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09/13/2009 03:25 AM | Via: Wichita Eagle

Wichita school trains firefighters from 7 states

Along the Oklahoma border about 130 miles southwest of Wichita, the town of Kiowa is served by an all-volunteer fire department with an 1985 model for its only truck. One of those volunteers, Kyle Graves, was in Wichita Saturday attending the third annual, two-day... read the full story

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09/13/2009 03:25 AM | Via: Wichita Eagle

Wichita school trains firefighters from 7 states

Along the Oklahoma border about 130 miles southwest of Wichita, the town of Kiowa is served by an all-volunteer fire department with an 1985 model for its only truck. One of those volunteers, Kyle Graves, was in Wichita Saturday attending the third annual, two-day... read the full story

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09/12/2009 11:42 AM | Via: Wichita Eagle

Man attacks two with knife, bottle

WICHITA -- A 34-year-old man was arrested early this morning after he allegedly attacked two 25-year-old men with a knife and a bottle. The incident happened in the 2500 block of south Holyoke around 6 a.m. According to the police report, one victim said the... read the full story

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09/10/2009 09:08 PM | Via: Wichita Eagle

Goddard district wins court battle with Wichita

A judge ruled Thursday that the Goddard school district can go forward with construction of three new schools without the fire-resistant ceilings that the city of Wichita tried to get included in the plans. District Judge Mark Vining ruled that state law, a 1980... read the full story

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09/10/2009 03:01 PM | Via: Wichita Eagle

Judge: Goddard can build schools without fire-resistant ceilings

WICHITA — A district court judge ruled Thursday that the Goddard school district can go forward with building three new schools without the fire-resistant ceilings that the city of Wichita tried to get included in the plans. Judge Mark Vining ruled that state... read the full story

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09/10/2009 04:07 AM | Via: Kansas City Star

Hearings on Kansas casino plans set for next week

TOPEKA | A review board in Kansas holds hearings next week on proposals to build and run state-owned casinos in the Kansas City and Wichita areas. read the full story

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09/08/2009 03:50 AM | Via: Wichita Eagle

Schools drive Bel Aire's growth

A field borders farmland and a dirt road on the outskirts of Bel Aire. But by 2012, the lot at 53rd Street North and Rock Road should be the Wichita district's newest high school, bustling with about 800 students. Across Rock Road, more than 100 additional... read the full story

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09/06/2009 12:16 AM | Via: Appeal Democrat

Trollin' on the river

TORONTO LAKE, Kan. — Chatt Martin lives 10 minutes from Clinton Lake, one of Kansas' top crappie waters. But recently he left his Lawrence home well before daylight and made the two-hour to Toronto Lake, about 75 miles east of Wichita. "I read the full story

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