The Garden City Telegram
Connecting to Kansas culture
Students learn about state through Kansas Day events.
BY RACHAEL GRAY
rgray@gctelegram.com
Erik Hernandez stood in the hallway of Victor Ornelas Elementary School Thursday afternoon, dressed in cowboy boots and a leather jacket, with a sheriff's star pinned to his shirt and a fake mustache on his upper lip.
Hernandez, 9, a fourth-grader, talked about the life of Wyatt Earp, a famous Kansan w ...
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Logistics company seeking to expand business
By SHAJIA AHMAD
sahmad@gctelegram.com
Finney County officials have agreed to apply for state funds to make rail improvements to county-owned property on behalf of a logistics company that is looking to expand the scope of its business by the spring.
Finney County commissioners, who met in a special meeting Thursday, unanimously agreed to apply for eligible funds through the Kansas Department ...
Federal GPS ruling to have little effect locally
By JOSEPH JACKMOVICH
jjackmovich@gctelegram.com
A ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court that limits the power of police using GPS will not have a noticeable effect on local law enforcement, according to local officials.
The unanimous decision overturned the conviction of nightclub owner Antoine Jones, who was serving a life sentence after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. ...
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Blown away Storm wrestlers topple Buffs
By BRETT MARSHALL
bmarshall@gctelegram.com
The Cleveland High School, N.M. wrestling team blew into Garden City on Thursday afternoon in advance of the Rocky Welton Invitational, which begins today at The Garden, and in a tune-up dual meet, blew away the hometown Garden City Buffaloes on Thursday night.
The Storm, with two of its returning New Mexico state champions leading an early charge, r ...
Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part story. Reprinted, with permission, from the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle.
By TIM HORAN
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
ABILENE — During his tenure as wrestling coach his teams won nine team state titles, three at Goodland High School and six at Garden City High School.
His programs produced an amazing 30 state champions. Welton put together an in ...
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