Husband of Cedarwood homicide victim arrested in Lawrence
A 26-year-old Lawrence man, Felipe Cantu Ruiz, was arrested Thursday night after leaving the scene of an accident and is identified as the husband of Cedarwood Apartments homicide victim Justina Altamirano Mosso. He faced four charges but was released when prosecutors did not file charges. Altamirano Mosso’s cousin says the couple has a young daughter who lives in Mexico with Altamirano Mosso’s parents. Authorities have not named a suspect in the homicide and seek tips from the public.
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Cedarwood Apartments
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Altamirano Mosso
Mexico
Felipe Canta Ruiz
Iowa Street
Douglas County
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Danna
Canto Ruiz
W. 24Th St
Underground utility notification funding remains unsettled
Kansas faces six year delay in finalizing the underground utility notification system. Kansas One Call has run the center since the 1980s while a 2008 law nudges public operation. The Kansas Underground Utility Notification Center will oversee bids and future operation as the state sorts funding and legal representation.
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Kansas
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Topeka Capital Journal
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Kansas Corporation Commission
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Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Underground Utility Notification Center
KUMNC
Joe Williams
Cox Communications
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KUMC
Attorney General’s Office
Williams
Tom Shimon
New Kansas Cookbook seeks recipes from Kansans
The University Press of Kansas and authors Frank and Jayni Carey invite Kansans to submit recipes for The New Kansas Cookbook. The book will capture modern Kansan cooking from farmers markets and local ingredients. Submissions via Facebook or mail may earn a free copy if selected.
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Kansas
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Heartland
Mother pleads for hit and run driver in Kansas City crash
Kansas City was rocked by a hit-and-run that critically injured 2-year-old Eduardo Lopez Martinez. Police seek a white four-door Chrysler seen speeding from the scene. Eduardo remains ventilator-assisted but stable with rib fractures and no brain injury, as his mother appeals for information.
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Kansas City Star
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KU campus pantry helps students with affordable food
Just Food and KU groups opened Campus Cupboard in September 2013 to serve 15 to 30 households a month. The pantry provides produce milk meat bread and nonperishables and aims for better quality food at accessible prices for students. Analysts note campus hunger is rising with many students low income living far from groceries.
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Food Access
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Feeding America
U.S
Elaine Waxman
Ottawa County Farm Leader to Be Honored for 12 Years of Service
A banquet Monday evening will honor Steve Baccus for leading the state farm group more than a dozen years. Gov. Sam Brownback and Sen. Pat Roberts will attend. The event will celebrate his policy wins in Washington and Topeka, the 2001 sale of the life insurance unit, and the 2003 merger stabilizing finances. A Tuesday election will choose a new president from Rich Felts, George Pretz, or Jim Sipes.
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Pat Roberts
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Terry Holdren
Patricia
Baccus
Washington, D.C
Topeka
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Kansas
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Rich Felts
Liberty
George Pretz
Paola
Jim Sipes
Manter
Group seeks vote on Heartland Park purchase appeal
A Topeka petition drive to force a vote on buying the Heartland Park racing facility is appealing a judge's ruling. Chris Imming led the effort to overturn the city council's decision to buy the troubled property and expand its redevelopment district. The city says the purchase would help cover bond debt. the petition was ruled invalid earlier this month.
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Topeka
Topeka Capital Journal
Chris Imming
Heartland Park
Shawnee County
Larry Hendricks
Imming
Deadly crash leads to man's arrest in Olathe
A 32 year old westbound driver was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a 3 a.m. crash at a northeast Kansas intersection with a northbound vehicle on U.S. 56. The northbound driver died at a hospital. deputies filed a driving under the influence investigation. No further details were released.
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Olathe
Kansas
The
Kansas City Star
U.S
Bond Ortiz Had Bonds Set After Third Arrest in Four Months
Bond Ortiz faced three arrests in four months including aggravated assault on a law officer in July and domestic battery in October. Judge Peggy Kittel revoked prior bonds on November 7 setting new bonds of 50,000 for July, 30,000 for October, and 50,000 for November. DUI charge was his second. a 130,000 total in bonds requires an alcohol-detection patch. Next court date is December 9.
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