by Christmas Day, patrols to increase during next holiday weekend, urges sober driving and belt use.
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Alvamar Dam Upgrade Aims to Bolster High Hazard Structure
Upstream development around Lake Alvamar has prompted a major dam upgrade. The project, funded by federal and local sources, expands the auxiliary spillway and raises the dam by six feet to reduce flood risk for luxury homes and vacant parcels valued at millions. Construction runs through fall with equipment on site.
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Dick Stuntz
Alvamar Golf and Recreation Facility
Wakarusa Watershed Joint District No. 35
Clinton Parkway
Stuntz
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Sport2Sport
Dale Ping
Oskaloosa
Alvamar
City of
Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas Water Office
Kansas Athletics Inc
Kansas Department of Transportation
Watershed District
Edwards and Jones trials tied to Vital shooting outcomes
Prosecutors pursued charges against Edwards and Jones in 2008 over Anthony Vital's death. A mistrial led to a dropped case against Jones, while Edwards sought to withdraw his guilty plea. Edwards faces possible post release credit and mandatory violent offender registration after prison.
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Vital
Edwards
Mississippi
Douglas County
John Kerns
Joe Hunter
Hunter
Fairchild
Melton
Ily
Fannie Vineyard
Lawrence
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Vineyard
Major
Anthony Vital
Darrell Jones
Voter ID law sparks talk of compliance and turnout
The piece covers debates over photo ID requirements in Texas and Kansas, federal scrutiny by the Justice Department, and local Cimarron plans for a new pool financed by a seven-figure bond. It notes provisional ballots for forgotten IDs, officials’ views on fraud, and timelines targeting Memorial Day 2013. Local details include Cimarron’s single polling place, a 4 H building, and a town manager’s comment on not anticipating a test of the voter ID law.
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U.S. Justice Department
Texas
South Carolina
U.S
Eric Holder
Kansas
Kobach
Justice Department
George W. Bush
Cimarron
Swartz
Gilbert Benton
Benton
Water wells to be measured across Kansas in January
Kansas Geological Survey crews will visit Colby Goodland Syracuse and Liberal from January 3 to 6 to measure about 1400 wells. The effort, done with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, aims for stable water level readings in January when irrigation is off and levels fluctuate least. Data should be ready by late February.
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Colby
Goodland
Syracuse
Liberal
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Division of Water Resources
Brett Wedel
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