Prosecutors amend charge against Pittsburg State student killer
Prosecutors filed an amended charge of capital murder against Gary Kleypas for the March 30 death of Carrie Arlene Williams, a 20 year old Pitt State student found dead in her campus area apartment. The new charge opens the path to the death penalty, replacing the previous first degree murder charge.
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Pittsburg State University
Kleypas Osgi
Carrie Arlene Williams
Williams
Pittsburg State Campus
TOPEKA SRS seeks private bids for foster care services
The Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services announced it will solicit bids from private companies to design and provide out of home care for all children placed in state custody by the courts. The contract would begin on February 1, 1997.
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Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
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Prison population in Kansas up 7.6 percent in year
Kansas inmates rose to 7,455 by June 30 1995 from 6,926 a year earlier as the Department of Corrections reported. Capacity grew to 7,600 with occupancy at 98 percent. Wyandotte County settled a sexual harassment lawsuit by two women in the sheriff s department for 165000 and 2500 respectively approved by the county commission.
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Department of Corrections
Wyandotte County
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Deborah K. Farris
Jeneal Manis-Pearson
New Kansas weights and measures director weighs in
Constantine V. Cotsoradis, Kansas's new director of weights and measures, outlines the role of ensuring accurate scales and pumps. He notes Kansas tests every scale annually through a public program supplemented by private contractors, with a new statistical testing effort seen as potentially the best in the country amid budget pressures.
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Weights and Measures Division
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Maryland Department of Agriculture
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Baltimore
National Institutes of Standards and Technology
Police investigate two rape reports in Lawrence
Lawrence police are investigating two unrelated rape reports in the city. In the first, a 27 year old Olathe woman says two men she knew raped her between 12:01 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. June 23 in the 500 block of McDonald Drive. The second involves a 26 year old Shawnee woman alleging rape by an acquaintance between 8:30 p.m. Monday and 4 a.m. Tuesday in the 1700 block of Vermont. No arrests have been made.
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McDonald Drive
Vermont
Lake Perry Fireworks Display Rescheduled Tonight
A Lake Perry fireworks show postponed by heavy rain is set to be relaunched about 9 45 p m tonight as part of a daylong festival. The lake area, 16 miles northwest of Lawrence, previously saw all other attractions proceed. organizers aim to complete the nearly 12 hour setup in time.
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Lake Perry
Lawrence
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