Vermickt waterslide to be demolished after investigation
Schlitterbahn Water Parks and Resorts and the Schwab family said the Vermickt ride at the Kansas City Kansas park will be permanently removed once the investigation concludes and court permission is granted. Caleb Schwab, 10, died on August 7 in the 168-foot ride, which also injured two women. Attorneys for Caleb’s family and the injured riders are separately investigating. no charges have been filed.
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Associated Press
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Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts
KU student veteran earns U S Foreign Service internship slot
Rebecca Rumptz a University of Kansas senior majoring in global and international studies and journalism was selected among 24 of about 600 applicants for the U S Foreign Service Internship Program. She will complete a 10 week second portion abroad in Warsaw Poland after a summer internship in Washington D C with the Bureau of Political Military Affairs and plans to pursue a master’s in international studies or a government communications role.
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U.S. Foreign Service
Department of State
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Washington, D.C
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
U.S
Warsaw
Poland
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Michigan
Explosion injures worker at Neodesha chemical plant
Federal safety inspectors probe an early Tuesday blast and ensuing fire at Airosol Inc in Neodesha Kansas. One 57-year-old male employee sustained burns and was hospitalized as firefighters worked to contain the blaze in the southeast Kansas plant serving a town of about 2500 residents.
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Cassandra Edson
Preservation Effort Aims to Save Stafford Depot
A Sedgwick County group seeks to save the 1911 Stafford railroad depot from demolition in coming weeks. They asked Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, owner of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, to intervene. The depot is among fewer than 200 printed structures of its kind remaining.
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Wichita Eagle
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Sedgwick County
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway
Wichita man tortured and killed over meth deal
A probable cause affidavit reports Wichita resident Scottie W. Goodpaster Jr. aged 33 was sexually tortured and killed after a $185 methamphetamine deal went wrong. Four suspects face kidnapping and murder charges, with a fifth person charged in connection.
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Associated Press
Scottie W. Goodpaster Jr
Stabbing suspect held on high bond after attack near Haskell
Police say two men, Anderson and Conlon, were involved in a stabbing incident. Conlon was critically injured and flown to a trauma center, while Anderson was arrested after officers found him near 13th Street and Haskell Avenue with blood on his clothes. He remains jailed on a $105,000 bond.
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Lawrence
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Douglas County
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Public safety reporter contact info note
Public safety reporter Conrad Swanson can be reached at 832-7284. Follow him on Twitter: Conrad Swanson.
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