Cold, Windy Night Forecast With Snow Chance
A weather brief notes colder, windy conditions tonight with lows around the low 20s. Tuesday brings continued cold and mainly cloudy skies with highs near 30s to mid 30s. A 30 percent chance of light snow is forecast Tuesday night with overnight lows in the lower 20s. Weather, Page 10.
World AIDS Day focus aims to lift education and reduce stigma
Sidney Hardegrave of the Douglas County AIDS Project notes persistent misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. The 15th World AIDS Day theme, Stigma and Discrimination, highlights ongoing need for prevention, treatment access, and educational programs as DCAP serves 59 people across three counties and funds its work through state support and a Sunday art auction that raised $12,500.
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Andy Gassaway
Sidney Hardegrave
Hardgrave
Douglas County
Franklin County
DCAP
Douglas
Franklin
Jefferson
Lawrence
State Department of Health and Environment
Gary Beasley
Shauna Wagner
Spring Hill
Marriott
Aids Project
Tri-County
Spencer Museum of Art
State agencies face 3.9 percent cuts amid looming budget gap
As Thanksgiving ends, Kansas agencies face an average 3.9 percent reduction for the rest of the fiscal year with deeper cuts possible if legislators do not follow Gov. Graves blueprint to close a 310 million shortfall. House leaders will elect a speaker this week to set the budget course.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
House
Senate
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Hensley
Graves
Kathleen
Sebelius
Duane Goossen
Tinsel but no strings attached to area's holiday weekend
Franklin County deputies reported a quiet Thanksgiving weekend with two injury accidents, several noninjury crashes, several vandalism break-ins, and three DUI arrests. A semitrailer driver, Robert F. Hertford, was injured when the truck rolled on I-35 near milepost 187. He was hospitalized with head and back injuries after being ejected. A rural carrier, Sandra Schwalm, 53, Baldwin City, was injured when her 1989 Ford Bronco rolled on Georgia Road and she was treated for chest and rib pain at RMH.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Robert F. Hertford
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Sandra Schwalm
Baldwin City
Georgia Road
Rmh
Ottawa Police Department
NAFTA Superhighway Faces Slow Progress As Costs Debate
Evansville Indiana AP reports that the NAFTA Superhighway plan over Interstate 69 faces delays five years after Congress authorized the route linking Canada to Mexico. Indiana decision on Indianapolis to Evansville route looms as funding from Congress remains uncertain, with projections of 6.6 billion for I-69 and state matches. Proponents cite faster trade and growth, while opponents warn of cost and farmland loss.
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Evansville
Ind
United States
Canada
Mexico
U.S
Indiana
Texas
Indianapolis
Ohio
Kentucky
Congress
Ment
James Newland
Re. John Hostettler
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Aids Group
Kathleen Sebelius
NAFTA
Karen Melivgin
Franklin County Once Foundation
Aes Salts
Wrreckin County