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Group renovating bus as service to soldiers

Published 2/10/2012 in Local News

By JOSEPH JACKMOVICH

jjackmovich@gctelegram.com

Showing support for members of the military is not always a simple task, as three local residents are finding out.

Kevin Parks, Garden City, along with Chris and Kimberly Parker, Holcomb, make up Team Return and Deploy (Team RAD), a group they formed to show support to returning and deploying military members. The group currently is trying to re ...

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Gas prices inching up as demand decreases Audio file with this story

Published 2/10/2012 in Local News

By ANGIE HAFLICH

ahaflich@gctelegram.com

Despite, or maybe because of the fact that demand for gasoline is down, gas prices have been inching up recently.

According to AAA's website, discover.aaa.com, the average unleaded gas price in Garden City was $3.37 per gallon on Thursday. That is more t ...

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Lawyer speaks out against Kansas smoke detector law

Published 2/10/2012 in Local News

By JOSEPH JACKMOVICH

jjackmovich@gctelegram.com

An attorney representing the family of a woman and her two young daughters who died in a house fire in Finney County, is speaking out about what he sees as light punishments for violations of the Kansas state fire code.

Nichole Savoy, 26, and her ...

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Local tourism group reports record guest tax collections

Published 2/10/2012 in Local News

By SHAJIA AHMAD

sahmad@gctelegram.com

The Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau closed out 2011 with record transient guest tax collections, funds that the group's board of directors already is putting to use to promote community events.

The board on Thursday heard from the CTB's director ...

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GCCC students get state scholar awards Audio file with this story

Published 2/10/2012 in Local News

By RACHAEL GRAY

rgray@gctelegram.com

Samantha Ricard and Daniel Gutierrez say their time at Garden City Community College has helped shape their education and future.

Gutierrez, Garden City, and Ricard, Holcomb, are among 53 top community college students who will be honored Thursday in Topeka ...

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