Female Sheriff A Kansas Rarity
Janet Lee, Elk County undersheriff, was named by the Republican Committee as the nominee for Elk County sheriff. If approved by Gov. Mike Hayden, she would be the first Kansas woman to hold a sheriff’s office. Sheriff Jim Copeland resigned for health reasons. Lee noted the state’s history of female sheriffs.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
State Historical Society
Kansas
Mabel Chase
Kiowa
United States
Employees Dissolve Katy Railroad Buyout Bid
Katy Railroad Employees Association dissolved due to financing and legal hurdles in the employee ownership plan. Parsons City opted to oppose the merger. Union Pacific had offered about $1 million but was renegotiated. If the merger fails, employees would back current management.
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Parsons, Kan
Katy
Parsons
Katy Railroad Employees Association
Paul Forbes
Union Pacific
Richard Dearth
Forbes
Court rules sheriff’s fence peeking violated 4th Amendment
Kansas Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Lawrence Waldschmidt Jr. on marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges, ordering a new trial after finding Trego County Sheriff Dean Ochs overstepped legal bounds by peeking over a neighbor’s six foot fence. The panel held curtilage protection applies to areas around a home, influencing warrant considerations.
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Topeka
Kan
Trego County
Dean Ochs
Kansas Court of Appeals
Lawrence Waldschmidt Jr
Ogallah
Waldschmidt
Mary Beck
Briscoe
Court of Appeals
William M. Cook
Kansas City
William D. Clement
Junction City
Unlicensed Boy Drove Ill Fated Truck in Kansas
A 14 year old boy without a license drove a pickup into a freight train near Williamston Kansas killing his mother Linda Taylor 37 and siblings Claire 8 Marcel 6 and Maryjean 4. Adam Taylor did not see the train and had been driving around the family rural home near Perry.
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Williamstown
Kan
Adam Taylor
Kansas Highway Patrol
Williamston
Kansas
Claire Taylor
Marcel Taylor
Maryjean Taylor
Adam
Perry
Church Plans To Aid Priest's Child In Wichita
Wichita Bishop Eugene Gerber announced a program to aid the 3 year old fathered by a priest and to seek jobs for the mother Evonne Cameron. The diocese says it knew of the paternity 34 years ago but kept privacy. legal action against the church continues for delinquent medical bills and unpaid child support.
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Wichita
Kan
Eugene Gerber
Gerber
Peggy Cameron
Lyle Britt
Evonne Cameron
Catholic Advance
Kansas
Cameron
Wichita Eagle-Beacon
Britt
John Paul II
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Janet Lee
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Linda Taylor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kaw
Ladies
Boca Chica Jeans
Magic
Princeton Circle Drive
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