Racial profiling hearing urges curb on stops in Kansas
Advocates packed a Senate hearing to press lawmakers to stop police from stopping people for driving while black or brown. Kansas law enforcement backed a compromise on Senate Bill 77, which aims to address profiling with targeted reporting while maintaining officer community support.
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Sarah Kessinger
Harris
Topeka
Senate
Kansas
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Pete Brungardt
Salina
Williamsburg to build new library with state loan
Williamsburg will receive a state community development loan to fund a new library. Contractors and volunteers will dig and pour a basement this spring, with West Franklin building trades students building the structure in fall. The project requires over 40 percent volunteer labor and more than 100 local volunteers have signed up. Construction aims to finish by the end of the 2005 2006 school year. Librarian Eloise Bennett and Mayor Charles Gilkey express excitement after two decades of effort.
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Cleon Rickel Herald
Williamsburg
Charles Gilkey
West Franklin
State Department of Commerce
Gilkey
Eloise Bennett
Bennett
Diesel spill hampers cleanup after Wellsville derailment
Two BNSF trains collided Thursday afternoon about a mile east of Wellsville closing one track and delaying reopening the other until around noon. Six to eight thousand gallons of diesel spilled near Rock Creek threatening eastern Kansas communities and water supplies. Hazardous material crews faced swampy terrain as they cleared debris and a bulldozer became stuck. The cause of the rear-end collision is under investigation while a third train stopped 40 feet short on the opposite track.
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Bnsf Railway
Wellsville
Olathe
Overland Park
Rock Creek
Hillsdale Lake
Kansas
Gene McAdoo
Franklin County Sheriffs Department
McAdooid
Steve Forsberg
Bue Affairs
Gonzales becomes first Hispanic attorney general at DOJ
Alberto Gonzales made history as the first Hispanic attorney general. His brief swearing in followed a 60-36 Senate vote amid Democratic concerns over terrorism policy, detainee abuse investigations, and past administration actions. Bush praised him, while critics questioned fit for the crucial post.
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Washington
Alberto Gonzales
Justice Department
Congress
White House
CIA
Senate
Gonzales
Senate Democrats
Jim Jef
Iran not on radar for attack says Rice in London
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters in London that a US attack on Iran is simply not on the agenda. She cited international pressure and diplomacy as means to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions while condemning its abysmal human rights record.
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London
Condoleezza Rice
Iran
United States
Rice
Richard Armitage
U.S
Jack Straw
Israel
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas Peace Officers
Donald Betts
Wichita
David Haley
Kansas City
Betts
John Nowak
Ottawa Herald
BNSF
Sean McGuern
the Herald
Vickie Moss
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
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Ana
Hannah Kelley
Kelley
Derek Moore
Franklin County
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