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Schools May Get Repreive From No Child Left Behind - August 09, 2011
State and local education officials have been begging the federal government for relief from student testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law, but school starts soon and Congress st...
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USDA Expands Emergency Grazing - August 09, 2011
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to help ranchers affected by drought by allowing extended grazing on land set aside for conservation under a federal program. The government gives ran...
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Kansas Corn Crop Continues To Decline - August 09, 2011
A new report says last week's rain helped some Kansas crops but came too late to improve the condition of others. In its weekly updated, Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday tha...
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Liberal Gun Club Elects Officers, Schedules Shoots - August 08, 2011
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Southwest Friends of the Arts To Hold Try-Outs - August 08, 2011
The Southwest Friends Of the Arts will be holding tryouts for their fall production, a murder mystery comedy, “The Beauty Pageant”. Interested persons are asked to please show up and ...
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SCCC/ATS Trustees Meet - August 08, 2011
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Sen. Jerry Moran Coming To Southwest Kansas - August 08, 2011
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) will Southwest Kansas on Wednesday and Thursday, August the 10th and 11th, during his statewide listening tour. Sworn in this year as a U.S. Senator representing Kans...
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Gov. Brownback Joins Perry In Prayer Rally - August 08, 2011
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has joined Texas Governor Rick Perry and over 30,000 people at a Christian prayer rally in Houston. Perry hosted what he called a national day of prayer at Reliant Stadiu...
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Dodge City Turns Down Garden City’s Request To Give Up EAS Funding - August 08, 2011
Dodge City officials have chosen to ask the federal government to continue subsidizing flights from Dodge City to Denver. The Dodge City Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to ask the U.S. Department o...
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Drought Hits Kansas Corn Hard - August 07, 2011
The drought of 2011 is hitting crops hard in southwest Kansas. The dry year in southwest Kansas has burnt up some fields early and small amounts of rainfall are doing little to alleviate drought cond...