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19 May 2012 Mc Farland, KS 3 charged with terror conspiracy ahead of Chicago NATO summit; early protests go peacefully - COX.n
05-19-2012 07:22 AM CDT |By TAMMY WEBBER and SHANNON MCFARLAND, Associated Press Disclaimer: the news stories on Cox.com are the work of leading news organizations whose services are purchased to populate Cox.com with news as a service to our customers.
19 May 2012 Independence, KS Kansas City Underground shines a little brighter with Skatterman on the rise - PR-USA.net
Independent artist Skatterman continues his hot streak, The video for his new single "Get Tha DJ Drunk" has been added to Comcast's worldwide play list. May 19, 2012 (Kansas City) - Independent artist Skatterman continues his hot streak, The video for his ...
19 May 2012 No one seriously hurt following U.S. 71 rollover
No one was seriously hurt after a rollover accident on U.S. 71 Highway early Saturday morning.
19 May 2012 Arkansas Driver Followed By Police Dies In Crash
Car Ran Off Road And Hit A Tree
19 May 2012 Razorbacks' trustee called John L. Smith a 'total failure' in email
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- John L. Smith isn't Bobby Petrino and he's not Nick Saban. The interim Arkansas coach is not renowned for his offensive prowess or defensive scheming. He is known more for his YouTube moments -- he jokingly slapped himself in the face while at Michigan State -- and adrenaline-seeking adventures. read more
19 May 2012 Six local companies make Fortune 500 - The Oakland Press
Delphi would have been 162 on the list just behind Livonia-based TRW Automotive ... 500 companies than several states including Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and South Carolina. In addition, southeast Michigan also is the ...
19 May 2012 Genoa Central conquers Smackover for state title - Texarkana Gazette
Genoa Central fans made the four-hour trek to Fayetteville and supported the Dragons with fervor during the Class 3A state championship game at the University of Arkansas’ Baum Stadium. The Dragons were given the 4:30 p.m. Friday slot to pla...
19 May 2012 Authorities arrest man, woman after body found in home near London - Courier News
Pope County Sheriff Aaron DuVall said Andrew James Cody, 26, of Casa was arrested and is expected to be ... to Pope County Coroner Leonard Krout to be transported to the Arkansas Medical Examiner’s office in Little Rock. Agencies involved ...
19 May 2012 Lenexa, KS Kan. House minority leader seeks to join lawsuit - RealClearPolitics
The Kansas House's Democratic leader is seeking permission ... along with former Democratic state Rep. Bill Roy Jr., of Lenexa. Davis told The Associated Press in an interview Friday night that the lawsuit is likely to settle redistricting ...
19 May 2012 Lenexa, KS Ex-credit union officials agree to work restrictions - Kansas City Star
The former CEO and a former director of Lenexa-based U.S. Central Federal Credit Union each have consented to bans from working for or with corporate credit unions like those U.S. Central served. Francis Lee had been CEO of the $34 billion ...
19 May 2012 Lenexa, KS Kansas House minority leader seeks to join redistricting lawsuit - Wichita Eagle
TOPEKA — The Kansas House's Democratic leader is seeking permission ... along with former Democratic state Rep. Bill Roy Jr., of Lenexa. Davis said Friday night that the lawsuit is likely to settle redistricting issues because lawmakers ...
19 May 2012 Independence, KS Death, Elaine Geraldine Kranz, York resident, 91 - York News-Times
Also her son, Ron Kranz (wife Susie); grandson, Matt, two great-grandchildren Elaina and Jack and Matt’s fiancé Kristie Schindler and her children, Samantha and Gabe, all of Fremont, and grandson Gabe (wife Amanda) of Kansas City, Mo.
19 May 2012 Independence, KS Williams keeps dream alive with T-Bones - Blue Springs Examiner
Williams signed to play with the Kansas City T-Bones, an American Association Independent League team that he said he believes will offer him the best chance to get back in a major league organization. “Bubby has all the tools,” said first-year T-Bones ...
19 May 2012 Seneca, KS Sports calendar - Newton Kansan
Seneca, 9 a.m.; Goessel @ Class 1A State Golf, Highlands CC, Hutchinson, 8:30 a.m. PRO BASEBALL — New Jersey @ Wichita 7:05 p.m., Kansas City @ New York Yankees 6:05 p.m. (Fox Sports Kansas City). PRO BASKETBALL — Los Angeles Lakers @ Oklahoma City TBA ...
