Flag arson in Lawrence treated as hate crime
Police consider the Sunday morning rainbow flag burning at a Lawrence duplex a hate or bias motivated arson. Michael Lovegrove, KU student and flag owner, said he found the scorched 3 by 5 foot banner at 3 a.m. with no damage to the garage. No suspects identified. local and federal authorities note no hate crime laws in Kansas or federal charges applicable.
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Michael William Lovegrove
Kansas University
Eldridge Street
Lovegrove
George Wheeler
Kansas
Douglas County
Dist
Christine Kenney Tonkovich
Tom Porter
Kena Rice
U.S. Attorney's Office
Wichita
Pizza delivery driver robbed after night shift
A 25 year old Pizza Shuttle driver was struck from behind and chased during a robbery at an apartment complex on West 24th. He discarded the wallet to escape. suspects described as a 5 foot 7 black male 130 to 150 pounds 16 to 20 and a larger Hispanic or Indian male with a white cap 15 to 25. No hospital treatment was needed. Police continue investigation.
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George Wheeler
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Legislators hear short line railroad woes in Kansas
Transportation Secretary Dean Carlson said restoring 2 700 miles of short line rails would cost 50 to 100 million dollars over 10 years with 2 000 miles at risk of unusable track in a decade. He urged a state program and noted a 3 million revolving loan fund while Omni-TRAX's Michael Ogborn pressed for profitability to keep operations in Kansas.
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Special Committee On Rail Transportation
Statehouse
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Bill Graves
Transportation 2000 Task Force
Kansas
Michael Ogborn
Omni- Trax, Inc
Central Kansas Railway
Kansas Southwestern Railway
Ogborn
Tiahrt anteS $25 000 donation for GOP congressional campaign
Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt gave 25000 to the NRCC for its 37 million Operation Breakout ad drive aimed at adding up to 30 House seats. He trails Democratic challenger Jim Lawing in contributions but holds a seat on the Appropriations Committee. He cites "breathing room" to vote freely while pursuing broader majority gains.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Federal Election Commission
Vince Snowbarger
R-Kan
Jim Ryan
Snowbarger
Dennis Moore
Wichita
Crawford
America
John Linder
R-Ga
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