Kansas House Backes Bill to Secure Extra Federal Funds
The Kansas House advanced a plan to tap up to 120 million dollars in additional federal funds for 2001. The measure reallocates 25 percent to the general fund, boosts special education costs, funds a senior drug program, and supports long term care and elderly services while requiring 80 million state dollars to leverage the federal match.
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Topera
Bill Graves
Graves
Kansas
Henry Helgerson
Wichita
House
Rocky Nichols
D-Topeka
Nichols
Richard Alldritt
D-Harper
Melvin Neufeld
I-635 expansion to require demolition of 34 homes in KCK
Kansas City Kansas officials plan to demolish 34 homes to widen and rebuild I-635 from north of I-70 to the Missouri River. The project, costing 54 million dollars, starts 2004 and ends 2006, with possible takings on up to 119 additional properties. Residents weigh relocation options as traffic relief and highway safety are cited by planners.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ron Kaufman
Kansas Department of Transportation
Johnson County
John Mendez
Wyandotte County
Don Denney
Gerald Jefferies
Kansas City, Kan
Brinks robber sentenced to 15 years in KC case
Byron Spears, 33, of Blue Springs, was sentenced to 15 years without parole for his role in the February 4, 1999 Brinks van hijacking outside a Blue Springs convenience store. He must also pay $239,025 in restitution. Spears pleaded guilty to armed theft of bank funds and firearm use in a violent crime.
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Kansas City, Mo
Blue Springs
Byron Spears
Brinks
William Meiners
U.S
Nanette K Laughrey
Spears
Prairie chicken ritual shines in Kansas Flint Hills
In Emporia area, the annual prairie chicken mating ritual draws crowds for six weeks. Wildlife officials describe the booming lek as a morning spectacle with wing flaps, foot-stomping, and flashing yellow neck sacs. Spectators must watch from film blinds before dawn, as coyote interruptions and fog set the scene.
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Emporia
Kansas
Flint Hills
Roger Applegate
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
Wildlife & Parks
Applegate
Woman pleads to providing alcohol in teenager shooting case
A northeast Kansas woman pleads guilty to providing beer to Daniel Sheley, a teen present when Dakota Back was shot. Mardi Fidler, 26, receives 90 days in Jefferson County Jail. charges tied to alcohol supply dropped for Joshua Stark. Stark pleads guilty to second degree murder. other teens face sentencing in April.
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Oskaloosa
Kansas
Mardi R. Fidler
Jefferson County
Daniel Sheley
Dakota
Cody
Wesley Back
Joshua Stark
Fidler
Sheley
Back
Vic Braden
Stark
Joseph Sheley
Patricia Back
Donovan McCleary
Hutchinson opposes derogatory team names resolution
Hutchinson City Council backed a unanimous resolution condemning derogatory team names and symbols. The measure, tied to the December 1999 Human Relations Commission draft, focuses on education and urges discontinuing use of terms such as Redskins while noting it cannot force businesses to drop related merchandise.
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Hutchinson News
Hutchinson City Council
Redskins
Hutchinson Human Relations Commission
Porter Brown
Human Relations Commis
Sion
Washington Redskins
Barbara Pitchford
South Hutchinson
Redskin
Frank Stuckey
Mark Smith
Atlanta Braves
Kansas City Chiefs
Oklahoma Sooners
Florida State Seminoles
Cleveland Indians
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Boston Celtics
Hutchinson
Trinity High School Celtics
Lindsborg
Bethany College
Matthew Richter
McPherson County
Jeffrey Roberts
Senate approves youth hunting bill in Kansas
The Kansas Senate passed a bill relaxing youth hunting rules. It would let 12 and 13 year olds hunt big game with firearm or bow and remove prelicense education proof. The final 40 to 0 vote returns the measure to the House with parental accompaniment and landowner permit provisions amended.
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Topeka
Senate
House
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