Fires in Emporia blamed on improperly disposed fireworks
KVOE reports smoldering fireworks stored in a plastic trash can rolled into Sterling House caused a Friday night blaze that destroyed most of the assisted living residence and displaced 21 residents. A second Saturday fire involved smoldering fireworks in a trash can igniting siding and a window sill, following a prior city blaze where careless handling damaged home siding.
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Emporia
KVOE
Sterling House
Two Die In Southwest Missouri SUV Crash
In Benton County a 2000 Ford Explorer rolled over on a county road at 2 15 p m Saturday killing 20 year old Mark Harken of Prairie Village and 18 year old Clayton Miller of Kansas City Missouri. Four other men from the Kansas City area were flown to three regional hospitals in serious condition.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Mark Harken
Prairie Village
Benton County
Harken
Clayton Miller
Wichita police pull dog from overpass
Four Wichita officers rescued Harley a 6 month old German shepherd stranded 32 feet above Kellogg and Tyler Road after fireworks spooked it. A photo of the rescue circulated online helping owners locate the dog, which was corralled by police cars after escaping down the ledge.
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Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Kellogg and
Tyler Road
Harley
Oxford firm wins Army contract for simulation center
Oxford firm Carothers Construction Inc. received a 15.6 million dollar Department of Defense contract to build a 36,000 square foot regional simulation center at Fort Leavenworth. The facility will house simulation communication rooms and secure infrastructure with operation centers and classrooms, with completion set for April 22, 2016.
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OxFord, Miss
Fort Leavenworth
Department of Defense
Carothers Construction Inc
Army
LGBT history landmarks eyed by National Park Service advisory group
Park Gettysburg College scholars, led by Katie Batza, push to identify and interpret LGBT sites across the United States. The effort, announced by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell outside Stonewall Inn, seeks landmark status for venues from a New Orleans bar to AIDS era clinics, to weave LGBT history into national narrative.
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Gettysburg College
Batza
National Park Service
Washington, D.C
Sally Jewell
Stonewall Inn
New York
Jewell
New Orleans
Rosie the Riveter
Park Service
Barbara Little
Washington
Eliza Byard
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
U.S
Byard
Middle America
Lawrence Gay Liberation Front
Arizona
Kansas
Louisiana
Wyoming
NuEar Hearing Center offers discreet modern hearing aids
The ad urges people with hearing loss to seek help, noting many wear glasses, promotes cutting edge technology, customizable, discreet devices, and invites a free hearing screening and product demonstration at NuEar Hearing Center with contact number (785) 727-1207.
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NuEar Hearing Center
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