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Cherokee County News

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Tuesday | KAKE-TV Wichita

Former Gymnastics Coach Enters Pleas In Child Sex Case

A former children's gymnastics coach in southeast Kansas has pleaded no contest to a child-sex charge and guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, both felonies.

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Related Topix: Riverton, KS

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Joplin Globe

Baxter Springs Committee recommends removing policy prohibiting employee candidates

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs Personnel Committee on Monday decided to recommend to the City Council to remove a policy prohibiting city employees from running for elected office, said Mayor Huey ...

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Related Topix: Baxter Springs, KS

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Joplin Globe

Galena City Council discusses work needed at nature center

GALENA, Kan. - The Galena City Council on Tuesday night began planning for new restrooms in the Southeast Kansas Nature Center in Schermerhorn Park.

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Related Topix: Galena, KS

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Joplin Globe

Clerk, commissioner aspirants to be tabbed

The Aug. 5 primary election in Cherokee County will decide party nominees for county clerk and 2nd District county commissioner.

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Related Topix: The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay, Columbus College of Art & Design

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Hays Daily News

Kansan gets probation for blackmailing prosecu ...

A Baxter Springs man will not be going to prison for blackmailing a former Cherokee County prosecutor.

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Related Topix: Baxter Springs, KS

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Moultrie Observer

Third man guilty in basketball player's death

A third suspect in the murder of a former Moultrie athlete has entered a plea agreement.

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Related Topix: Moultrie, GA, Pittsburg, KS

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Joplin Globe

Third defendant in slaying case pleads guilty

GIRARD, Kan. - Aaron Graham will face a mandatory sentence of life in prison after pleading guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the Jan.

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Related Topix: Girard, KS, Baxter Springs, KS, Violent Crime

Thu Jul 10, 2008

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Extension sought for Kan. casino background checks

The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission plans to ask for more time to complete background checks the companies that are selected to manage the four state-owned and -operated casinos, its executive director said ...

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Related Topix: Sumner County, KS, Ford County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS

Tue Jul 08, 2008

KSNT-TV Topeka

Extension Sought For Casino Background Checks

The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission is expected to seek a 60-day extension to complete background checks on those who win contracts to manage four state-owned and operated casinos.

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Related Topix: Sumner County, KS

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Joplin Globe

Baxter Springs council approves resolution supporting casino plan

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs City Council has approved a resolution supporting Penn National Gaming's plan for a phased-in approach to a casino in Cherokee County.

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Related Topix: Baxter Springs, KS, Gaming, Penn National Gaming

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Kansas.com

Official's Klan remark offends NAACP

But the comment didn't sit well with Richard McIntire, a national spokesman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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Related Topix: African-American

Wed Jun 25, 2008

KAKE-TV Wichita

Cherokee County Commissioner Lets Klan Reference Slip Out

A Cherokee County commissioner insists he meant nothing racial when referring to the Ku Klux Klan during a recent meeting.

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

KODE-TV Joplin

Candidate Meet & Greet

As the races heat up in one four state county, hundreds of residents take advantage of a chance to meet the candidates.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

Joplin Globe

Weir man placed on probation

A Weir man has been sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to a felony charge of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

Joplin Globe

No charges to be filed in Columbus woman's death

COLUMBUS, Kan. - No criminal charges will be filed in the death of 47-year-old Hazel Shockley, of Columbus, Cherokee County Attorney John Bullard said Wednesday in a news release.

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Related Topix: Columbus, KS

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Joplin Globe

Casino company official seeks support for project

GALENA, Kan. - An official with Penn National Gaming on Tuesday night asked the Galena City Council to support the company at a July 9 meeting of the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board.

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Related Topix: Galena, KS, Gaming, Penn National Gaming

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Field Notes

14-Year-Old Owns New Kansas Largemouth Record

Eleven-year F&S veteran Special Projects Editor Dave Hurteau has hunted and fished throughout much of the country but primarily does so in Upstate New York, where he lives with his wife and new daughter.

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Related Topix: Scammon, KS, West Mineral, KS

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Newton Kansan

Teen's bass breaks 31-year-old record

A Kansas teen has caught a record-setting 11.8-pound largemouth bass in a private pit in Cherokee County, bringing to four the number of state records taken from pits in Southeast Kansas.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Scammon, KS, Cherokee, KS

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Joplin Globe

Barone decides not to seek re-election

FRONTENAC, Kan. - State Sen. Jim Barone, D-Frontenac, will not seek re-election, he announced over the weekend.

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Related Topix: Crawford County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Frontenac, KS

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Joplin Globe

Two arrested in drug raid at Weir house

Several police agencies executed a search warrant Wednesday night in Weir that resulted in the arrest of two people on possible drug charges, according to a news release from the Cherokee County Sheriff's ...

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Related Topix: Weir, KS, Drugs, Pittsburg, KS

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