Teen discoveries help locate Etzanoa city near Arkansas City
Adam Ziegler a Free State High School freshman helped uncover the site of Etzanoa a pre Columbian Wichita city at the confluence of the Walnut and Arkansas rivers researchers led by Donald Blakeslee say radiocarbon dating places Etzanoa 1425 to early 1700s the teen found an iron ball buried four inches deep helping scholars pinpoint the location and validate years of speculation.
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Nick Krug
Journal-World Photo
Free State
Adam Ziegler
Arkansas City
Adam
Lawrence
Walnut
Arkansas
United States
Donald Blakeslee
Wichita State University
Free State High School
Blakeslee
Missing rabbit case ends with misdemeanor charges
Rebecca Saxton found her classroom rabbit Carroll missing at KU Hilltop Child Development Center. A note claimed an accident and veterinary care, dated March 22, 2017. Judge James McCabrin ruled no felony probable cause. the case proceeds on two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals and theft. A witness described seeing a man nearby at Rock Chalk Park.
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Rebecca Saxton
University of Kansas’ Hilltop Child Development Center
Zuehlsdorf
Saxton
Carroll
Pier Masterson
Rock Chalk Park
Legislature debates full repeal of Kansas tax cuts
In a surprise move the Kansas House offered a plan to fully repeal the 2012 tax cuts championed by Gov. Sam Brownback. House Taxation Committee Chairman Steven Johnson presented the idea in a conference with Senate counterparts. Senator Caryn Tyson called it serious but unlikely to pass and said the proposal would be considered overnight.
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Topekka
Kansas
House
Sam Brownback
House Taxation Committee
Rep
Steven Johnson
Assara
Senate
Caryn Tyson
Panel slashes size of school funding plan in state House
A House committee on Monday advanced a school funding plan increasing K-12 spending by 280 million over two years, down from a 750 million yearly increase. Lawmakers brace for a heated floor battle as tax bills to balance the budget stalled in both chambers.
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