Voter guide pamphlets found in Reno County booths
Copies of a brochure titled 96 Christian Coalition Voter Guide appeared in polling places on election day. Officials said the pamphlets were likely forgotten by voters, not an organized attempt. no charges expected without more evidence. The incident prompted warnings from Clerk Roxanne Wheatley and scrutiny from Prosecutor Tim Chambers.
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Hutchinson
Christian Coalition
Reno
Kansas
Reno County
Tim Chambers
Sheriff’s Department
Chambers
Roxanne Wheatley
Wheatley
U.S. House and Senate
Carol Moritz
Bob
Republican Party
Moritz
Dead candidate loses Morton County race in Iowa
Democrat Ben Ratzlaff 66 an Elkhart attorney and farmer died of pancreatic cancer days before election and won 183 votes in Morton County Commission race. Republican incumbent Claudine Davidson 324 votes. Ratzlaff's widow Phyllis blamed his death Oct 30 for the loss. State noted if he had won the seat would have been filled as a vacancy by party convention and nomination.
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Morton County
Ben Ratzlaff
Elkhart
Claudine Davidson
Ratzlaff
Phyllis
Second conviction in Wichita restaurant owner killing
A 22-year-old man, Phonc Nguyen, was found guilty on federal robbery and murder charges in the 1994 shooting death of Bar bara Sun, a Wichita restaurant owner. A jury will determine the sentence after a hearing beginning Wednesday, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty. Nguyen is the second person convicted in Sun's death. Bountaem Chanthadara was convicted on similar charges on Sept 25 and sentenced to death, the first in Kansas since 1976 restoral.
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Wichita
Phonc Nguyen
Barbara Sun
Nguyen
Sun
Bountaem Chanthadara
Kansas
Sublette law grad ousts county attorney in write-in bid
Sublette native Nels Noel, 29, a fresh Washburn University law graduate, won a write-in campaign to unseat Haskell County Attorney Louis Podrebarac five months after graduation. Noel argued Podrebarac did not reside in the county while Podrebarac won re-election as Meade County attorney.
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Haskell County
Nels Noel
Louis Podrebarac
Noel
Podrebarac
Meade
Meade County
Washburn University Law School
Sublette
Burt McKinley
Pheasant season draws hunters boosting Garden City economy
Hotels fill as pheasant season opens in southwest Kansas with about 2000 hunters expected this weekend. Officials warn harvest may be smaller due to sparse pheasant populations and recent hail. Local businesses report strong license and shell sales and many rooms booked, though not as high as in prior years.
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Garden City
Kansas
Dennis Sharp
Kansas Wildlife and Parks
Sharp
Genaro Espino
Gibson Discount Center
Garden City Plaza Inn
Bob Blakesley
Gary Salyer
Wheat Land
Red Baron
Parden City
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Brighton
Lawrence
Mass
Niehoff Htg, & Air, Inc
Lawrence Area
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Jacron
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