19 May 2012 Glasco, KS Big 12 power rankings; ESPN's David Ubben puts Baylor ahead of only Texas Tech, Kansas and Iow
The RG3-less Baylor Bears were slated in the seventh spot, only ahead of Texas Tech, Iowa State and Kansas. Here's what Ubben had to say ... The trio of running backs (Glasco Martin, Jarred Salubi and Oregon transfer/Texas native Lache Seastrunk) will ...
19 May 2012 Arkansas AD Jeff Long Not Interested In Leaving School
(AP) - Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long says he isn't interested in leaving, refuting a report that said he was a candidate for the athletic director position at Stanford.
19 May 2012 Roundabout: Community events for May 19 - Log Cabin Democrat
... s Market at 717 Parkway in Downtown Conway opens at 6:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through Oct. 5. Call Kami Marsh at 501-329-8344 or email kmarsh@uaex.edu. • Antique Alley Arkansas Antique Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Conway ...
19 May 2012 Ventura man set to recreate a life-changing trip - vcstar.com
The couple, married 11 years, plan to travel 3,100 miles to Yorktown, Va., over the next 18 days ... They hiked across California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia in 257 days. He was 13 when they ...
19 May 2012 Repo Theft: Truck Stolen by Fake Towing Agency - KATV
When Shane Cooper walked outside Sunday morning to find his truck missing he was worried ... Bryant and told them somebody had witnessed my truck being dumped in the Arkansas River." The $7,000 in tires and rims were stolen, the dashboard ripped out ...
19 May 2012 Saint Paul, KS Minn. judges block rapist's bid for more freedom - Wichita Eagle
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A convicted rapist lost his bid to gain more freedom from a Minnesota program that confines more than 600 dangerous sex offenders after they leave prison. A three-judge panel on Friday denied John Rydberg's request for a ...
19 May 2012 Walnut, KS Marilyn S. Colegrove - Morning Sun
Marilyn S. Colegrove, 74, of Walnut, died at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, May 17, 2012, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul following a courageous one year battle with cancer. She was born September 18, 1937, at Stark, Kansas to Leonard and Sue ...
18 May 2012 Byers, KS Defendant sentenced to nine years for drug cases - Leavenworth Times
A Leavenworth man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison in three drug cases. Marcus W. Byers, 40, was sentenced Friday in Leavenworth County District Court to two counts of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and a felony ...
18 May 2012 Fort Riley, KS Victoria woman attends first Warrior's Weekend after personal tragedy - Victoria Advocate
"It feels awfully good to be here," said Winzenburg, who's based at Fort Riley, Kansas. Volunteer Mary Sue Nelson ... the biggest one I can," Winzenburg responded. Although Cahue lost her beloved soldier, she shows her gratitude to others.
18 May 2012 Montero drives in 3 as D'backs beat Royals 6-4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Diamondbacks are finally getting things to fall in their favor.
18 May 2012 Arkansas beats Tennessee 10-3 in SEC game
Jake Wise had two RBIs to help lead Arkansas to a 10-3 victory over Tennessee in a Southeastern Conference game in Knoxville.
18 May 2012 Softball: Arkansas' Wallace named SEC's top freshman - Star Community Newspapers
I think if she continues to dedicate herself to the sport ... story that can help build the Marcus program. "I got a chance to watch Sarah Draheim play in the tournament last year at Louisiana-Lafayette and now Devon is playing with Arkansas ...
18 May 2012 Ex-Catholic Priest Convicted of Murder for Hire in Texas - YAHOO!
Fiala, at the time, was the pastor of the Sacred Heart of Mary Parish in the small town of Rocksprings. The lawsuit alleged that ... Fiala's religious superior in Texas, as well as the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas when Fiala was serving at the ...
18 May 2012 Mc Farland, KS Hundreds of protesters marching through Chicago - Kansas City Star
Security is high on trains. Barricades and fences have been erected around landmark buildings, and streets are being closed. Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant, Jason Keyser, Shannon McFarland and Tammy Webber contributed to this report.
