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Group urges more disability funding
Fifty-eight crosses lined the grass in front of the Statehouse on Tuesday morning, The Topeka Capital Journal reported, a representation of what one disability advocate said were the disabled Kans...
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Chanute resident still waiting for double lung transplant
Assistant Managing Editor Six months after moving to St
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CDBG to pay for Erie drainage project
ERIE — An engineering contract has been signed with Kirk E
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Parsons theater adds 3-D, digital
PARSONS — “Alice In Wonderland” and “Avatar” became the first movies shown in 3-D at Parsons Theatre on Saturday
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Buffalo home destroyed by fire Saturday
Chief: Unattended candle believed to have caused the blaze Melissa Smith Assistant Managing Editor A Buffalo family is left trying to pick up the pieces after a fire destroyed their home Saturday ...
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Erie FFA successful in multiple events
ERIE — The Erie FFA Chapter has had many successes recently in Career Development Events (CDE’s) at the district level
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Chanute in the running for Google’s test broadband network
It may be a David and Goliath thing, but the city of Chanute plans to compete to become one of the communities Google selects to test a new super-high-speed broadband network
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— The CHS class of 1950 monthly get-together, noon, Main Street Cafe
— The CHS class of 1950 monthly get-together, noon, Main Street Cafe
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Residents pack city meeting
Locals question Ash Grove, KDHE about emission from stack last month Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter Ash Grove Cement Co
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City Briefs
City Web site now offers property tax estimator Chanute residents can now estimate their property tax bill on the city’s Web site, www
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Chanute man, 37 injured in rollover
by Stu Butcher
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A Chanute man was injured in a one-vehicle rollover on Elk Road, two miles north of Chanute on Elk Road at 12:57 a
Two area road projects trimmed in budget cuts
by Harold Campbell
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Projects near St. Paul and Yates Center were the only Chanute-area road construction projects to be trimmed from the Kansas Department of Transportation’s fiscal year 2010 plans as a result of budg...
Only one local food item on FDA recall list
by Harold Campbell
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Concerns about salmonella contamination has led the federal Food and Drug Administration to order a massive recall of food products containing the flavoring hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Area residents electronic theft victims
by Harold Campbell
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Imagine the surprise friends of Gary Maxwell of Chanute got late last month when they received this email supposedly sent by Maxwell: “I’m sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too...
— Hog Roast fundraiser, 11 a
by Stu Butcher
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— Hog Roast fundraiser, 11 a
More Shaw Road work to begin on March 15
by Harold Campbell
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Drivers who are accustomed to using Shaw Road between Erie and Chanute will have to find an alternate route starting later this month
national news

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


Thu Mar 11 20:23:13 -0600 2010

Clarissa Martinez de Castro, with the National Council of La Raza, center, talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.


Thu Mar 11 20:23:19 -0600 2010

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool)AP - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.


Thu Mar 11 21:05:40 -0600 2010