Kansas Governor Finney Attends Florence Conference Abroad
Gov. Joan Finney leaves for an international Florence conference to represent President Clinton and the National Governors Association. The trip follows a prolonged Asia and Australia trade mission with expenses covered by the NGA. Finney has spent most weeks abroad recently, returning to Kansas later today.
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Florence
Italy
Asia
Australia
Finney
Bill Clinton
Governors’ Assn
National Association
United States
Kansas
China
Far East
Princeton farmer killed as tractor overturns into culvert
Pat Schmitt, 47, of Princeton, was killed Monday evening when his tractor pulling a trailer ran into a 6-foot-deep culvert and overturned on him. Sheriff Rex Bowling stated Schmitt waved to a neighbor returning a smoker, diverting his attention from driving.
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Pat Schmitt
Princeton
Franklin County
Rex Bowling
Schmitt
Bowling
Powerball prize claimed by Olathe man in Kansas lottery
An Olathe man, Junior Wardrip, won a 100000 Powerball prize from the June 15 drawing, announced by the Kansas Lottery. Wardrip, 21, works as a service representative for Crawford Sales in Olathe. In a separate Leavenworth County incident, 21-year-old Leavenworth resident Asbury died after a head-on crash on Tonganoxie Road, while Ronald Aufdemberge, 47, was treated and released from St John Hospital.
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Crawford Sales
Olathe
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County Medical Center
The
Kansas University
Craig M. Asbury
Tonganoxie Road
St. John Hospital
64 year old charged in drive by shooting incident
Stark resident Joseph Sluder aged 64 faces a Neosho County indictment for discharging a firearm into an occupied building after firing five shots at Susie Sluder and her family as he rode a three wheel bicycle past their home. A handgun and ammunition were recovered and Sluder was arrested at his home in Stark.
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Stark
Neosho County
oe _ Sluder
Susie Sluder
Roy Smith
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Slader
Kansas
Former trooper pleads innocent to shooting hoax
Gary Francis, 45, of Manhattan, pleaded innocent in Lyon County District Court to false reporting and workers compensation fraud arising from his claims of being shot by two Asian men in north Lyon County. He reported the incident on Jan 3, was found bleeding in his patrol car, and later said it was a Vietnam flashback. A July 12 trial date was set.
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Manhattan
Lyon County District Court
Francis Powle
Francis
North
Lyon County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Fort Leavenworth selects new commander at Disciplinary Barracks
Herbert Tillery became commander of the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks, the military’s only maximum‑security prison, in a ceremony. Outgoing Col. Gregory Lowe received the Legion of Honor for two years of service and will move to Fort Knox as chief of staff for the 2nd ROTC region. Lowe previously led the facility and served in Washington, D.C.
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Fort Leavenworth
Herbert Tillery
Gregory Lowe
Lowe
Fort Knox
Tillery
Washington, D.C
Wichita Man Dies After Police Capture
A Wichita man who allegedly tried to enter multiple homes was sprayed with Mace by officers after resisting handcuffs. He collapsed and died at Wesley Medical Center shortly after arriving, with police withholding his identity pending notification.
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HCA Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Roger Roundtree
Roundtree
Riverside riverboat set for license test cruise winds up ready
About 220 would be gamblers boarded the Argosy V for a two hour shakedown cruise on the Missouri River at Riverside Missouri as officials said the run went well. Missouri Gaming Commission plans a Kansas City meeting to license the Riverside and St Joe Frontier Casinos with public cruises possible this afternoon if approved.
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Missouri River
Michael Karr
Kansas City
Missouri Gaming Commission
St. Joe Frontier
Karr
Argosy
St. Charles
St. Louis
Tom Corrigan
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Lecompton Territorial Day Parade Turns Back Time
Lecompton hosts Territorial Day with crafts food a parade and history celebration. The town marks Lecompton as Kansas Territorial Capital before the Civil War and honors Eisenhower parents wedding site at Lane University. Historic sites open including Constitution Hall Lane University Museum Windsor Hotel. Parade at 11 a.m. Saturday with 50 plus booths. A talent show at 7 p.m. and an 8 p.m. Billy Spears Band concert.
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Kansas
Eisenhower
Lane University
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