Kansas star Dee Wallace Stone headlines Kan Film Festival
Kansas City Kansas native Dee Wallace Stone, known for ET and The Howling, will speak and judge at the Kan Film Festival. From 135 entries, four films ranging from three to 70 minutes will be shown in finals at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park on Friday and Saturday.
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Wichita
Kan
Midwest
Hollywood
Kansas
Dee Wallace Stone
Wallace Stone
Kansas City
Christopher Stone
Missouri
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park
Hutch native to lead Kroger after decades at Dillons
Hutchinson, Kansas native David Dillon will become president of Kroger Co. in Cincinnati on June 18. He rose through Dillon Cos. Inc. after stocking shelves and serving customers at the Hutchinson Dillons store. Dillon credits frontline staff and customer service for the company’s success.
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Hutchinson, Kan
David Dillon
14Th Avenue
Dillons
Hutchinson
Kroger Co
Cincinnati
Kroger
Dillon Cos. Inc
Dillon
Protesters Convicted In Clinic Entrances Case
James Lucero and Charles Lacroix, both Wichita residents, were convicted in a federal trial of blocking access to the Women’s Health Care Services abortion clinic in March. They parked junk vehicles in the driveways and sealed themselves in metal boxes, requiring five hours for firefighters to free them. They face up to a year in prison and will be sentenced after a pre sentence investigation.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
James Lucero
Charles Lacroix
Wichita
U.S. District Court
Lucero
Lacroix
George Tiller
Oil spill leaks into Walnut River near Augusta Kansas
A ruptured Jayhawk Pipeline Corp line released 8,400 gallons of crude oil into the Walnut River near Augusta, about 20 miles east of Wichita. Crews worked Thursday to contain the slick that extended downstream, while officials investigated the cause of the break and noted no downstream Kansas water intakes.
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Augusta
Kan
Walnut
Jayhawk Pipeline Corp
Kansas
Wichita
Jayhawk
American F-16 Shot Down Over Bosnia Near Banja Luka
An F-16 Fighting Falcon flying for NATO reportedly shot down over Banja Luka in Bosnia as U.N. forces said Serbs attacked. NATO could not confirm cause while a search and rescue operation was under way and details remained unclear about crew.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
U.N
Washington
Pentagon
NATO
Banja Luka
Sarajevo
Jim Mitchell
Naples
Italy
Water quality concerns in Marais des Cygnes basin report
Kansas Water Office draft cites fecal coliform contamination and atrazine exceedances in the Marais des Cygnes River basin. The study notes dissolved oxygen issues and that some exceeded drinking water criteria, while evaluating flood management and water banking as part of a statewide program.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Marais Des Gypnes
Kansas Water Office
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
German Baptists Converge for Annual National Conference
The Old German Baptist Brethren church Cedar Creek district gathers about four miles south of Anderson County community for a four day national convention with prayer and communion services and a business meeting. Glenn Bauman of rural Garnett notes the event draws strong local enthusiasm as the denomination, a noncommunal group without a central board, hosts the conference in Kansas this year with Missouri and California churches helping.
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Arris Himenssnss
Old German Baptist Brethren Church
Anderson County
Glenn Bauman
Garnett
Cedar Creek
Bauman
Kansas
Centropolis
Worden
Missouri
California
First Baptist Church Ottawa Celebrates 100th Sanctuary Birthday
The First Baptist Church at Fourth and Hickory marks the centennial of its sanctuary, dedicated April 28, 1895, designed by Ottawa architect George Washburn. From 15 settlers meeting in Lathrop Hall, the church grew to over 600 members as volunteers compile a history book drawn from minutes, church library, and old histories.
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Ottawa
First Baptist Church
Fourth and Hickory
George Washburn
Lathrop Hall
Second
Main Streets
Glenda Hayward
Margaret Hutchins
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