Johnson County to auction seized drug dealer assets
Johnson County police plan an auction of Kevin P. Kavanaugh assets, including antiques, to raise funds for crime fighting. The sale marks the first time a drug dealer's property is auctioned under the state law, with proceeds to support law enforcement and storage costs. An appraisal is not yet conducted, and over $500,000 in cash has already been seized.
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Olathe
Kan
Johnson County
Kevin P. Kavanaugh
Lewis Hoskins
Sheriff's Department
Hoskins
Kavanaugh
KPL seeks 25.6 million increase in Missouri gas rates
KPL Gas Service requests a 25.6 million rate hike in Missouri to fund pipe replacements and raise profits. The proposal would add about 43.44 annually to a typical Missouri residential bill, affecting 440,351 customers. If approved, no change would occur before July 1990, with possible January 1990 home heating rate rise up to 30 percent. KPL cannot seek a Kansas rate increase before September 1990 under an earlier agreement.
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Kansas City, Mo
KPL Gas Service
Missouri
KPL
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Boots save worker from lightning near crane
Roger Sweet, 29, was struck by lightning while winding a cable on a crane during a thunderstorm in Kansas City Kansas. He credits thick rubber shoes and greased hands for sparing serious injury, despite being hurled to the ground and suffering cuts.
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Kansas City
Kan
Roger Sweet
Sweet
Wichita couple wins $200000 Cash Lotto prize
An engaged Wichita pair with a $12 weekly lottery habit claimed a two foot long check for $200,000 from the Kansas Lottery Commission. Greg Johnson and Robin Sledge described plans for a house and car while keeping most winnings after taxes. Johnson will remain with QuikTrip, Sledge at Wal-Man.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas Lottery Commission
Greg Johnson
Robin Sledge
Voyager 2's Odyssey Beyond Neptune and Earth’s Destiny
AP reports Voyager 2's 12 year, 4.5 billion mile arc past Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune. It yielded 81,000 photos and reshaped views on Earth, climate, ozone loss, and planetary science while foreshadowing a cosmic message to future civilizations.
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T.S. Eliot
Siegel AP
Pasadena
Calif
Neptune
Solar System
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Triton
Earth
Bruce Murray
The
Planetary Society
National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Venus
Mars
Cornell University
Carl Sagan
Mariner
Space Probe
Sherwood Rowland
Mario Molina
NASA
Sagan
Voyager
Nereid
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Kansas Briefs
Boots
Johnson
QuikTrip
Sledge
Wal-Man
S. Main
Tune
Voyager 2
Voyager -1
Milky Way
Forest Service
USDA
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Ottawa Herald
South Cedar
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