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All American Beef Battalion to Honor Kansas National Guardsmen

Soldiers and families of the Kansas National Guarda s 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery will be honored with a steak feed cookout on Friday, July 3, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The cookout is being sponsored by the All American Beef Battalion and will be held at the Salina Armory, 2910 Arnold Ave, Salina.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Salina, KS, Events

Fri Jul 03, 2009

KAKE-TV Wichita

Man's Death On Kansas Railroad Tracks A Mystery

Friday, July 3, 2009 The death of a man who spent much of his life around trains is a mystery after his body was found beside tracks in central Missouri.

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KAKE-TV Wichita

State To Move Juvenile Offenders Out Of Beloit

Female juvenile offenders now housed at a north-central Kansas facility will be transferred to Topeka because of state budget problems.

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KBSL 10

Kansas To Give Land For Homeland Security Lab

Kansas officials have agreed to give land to the Homeland Security Department for a national lab for research on deadly germs, even though the agency still needs permission and money from Congress to build the lab.

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Related Topix: Kansas State University

KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

This is day ten of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat.

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Related Topix: Clay Center, KS

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KWCH

Audit Raises Questions About High School Activities Association

A state audit has found that Kansas high schools get to keep a much smaller percentage of gate receipts for athletic events than most schools in surrounding states.

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KWCH

Audit Finds Two Lottery Workers Made $36K in Overtime

A state audit has found that two Kansas Lottery employees made a total of $36,000 in overtime pay in one year.

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Related Topix: Computers

Kansas.com

3 community colleges sue Kan. Board of Regents

The lawsuit by Dodge City Community College, Pratt Community College and Cowley Community College seeks a temporary injunction against what it calls unfair funding.

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The Victoria Star

8 Wonders of Kansas Cuisine announced

Hamburgers, fried chicken and artisan breads are among the menu choices at eight restaurants determined to be the "most iconic" in Kansas.

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Related Topix: Baked Goods, Life, Bread, Food, Topeka, KS, Council Grove, KS

Wed Jul 01, 2009

OttawaHerald.com

Suspect in killings fighting extradition to Missouri

IOLA a ' A 45-year-old Garnett man charged with killing three of his relatives in their rural home is fighting extradition to Missouri.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

KAKE-TV Wichita

Kansas Wheat Harvest Moves Northward

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 The Kansas wheat harvest is winding down in some southern counties, and just getting started farther north.

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The Kansas Department of Health and E...

Cases of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus confirmed in Crawford and Miami Counties

Cases of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus has been confirmed in a Crawford County adult and a Miami County child.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Crawford County, KS, Miami County, KS, Cowley County, KS

Medical News

Specially bred purple sweet potato with anti-cancer components

A Kansas State University researcher is studying the potential health benefits of a specially bred purple sweet potato because its dominant purple color results in an increased amount of anti-cancer components.

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Related Topix: Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Kansas State University, Nutrition, Health

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Hays Daily News

Kansas ag secretary moves to Farm Service Agenc ...

Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky has been tapped to head the Farm Service Agency in Kansas for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a position he held during the Clinton administration.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Kansas Government, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

KTIC

Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

This is day eight of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat.

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Related Topix: Downs, KS

Hays Daily News

Vatican finds enough evidence of Kansas miracle ...

A Vatican investigator has found a Colwich man's survival enough of a miracle that he will continue studying the case, with the goal toward declaring it an official miracle.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

KSNT-TV Topeka

Man dies in southern Kansas house fire

The man killed Sunday in a house fire in southern Kansas has been identified as 64-year-old Jack Greever.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Judge blocks adult store signs law

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a state law restricting roadside signs for strip clubs and sex shops, meaning adult stores won't have to take them down as expected later this week.

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The Wichita Eagle

Nearly half of Kansas wheat harvest is done

Crops in southern Kansas - particularly in major wheat-growing areas such as Cowley, Sumner, Harper and Barber counties - were hurt by a spring freeze, heavy rain in several areas, too little rain in others and some diseases, said Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University Extension wheat specialist.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Kansas State University

The Capital-Journal

Kansas gets new poet laureate

LAWRENCE a ' Kansas will get a new poet laureate this week. The current holder of that position, Denise Low, ends her two-year term Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Kansas Government, Arts, Poetry

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