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GateHouse News ServiceMaggie Smith, a junior at Southeast High School in Springfield, Ill., started practicing archery before Katniss Everdeen and her hunting skills spearheaded a franchise into popu…
August 2012
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When does fundraising become gambling?
The Kansas constitution outlaws gambling.?Amendments have enabled specific forms of gambling including bingo, pari-mutuel, state lottery and, in the expanded lottery act of 2007, the creation of four…
Benefit for local painter
Lifetime Dodge City resident Danny Cox suffered some major health problems over the past few months. Cox's thyroid when into a 'thyroid storm,' which is a condition that develops in some cases of hyp…
DA sees report this week on Kan. gov.’s meetings
TOPEKA (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor is wrapping up his investigation of private meetings between Gov. Sam Brownback and state legislators at the governor's official residence.?An assistant says Shawnee…
Man accused in Wichita store shooting charged
WICHITA (AP) — The man accused of firing a shot at a security guard at a Wichita store is charged with four counts of aggravated assault.?Twenty-seven-year-old Jake Jacobs was charged Wednesday, two …
Semi leads law officers on low-speed chase
BURLINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officers chased a semitrailer truck through four counties before the driver finally stopped.?No one was injured in the low-speed chase, which lasted nearly two hours…
Report: Drought intensifies in Kansas, Nebraska
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A new report suggests that while recent rains stabilized the devastating drought gripping Iowa and other key farming states, the dry conditions intensified in Kansas and Nebraska.?Th…
Morning Jolt: Powerball winner gets $241 million cash
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In a game where oftentimes the winnings are split among five, seven or 10 people, a single ticket was sold at a Michigan gas station that matched the numbers 6, 27, 46, 51, 56 and Power…
Ex-prison guard to pay $750,000 judgment to inmate
TOPEKA (AP) — A former Topeka Correctional Facility officer who had sex with inmates has been ordered to pay $750,000 to one of the inmates.?U.S. District Court Judge Richard Rogers ordered the fine …
Misunderstood
GateHouse News ServiceAlmost nobody wants to eat Asian carp. “There’s no market for them. I’ve had one or two people ask for them,” said Clint Carter, co-owner of Carter’s Fish Market in Springfield,…