Death Notice
Linda Sue (Drake) Hessman, 76 of Dodge City, KS., passed away on December 10, 2022. She was born on February 4, 1946. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am on Thursday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, 901 Central Ave., Dodge City, KS..
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ACLU sues Kansas town over Latino voting representation
A federal lawsuit contends the election system used in Dodge City, Kansas, prevents the city’s large Latino population from electing representatives to the city commission. The lawsuit filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups argues the current method allowing citywide votes for all five commissioners is unconstitutional and violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Glenn Miller Orchestra swingin’ into Dodge City!
Boot Hill Casino is teaming up with United Wireless Arena and the Boot Hill Casino & Resort Conference Center, managed by Venu-Works, to bring the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra to Dodge City on Saturday, Feb. 4.
ROYAL STARS
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions after 9:30 p.m. EST today (6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. PST). After that, the Moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius. ARIES (March 21-April 19) AAAA How fortunate! Lucky Jupiter enters your sign today to stay for the next five months. This will boost your confidence and attract good fortune to you. (It doesn’t get much better than this.) Make the best use of this blessing and opportunity. It comes only every 12 years. Tonight: Explore!
A parent doesn’t feel jolly about Santa
Dear Amy: I live in a country that celebrates a tradition that I am, at best, uneasy with. It involves a bizarre ritual by which parents of small children routinely lie to them about the existence of an elderly domestic intruder who supposedly brings small chocolate statues of himself along with toys and gifts once a year (spoiler alert: the parents buy this stuff).
Straight from Santa’s Mailbag
Dear Santa, What I want for Christmist is, Talkes, iPhone 12, a net for Softball. If you buy me it thank you sooooo much of and can I get Robixs Sorry if its to much I love you sooooo much.
Kansas public universities face $1.2 billion in deferred maintenance on core buildings
TOPEKA — Restoring life safety and functional integrity to nearly 500 academic or research buildings on state university campuses in the Kansas Board of Regents system would cost an estimated $1.2 billion, officials said Thursday. The Board of Regents annually reviews deployment of approximately $40 million earmarked for deferred maintenance at the public universities, but this new analysis incorporated an extra $45 million allocated by the Kansas Legislature to tackle the facilities backlog.