Optimism grows for burned boy in Rantoul
Ten year old Tyler Welborn severely burned while playing with gasoline Monday afternoon was transferred to Shriner's Hospital in Cincinnati in critical condition. Doctors report survival chances improved to about 40 percent from 25, with family and friend urging prayers as responders and a babysitter helped extinguish flames behind a garage on East Main Street.
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Rantoul
Tyler Welborn
Shriner's Hospital
Cincinnati
Ohio
Melissa Decock
Tyler
Cody Sluder
Sluder
East Main Street
Franklin County Sheriffs Office
Craig Davis
Governors seek bipartisan effort on school finance reform
Kansas Governor and lawmakers push for bipartisan input on public education funding after the Kansas Supreme Court ordered spending reform. Sen. Jean Schodorf, chair of the Senate Education Committee, met with Democrats to gather opinions and build support for a unified plan ahead of April deadline.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Jean Schodorf
Richita
Senate Education Committee
Kansas Supreme Court
Split Kansas counties form new officials association
A faction of county officials in Kansas left the Kansas Association of Counties and formed the Kansas County Officials Association led by Haskell County Treasurer Nancy Weeks. Ed Taylor of Franklin County warned the move aims to elevate local autonomy and resist legislation perceived as curbing county duties and funding authority.
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Sarah Kessinger
Mie
Mews Landing
Topeka
Kansas Association of Counties
Haskell
Nancy Weeks
Kansas County Officials Association
Long
Weeks
State of
Kansas
Winsky receives year in jail on alcohol charges
Curtis Jesse Winsky a 30 year old from Waverly was sentenced to one year in jail and a 2500 dollar fine for operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 or greater. The conviction—an alternative to DUI—became a felony due to two prior DUI convictions, carrying a minimum 90 day sentence. Winsky was acquitted of causing his cousin Robyn Curtis's death in a 2003 crash. County Attorney Heather Jones urged the maximum sentence, citing a failed alcohol problem admission.
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Curtis
Jesse” Winsky
Waverly
Winsky
Robyn Curtis
Brian Collins
Garnett
Heather Jones
Jones
J.R. Russell
Governor seeks federal storm aid for Kansas counties
Kansas faces more than 39 million dollars in storm costs across 32 counties as damage estimates climb. Governor Kathleen Sebelius asked President Bush for federal public assistance to aid cities, counties and public utilities in recovery from the January ice storm that hit south central Kansas and left roads slick and power outages.
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Kansas
Joy Moser
Adjutant General’s
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
George Bush
Franklin County
Franklin
Douglas
Osage
Buller
Moser
Charlene Bailey
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
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Calif
Ed Taylor
Feds
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Jason Probst
Smiitehianan Kewice
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