Lawrence man charged with murder in early morning trailer fight
Gregory H. Thomas, 28, is charged with first degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery for the death of Stephan Ray Howell, 24, and injuries to two others after a party at a mobile home. He appeared in Douglas County District Court with a $150,000 bond and a July 20 preliminary hearing set.
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Douglas County
Jim Flory
Thomas
Carl T. Ward
Brian K. Hester
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Legislators Wary Of Road Funding in Kansas
Pittsburg ap news report shows southeast Kansas lawmakers wary of funding 1.7 billion in road projects with a 5 cent fuel tax hike linked to the consumer price index and higher vehicle registration fees. Rep Rochelle Chronister and Sen Phil Martin discuss potential compromises and skepticism about lottery funds for highways.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Mike Hayden
Rochelle Chronister
Neodesha
Pittsburg Now
Phil Martin
D-Pittsburg
Martin
Education Panel Eyes Tax Relief Plan in Kansas
Kansas State Board of Education backs a 54.7 million dollar spending cut aim as property tax relief, urging Gov Hayden and lawmakers to retain windfall from federal tax reform. The panel supports an 708.32 million dollar education budget for next year, an 8.38 percent rise, with 35 million for general aid to 305 districts. They will present a final recommendation in September after August reviews. A separate briefing notes Kansas universities must boost recruiting against out-of-state schools and consider a middle-class scholarship for costs not covered by federal loans.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Education
Mike Hayden
Connie Hubbell
Hayden
Kansas
Don Aye
Allen
Kansas State University
Missouri
University of Kansas
Kansas Rock Formation May Suit Waste Site Near Wolf Creek
Gov. Mike Hayden released a Kansas Geological Survey report showing Weston shale beneath Coffey County and near the Wolf Creek plant could form an impermeable barrier for a low level radioactive waste disposal site. Survey officials caution the area not being formally recommended, with selection left to U.S. Ecology and state status as host not yet decided.
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Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Coffey County
Kansas Geological Survey
Wolf Creek
Kansas
Hayden
Geological Survey
Wilson County
Woodson
Anderson
Franklin
Weston
Howard O'Connor
O'Connor
U.S. Ecology
Five-State Waste
Burlington
North-Central
Compact
Lee Gerhard
O’connor
Judge orders grand jury probe of PTL ministry in Charlotte
A North Carolina grand jury will convene August 17 to probe PTL operations under founder Jim Bakker who stepped down amid a sex scandal. Bankruptcy Judge Rufus Reynolds appointed William Robinson to oversee reorganization with limited duties, while PTL moves to cut costs and boost revenue as debts reach $72 million to 1,400 creditors.
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Columbia
8.C
Jim
Tammy Bakker
PTL
North Carolina
Robert D. Potter
Charlotte
N.C
Bakker
Potter
U.S
Charles Brewer
Justice Department
Brewer
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Postal Service
Charlotte Observer
Rufus Reynolds
William Robinson
W. Ryan Hovis
Robinson
Reynolds
James Paul
Atlanta
Pakistan Quizzed Over Nuclear Steel Export Attempt
Washington says Pakistan must explain its bid to export maraging 350 steel for centrifuges at Kahuta, part of a nuclear arms drive. The clash tests U S aid policy as Pakistan allies with Afghan resistance against the Soviet Union and as U S lawmakers demand answers on covert assistance.
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Washington
Reagan
Pakistan
Islamabad
Canada
U.S
Afghanistan
United States
Stephen Solarz
D-N.y
House Foreign Affairs
Asia
Solarz
State Department
K.A. Marker
Red Army
Leonard Spector
Kahuta
Spector
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Lawrence, Kan
Bob Die
Michael Fargo
Fargo
Clinton Place
Education
Passport Travel Inc
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Passport
Grand Jury
Department
Charles Redman
Redman
Dake
Franklin County
First National Bank
Ottawa
3Rd & Hickory
By Ace Reid
Ays Sea
Schwancencus
Roxanne
Beveris
HWSIE
Eddie Murphy
Hip
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