18 May 2012 BC-AP Sports Features Digest,2nd Ld-Writethru - nola.com
Digest of sports enterprise stories moving for the weekend of May 19-20 ... Smith isn't Bobby Petrino and he's not Nick Saban. The interim Arkansas coach brought in to pick up the pieces after Petrino's embarrassing ouster speaks his mind and wears ...
18 May 2012 Wheat harvest gears up for early start
KIOWA — It's only mid-May, but here, along the Kansas/Oklahoma border, elevators are empty and the crews are ready — with good reason.
18 May 2012 MLB: Arizona 6, Kansas City 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 19 (UPI) -- Miguel Montero came through with a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning Friday that boosted Arizona to a 6-4 decision over Kansas City.
18 May 2012 Eudora, KS Friday, May 18 high school results
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18 May 2012 Mc Donald, KS Facebook stock debut fails to sizzle - Kansas City Star
That meant the company founded in 2004 in a Harvard dorm room is worth about $105 billion, more than Amazon.com, McDonald's and Silicon Valley icons Hewlett-Packard and Cisco. It also gave 28-year-old CEO Mark Zuckerberg a stake worth $ ...
18 May 2012 Friday's local scoreboard
BaseballCollegeBIG 12Conference OverallBaylor 20-3 42-11Texas A&M 15-8 40-14Oklahoma 13-10 34-21Oklahoma State 13-10 32-22Texas 13-10 29-20Missouri 9-14 27-26Kansas 7-15 22-31Kansas State 7-16 26-28Texas Tech 6-17 28-26Late results ThursdayTexas A&M 5, Oklahoma State 2 (13)Baylor 16, Texas 5Samford 4, Oklahoma 2Results FridayKansas 6, Missouri 3Kansas State 5, Texas Tech 1Baylor 4, Texas 0
18 May 2012 Razorbacks' Smith eager to prove himself in SEC
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- John L. Smith isn't Bobby Petrino and he's not Nick Saban. The interim Arkansas coach is not renowned for his offensive prowess or defensive scheming. He is known more for his YouTube moments -- he jokingly slapped himself in the face while at Michigan State -- and adrenaline-seeking adventures. read more
18 May 2012 Randall, KS Playoffs still possible for struggling Power
As difficult as this season has been for the Power, Chris Siegfried points out that his team still, technically, controls its own destinty.
18 May 2012 Odorizzi Promoted to AAA Omaha, Debuts Tonight - OurSports Central
SPRINGDALE, AR - The Naturals' parent club, the Kansas City Royals announced a transaction on Friday morning affecting the Northwest Arkansas roster. Starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi has been promoted to Triple-A Omaha. Odorizzi spent part of last season ...
18 May 2012 Fallen law officers honored in ceremony - Kansas CW
On Friday, Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams and Sedgwick County Sheriff Robert Hinshaw placed a wreath at the Law Enforcement Memorial at Central and Main. It honors the 29 officers and deputies who have died in the line of duty since 1871.
18 May 2012 Kansas Gas Service files to raise bills 9.1%
Kansas Gas Service on Friday filed a request with state regulators to raise annual rates by $32.7 million, which amounts to 9.1 percent on an average customer’s bills.
18 May 2012 Eureka Springs now a Main Street city - Lovely County Citizen
Members of Main Street's Arkansas Downtown Network are Pine Bluff, Heber Springs, Fort Smith, DeWitt, Morrilton, Walnut Ridge, Rector, Jonesboro, Monticello, Arkadelphia, Clarksville, Warren and Wynne. The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is the ...
18 May 2012 National Bank Holdings Corp. in Boston Relocating to Denver - American Banker Online
National Bank Holdings Corp. in Boston is shifting its headquarters to Denver following a string of bank acquisitions ... it now has $6.2 billion of assets and more than 100 branches in Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. It struck its biggest deal in late ...
18 May 2012 Independence, KS Sam Mellinger | Big 12 makes a power play with SEC
The mind does wander, doesn’t it? A bowl agreement between the Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences is less than 24 hours old and already, depending on which direction you point your ear or web browser, you can hear that this is the dawning of four super-conferences or that Notre Dame must drop its independence or that it might even be the end of the NCAA.
