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City Commission Meets, Approves Additional Housing Projects - January 28, 2014
The Liberal City Commission met Tuesday evening at 6:30pm in the City Commission Chambers for their regularly scheduled meeting. Among the items on the agenda the Commission approved Resolution 2188 a...
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Senate Bill Would Alter School District Finance Formula - January 28, 2014
A bill has been introduced in the Kansas Senate that would alter the way school districts receive additional funding related to capital improvements approved by local voters. The legislation ...
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Kansas Death Penalty Bill Advances - January 28, 2014
A Kansas Senate committee is recommending passage of a bill shortening the process of appealing death sentences for capital murder. The action Monday sends the measure, along with several other judic...
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Cline Named LHS Head Football Coach - January 28, 2014
At the Feb. 10 Board of Education meeting, USD 480 administration will recommend that Caleb Cline take over as head coach of the Redskin football program. Cline, a 2002 LHS graduate, has served as def...
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UPDATE: Farmers Sentenced In Listeria Outbreak - January 28, 2014
Two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from a deadly listeria outbreak in 2011 have been sentenced to five years of probation and six months of home deten...
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Kansas Unemployment Falls To 4.9% - January 27, 2014
A new report says the Kansas economy continued to improve at the end of 2013 as the state's unemployment rate dipped below 5 percent for the first time since 2008. The Department of Labor said ...
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Gang Member Sentenced To 10 Years In Dodge City Case - January 27, 2014
A member of a Dodge City street gang was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Russell Worthey, 25, Dodge City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count...
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Firefighters Respond To Fire In The Oilfield - January 27, 2014
Texas County first responders responded to a fire involving two small storage battery tanks belonging to Armor Petroleum. It's located about 7 miles west of 4 corners and 7 miles south on the Tex...
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UPDATE: Men Sentenced In Beef Theft - January 27, 2014
UPDATE:A California man who tried to steal a truckload of beef from a southwest Kansas slaughterhouse has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot...
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Car Tied To Womans Death Found - January 24, 2014
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said a car belonging to a woman found dead last week has been recovered. Sherree Kaye Smith, 20, of Garden City, was found unresponsive outside the Cowboy Cabins M...
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