Recount requests flood Kansas races as votes scrutinized
Five more candidates filed recount petitions in the Kansas insurance and legislative races, with Republicans hoping to overturn a Democratic House majority. Recounts touch 13 county offices and several districts including the 71st and 49th, while Saline County’s recount left Eloise Lynch’s narrow win intact. Democrats hold 61 House seats with Republicans at 59 amid ongoing post election vote reviews.
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Topeka
Kan
Paul Feleciano
Wichita
Ron Todd
House
Saline County
Eloise Lynch
D-Salina
Nancy Macy
Salina
John Reinhart
Bill Graves
Kansas
William Kirk
Clayton
Fred Gatlin
Atwood
Decatur County
Kirk
Gatlin
Cheyenne
Norton
Rawlins
Phillips
John Binder Jr
Ellis
Rooks
Russell
Binder
Carol Dawson
Rooks County
Ms. Dawson
Russell County
Galen Weiland
Bendena
Ms. Lynch
Bob Miller
Wellington
Appanoose poet wins middle school poetry prize
Caleeb King an eighth grader at Appanoose School won first place in the middle school division of the traditional poetry category at the Butler County Community Writing Workshop for his entry Angels Song. He received the award on Oct 26 with his teacher Leslie Griebat entering the poem last spring as a gifted class project.
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Appanoose
Caleeb King
Appanoose School
Butler County
King
Leslie Griebat
Johnson County judge chosen for appeals court seat
G Joseph Pierron Jr., a Johnson County judge for eight years, was named by Hayden to the state appeals court filling the vacancy left by Bob Abbott. Pierron, 43, previously dismissed all criminal charges against former Lt. Gov. Dave Owen in January and will earn a $75,268 salary. He was among three nominees from 16 candidates.
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Topeka
Kan
Johnson County
Ngeiser Wil
Arate
Hayden
G. Joseph Pierron Jr
Pierron
Dave Owen
Owen
Bob Abbott
FrankeYapirea
Appeals Court
Richard F. Hayse
Smith Center
James Bush
Supreme Court Nominating Commission
Pierton
John Carlin
Johnson
Johnson, County
Supreme Court
Copeland gets death in killings of transients
A jury in Chillicothe Missouri recommended the death penalty for 69 year old Faye Copeland for five counts of first degree murder in a cattle rustling scheme that led to the killings of five transients. One count yielded a life sentence. Copeland’s attorney vows appeal as prosecutors call it partial vindication for victims families.
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Chillicothe
Faye Copeland
Missouri
Kenny Hulshof
E. Richard Webber
Webber
David Miller
Copeland
Miller
Terry R. Haskins
Nevada
Livingston County
Vernon County
al Copeland
Roseville woman wins 18 million Lotto America prize
Rita Oberg a Roseville postal worker won 18.5 million dollars by the Lotto America drawing after the computer selected the numbers. Her unlikely path to the win began when she drove the wrong car for gas, paid with a check, and added two one dollar lottery tickets to cover the bill.
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Roseville, Minn
Rita Oberg
Oberg
SuperAmerica
Roseville
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