Kansas redistricting fight over Wyandotte Sedgwick plan
Democratic lawyers urge adoption of a plan uniting Wyandotte and Sedgwick Counties and moving Douglas County with Lawrence while Republicans press to ratify the Legislature approved map that keeps Wyandotte and Sedgwick split. Court hearings mark key phase in ongoing reapportionment battle before June 21 filing deadline.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Russ Mills
Legislative Research Department
Arnold Berman
Lawrence
Jerry Levy
John Carlin
Reno
Eugene Hiatt
GOP
Carlin
Patricia Reeder
Jack Brier
Democrats
Voice of
Reno County
Levy
Berman
Kansas City
Wichita
Hiatt
Reeder
Wyandotte County
Johnson
Miami
Linn
Douglas County
University of Kansas
Sedgwick County
Sumner
Harper, Kingman
Southcentral
McPherson
Marion
Harvey
Marshall
Dickinson
James Logan
Olathe
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard Rogers
Patrick Kelly
Robert Stephan
Colorado
10Th Circuit
Robert H. McWilliams
Sherman G. Finesilver
John L. Kane Jr
General Assembly
Dan Biles
Stephan
Biles
Sugar Bear dies after motorcycle crash in Kansas
RUSSELL Kansas AP Don Rueschhoff the 47 year old Kansas Highway Patrol trooper nicknamed Sugar Bear died Saturday when his motorcycle with a police dispatcher slammed into a truck at an intersection of old U S 40 The truck driver 19 Steven Lee Williams was ticketed for driving while intoxicated failure to yield and for an open beer can in his four wheel drive truck The dispatcher was not seriously injured Townsley Russell Daily News publisher described Rueschhoff as a reforming law enforcer who used a CB radio to warn and assist travelers and who built Sugar Bear country for thousands of motorists and truckers Funeral honors include about 40 state troopers and a color guard Survivors include his wife Janice Lee a son a daughter and two step children.
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Sugar Bear Country
Highway Patrol
Don Rueschhoff
Sugar Bear
Rueschhoff
U.S. 40
Steven Lee Williams
Don
Russ Townsley
Russell Daily News
Smokey Bear
Janice Lee
Cities weigh continuation of power agency in regional talks
Osawatomie and Garnett attend meetings to explain why they favor continuing the agency. Negotiations focus on Kansas City Board of Public Utilities with Ottawa and Osawatomie already buying power. BFU may negotiate with KCP&L and a contract with BPU’s Nearman No 1 could provide long term power at known costs.
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Osawatomie
Garnett
BOGO
Kcp&l
Kansas City
Kan
Board of Public Utilities
Ottawa
Davis
BFU
KMEA
BPU
Nearman No. 1
Family Circus seeks power shift and plant stakes in 1990s
The article outlines potential shifts in utility ownership and power purchasing within the EMEA region, mentioning KGEs offer to sell Jeffrey No. 3 stake, possible KMEA district expansion, and plans affecting Sunflower Electric Cooperative and KP&L. It notes plant on-line dates, cross-ownership, and negotiations among KG&E, KP&L, Missouri entities, and Sunflower with emphasis on ownership versus power purchase.
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KMEA
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Winfield
Kg&e
St. Marys
Kansas Power & Light Co
Missouri Public Utilities
Davis
Israeli Warplanes Down Syrian Jets Over Lebanon
Israeli warplanes shot down two Syrian MiG fighters over Lebanon during patrols and both crews reportedly bailed out. One pilot was hospitalized, the fate of the other was unknown, amid a broader context of tensions on Israel’s northern border and a deteriorating cease-fire with the PLO.
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Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Israel
Damascus
Beirut
Palestine
Draper
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Lyon County
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Health and Environment
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Nemoo
Nearman No. 2
Michael Herbert
Sunflower Electric Cooperative
EMEA
Kp&l
Midwest Electric
Central Telephone & Utilities
Sunflower
Laramie
Missouri Basin
Wheatland
Wya
Holcomb
By Bil Keane
Syria
Lely
SIS
ISD
Vrhe Saseline
Wan
Flagg
Goosemyer
Beetle Bailey
Ibnrer
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