Former officer Cassity dies before court appearance
Michael Eugene Cassity a 41 year old Lawrence resident and former Baldwin and Wellsville police officer died Saturday four days before his scheduled first court appearance on aggravated indecent liberties charges involving an 8 year old girl. He was free on a 10000 dollar bond and had appeared last week seeking a court appointed attorney. The case stemmed from incidents between November 1998 and March 13.
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Michael Eugene Cassity
Baldwin and Wellsville
Franklin County District Court
Lawrence
Franklin County Sheriff's
Cassity
Frederick Meier
Sheriff's Department
Ottawa
Baldwin Police Department
Idahoan to lead Kansas unions at KU
David Mucci, from University of Idaho, to be director of KU student union facilities. He will start August 1, replacing James Long who led the Kansas and Burge unions for 16 years. Mucci has run Idaho’s student union and Idaho Commons since 1993 with a $2.3 million budget and about 200 staff.
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David Mucci
James Long
Kansas and
Burge
University of Idaho
Kansas
Kansas University
Mucci
Idaho Commons
Moscow
Idaho
Ohio State University
Texas A&m
University of Kentucky
Long
David Ambler
Jim Carpenter Contact Details Listed
Jim Carpenter's phone number is 832-7155 and his email is tcarpenter jjwarid com.
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Deb Gruver
Dgruver
Ljworld.com
Jim Carpenter
Jjwarid.com
Jworld. Com
Federal probe opens into kit plane crash near La Crosse
National Transportation Safety Board officials began an investigation into the death of 51 year old Frank Pechanec after his two seat kit plane crashed in a Rush County field. Relatives say he was likely headed to inspect the harvest when the accident occurred around noon Saturday and the wreckage was found shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Hays
Kansas
Frank Pechanec
la Crosse
Rush County
Pechanec
Telegrapher Aubrey Keel Dies at 97 in Kansas City
Aubrey Keel, longtime Associated Press telegrapher who reported with dots and dashes, has died at age 97 in Kansas City after a battle with lymphoma. He served at AP for 16 years, learned Morse Code in Goldthwaite Texas in 1917, and was cremated after his Friday death.
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Aubrey Keel
Associated Press
Keel
Kansas City
Goldthwaite
Tex
Memorial Service Planned at Aldersgate Church
A memorial service is scheduled for July 11 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Lee's Summit. The note mentions Seas toad companies recruiting telegraphers during a World War I shortage and an individual who began work for AP in 1926.
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Toad Companies
Aldersgate United Methodist Church
Lee’s Summit
Lightning strikes at Leavenworth church during sermon
A Sunday lightning strike at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Leavenworth caused minor damage including plaster loss and two small burns. Rev. Terry Cyr described a bright vertical flash over the congregation and an arc across the vaulted ceiling, with the bolt hitting a ceiling lightning rod and the building lighting up.
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Leavenworth
Terry Cyr
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Cyr
More Than Puppy Love highlights Kansas guide dog work
A Kansas film tells how KSDS trains and places guide dogs for the blind and disabled. The story follows Emily and her donated puppy Banner, the bonding, obedience work, and a later owner helping a paralyzed man find a service dog. The project features KSDS staff and actors filmed at KSDS last fall, with international sales already achieved.
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Washington, Kan
Kansas
Charles Nelson
KSDS
Bill Acree
Karen Acree
Emily
Puppy Banner
Barmer
Dennis Fallon
Waldo West
Stratus
Banner
Acree
Fallon
Greece
Italy
Latin America
AP Photo
Kansas Specialty Dog Service
Wow
Trustee fights Eudora school district land grab
Judy A Meiergerd, trustee of the Meiergerd farm, challenges the Eudora school district plan to condemn about 75 acres for a new high school. Douglas County Judge Robert Fairchild issued a restraining order to halt condemnation while Meiergerd seeks an injunction, arguing no present need or public purpose justifies the land seizure.
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Eudora
Wichita
Douglas County
Robert Fairchild
Judy A. Meiergerd
Meiergerd
Dan Bloom
Bloom
Lawrence
Edward G. Collister Jr
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