Kansas Supreme Court rejects cruel punishment claim in 96 years to life ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld Michael McClouds 96 year to life sentence for 12 aggravated robberies, ruling a minimum term that exceeds life expectancy is not, per se, cruel or unusual. McCloud, 41 now, committed robberies from 1990 to 1991 with loaded weapons. no injuries occurred but victims faced serious risk.
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Public Information Officer Swaps at Kansas DOT
Lawrence names Kansas Department of Transportation public information chief as Ken Miller succeeds Anita Helt effective March 10. Miller, a 1985 Indiana graduate with a UW master’s, brings a decade of broadcasting as his background while his wife Lori works at Kansas University’s Audio Reader. KDHE issues boil water advisory for Rural Wat Crawford County after a main line break, urging five minute boils or alternative disinfection until tests clear.
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Farm lobby groups from Manhattan head to Washington D C
More than 150 farmers and ranchers will travel to Washington D C next week to meet with members of Congress and Department of Agriculture officials. About 70 Kansas Farm Bureau representatives join the lobby effort to contact every House and Senate office. The trip aims to press rights and health care issues, with Farm Bureau President Gary Hall noting it lets members speak directly to Congress about agriculture and national concerns.
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Graves hosts monthly radio call-in show in Kansas
Gov. Bill Graves will debut an hourlong radio call-in program titled Ask the Governor at 8 a.m. Thursday on 38 Kansas stations via Kansas Information Network. The show originates from WIBW-AM Topeka with Ben Bauman as moderator. Graves invites citizens to call with questions and comments. Khrushchev to analyze foreign relations Sergei Khrushchev will speak March 29 at the Eisenhower Center about U.S.-Soviet relations during Eisenhower's 1953 61 presidency, at 7 30 p.m. in the library auditorium.
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