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MIAMI, Okla. — Six graduate students from the University of Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon presented final design plans for a downtown revitalization project in Miami to members of the City Council and the public. ....more>>
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Miami council planning second hearing on flood-victim housing
MIAMI, Okla. — The Miami City Council plans a second public hearing Monday, May 19, on a proposed $1.7 million housing project that potentially could result in the construction of 20 single-family homes for victims of last summer’s devastating floods.
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Former Weir banker pleads guilty to embezzlement
WEIR, Kan. — A former vice president of Citizens Bank of Weir is to be sentenced July 23 after pleading guilty Wednesday to embezzling money from the bank to pay off gambling debts.
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Preparations continue for Galena pool opening
GALENA, Kan. — Work continues on preparing the city swimming pool for opening, the Galena City Council learned this week.
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 Area man faces drug charges
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 Lottery panel OKs Penn National contract w/ revised casino overview and contract excerpts
The Kansas Lottery Commission on Monday approved Penn National Gaming’s contract to build and operate a state-owned casino in Cherokee County.
The contract now goes to the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board for its consideration. It is expected to vote on the contract during a meeting Aug. 21 and 22.
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Miami applying for grant to help build small park
MIAMI, Okla. — The Miami City Council on Monday night gave approval for applying for a $75,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund development of a small park adjacent to the Coleman Theatre.
The theater and the vacant space proposed for the park are owned by the city.
Larry Eller, community development director, said one of the state’s objectives is for the project to benefit at least 51 percent of low- to moderate-income residents. A survey showed that 57 percent of the nearby residents fall into that category, he said.
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Baxter Springs prepared to party
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. — The Baxter Springs Sesquicentennial Committee is working out details of the celebration planned for June 28-July 5.
The City Council has budgeted $40,000 for the town’s 150th anniversary celebration, said Mayor Huey York. He said several industries donated an additional $29,000 in sponsorships.
“You don’t get this opportunity very often,” York said.
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Strong sense of community helped Franklin recover from tornado’s devastation
FRANKLIN, Kan. — Ennis Krasovec doesn’t spend much time talking about the tornado that destroyed her home and left her hospitalized for almost three weeks.
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Camptown Greyhound Park owner walks away from contract talks
FRONTENAC, Kan. — Phil Ruffin Sr. on Friday ended contract talks with the Kansas Lottery Commission to reopen Camptown Greyhound Park with 600 electronic games, said Sally Lunsford, spokeswoman for the Lottery Commission.
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Wind energy expert tells PSU that green power now viable
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Art Boyt says the reasons for no longer using renewable energy are dwindling.
“We’re now at a point where the cost of wind energy is directly competitive with traditional energy sources,” said Boyt, director of the Crowder College Renewable Technology Center, speaking to students and staff at Pittsburg State University on Thursday night.
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Area hospitals, nursing homes use video games for therapy w/ link to learn more about Wii-habilitation
Helen Shafer outdid all her friends Monday in bowling. “I got a pretty good arm,” the 91-year-old said. Shafer had the top score of 407 in bowling on the Nintendo Wii video-game system at Quaker Hill Manor in Lowell, Kan.
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PSU seeking donations for new health center
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Officials at Pittsburg State University are seeking private donors to alleviate some of the cost burden for students in connection with a new health center.
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 Area man draws year of probation on reduced charge
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Charges dropped; lack of field test cited by prosecutor
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Retired NEO professor believed killed in crash
MIAMI, Okla. — The family of a retired Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College professor said Tuesday that he was the pilot of a turboprop plane that crashed Monday afternoon near the Miami exit of the Will Rogers Turnpike.
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Plane crashes near Miami exit w/ crash-site slide show
MIAMI, Okla. — Bryan Moore was at work Monday afternoon at Northeastern Tribal Health System when he heard a shrill, whining noise, like that of a radio-controlled plane, and looked up.
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Cherokee County Commission supports scaling back of state casino project
COLUMBUS, Kan. — The Cherokee County Commission on Monday signaled it is on board with Penn National Gaming’s plan to scale back its initial investment in a state-owned casino in the county.
The County Commission approved an amendment to its pre-development plan with Penn National. Commissioner Rodney Edmondson said by phone that the company wants to build a casino, restaurant and parking lot as its initial investment. He said a hotel and parking garage would be built in future years under the plan.
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Co-defendant pleads guilty to blackmail w/ Schooley plea agreement
The co-defendant of former Cherokee County (Kan.) Attorney Michael Goodrich pleaded guilty Monday to blackmailing Goodrich.
Timothy Schooley, 30, of Baxter Springs, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor extortion as part of a plea agreement. He is set to be sentenced July 14, and he faces a possible maximum penalty of a year in federal prison and a fine of up to $100,000. The plea agreement reads that at sentencing, the U.S. attorney’s office would move to dismiss a felony extortion charge against him.
Schooley threatened to tell authorities about an alleged financial relationship between Goodrich and employees of Sensations Gentlemen’s Club if Schooley didn’t receive a share of the payments Goodrich supposedly was receiving from club management, according to the plea agreement.
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Group hopes to raise $800,000 to complete Coleman ballroom
MIAMI, Okla. — Nearly eight decades later, a dream of George Coleman Sr. to finish the upstairs of the Coleman Theatre in downtown Miami for use as a ballroom just might be realized.
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PSU professor says terrorism largely misunderstood
PITTSBURG, Kan. — A presentation by a Pittsburg State University professor will be used by a United Nations group to develop counterterrorism policy.
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Bank building to become annex to new courthouse
MIAMI, Okla. — A contract is expected to be approved May 5 with an Oswego, Kan., firm for renovation of a former bank building for use as an annex to the new Ottawa County Courthouse.
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Regent shares story of her immigration
PITTSBURG, Kan. — When Juana “Janie” Perkins read from a children’s book in front of students and faculty at Pittsburg State University on Friday, she looked right at home.
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Bomb threat revives turf rivalry
COLUMBUS, Kan. — A bomb threat Wednesday at a Columbus school has revived a dispute over jurisdiction between the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department and the Columbus Police Department.
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Woman recounts Dust Bowl w/ link to Kansas Dust Bowl photos, information
COLUMBUS, Kan. — Priscilla Henning began her talk by telling of a quandary faced by Thelma Warner in 1935 in Syracuse, Kan.
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Baxter Springs council approves appointments
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. — The Baxter Springs City Council this week approved Mayor Huey York’s reappointment of city department heads.
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Man charged with assaulting Pittsburg woman
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Deputy credited with thwarting theft
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Miami council approves annexation for proposed housing development
MIAMI, Okla. — The Miami City Council has agreed to annex 44 acres of land south of 12th Avenue for a proposed subdivision.
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Baxter Springs ADA Committee begins work
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. — The Baxter Springs Americans with Disabilities Act Committee, in its first meeting on Tuesday, reviewed a survey of city-owned buildings and properties to determine what projects could be tackled this year.
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