18 May 2012 Homes: 23 River Road Drive East, Mayflower - Log Cabin Democrat
This home is just across the street from the Arkansas River. The master suite is comfortable and inviting, with an adjacent bathroom that includes a jet tub, a walk-in shower, double vanity and tile in all wet areas. The bedroom has carpeted ...
18 May 2012 Hoxie, KS Class 1A track qualifiers, Hays regional
The Hays Daily News (http://www.hdnews.net) offers news and information for Hays and Northwest Kansas. Your source for news and information in Northwest Kansas.
18 May 2012 Hoxie, KS Cyclists will tackle north Kansas route
Doniphan County residents are in for a treat next month. The annual cross-state bicycle tour of Kansas, Biking Across Kansas, is taking its northern route this year and will end in Troy.
18 May 2012 Democrats shun Obama’s Arkansas challenger
Democratic officials are trying to sideline President Barack Obama’s Arkansas rival, John Wolfe, who is running a close second in the state’s Fourth District before the May 22 open primary.
18 May 2012 Seasonal Riverside Grill Set to Open for the 2012 Colorado Whitewater Rafting Season - YAHOO!
River Runners, a Colorado whitewater rafting company with two locations on the Arkansas River, will open its seasonal Riverside Grill south of Buena Vista, CO this Saturday, May 19, 2012 and will remain open through Sunday, August 19, 2012. The Riverside ...
18 May 2012 Potwin, KS Commencement weekend at Bethel - Newton Kansan
Rick McNary, Potwin, a Bethel graduate himself and father of Class of ... Huxman’s master of arts and Ph.D. are from The University of Kansas in communication studies. Her dissertation, “In the world but not of it: Mennonite rhetoric in World War ...
18 May 2012 Kansas City, KS Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals game chat - AZCentral.com
Saunders hasn't lost to the Royals in six career starts, going 4-0 with a 2.57 ERA. He faced them once last season, giving up two runs in seven innings. ... Luis Mendoza gets the start for Kansas City in place of LHP Danny Duffy, who likely is ...
18 May 2012 Vols fall to Arkansas 10-3
Arkansas used a six-run sixth inning to propel itself to a 10-3 victory over Tennessee on Friday evening at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
18 May 2012 Arkansas erupts in sixth, beats Vols 10-3
The Tennessee Vols have one last chance to put a better ending on their 2012 season Saturday.
18 May 2012 Bison get Kansas transfer
Southwestern College (Kan.) athlete Braxton Wenk will transfer and play football at Oklahoma Baptist University.
18 May 2012 Bankers survey shows rural economies remain strong - Jamestown Sun
The survey covers parts of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, focusing on 200 rural communities with an average population of 1,300. Jeff Bonnett, president of Havana National ...
18 May 2012 2012 Byron Nelson Championship: Gary Woodland Is 2-Under Through Two Rounds - SB Nation
May 18, 2012 - Two rounds into the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Tx, Gary Woodland is 2-under par with scores of 68 on the first day and 70 on Friday. The Kansas native and former Jayhawk started the day with a birdie on the first hole to ...
18 May 2012 Accident Blocks Interstate 540
Arkansas State Police confirm an accident is blocking one lane of traffic on Interstate 540 between Interstate 40 and the...
18 May 2012 KC school bill dies as Missouri lawmakers adjourn
A bill that would have allowed the state to immediately take over the failing Kansas City Public Schools died in the Missouri House on Friday without coming up for a vote.
18 May 2012 Players to watch at Oakland Elite 11 - ESPN
with a solid showing at the Dallas regional event. He committed to Alabama on Wednesday over offers from Auburn, Florida, LSU, Arkansas and others. The nation's No. 6-rated pocket passer and the top player in Utah, Bateman -- 6-foot-3 and 175 ...
18 May 2012 Independence, KS Bubba McCormick, 1949-2012 - Columbia Daily Tribune
brothers Will Jackson of Dallas and Brian Jackson of Independence; his daughters, Natalie Stillman-McGee of Gillette, Wyo., and Bonnie Lee of Kansas City; and grandchildren Vinae Stillman, Carter Lee and Levic McGee. He was preceded in death by ...
18 May 2012 Missouri finds a drug option for executions: propofol
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The state of Missouri is back in the execution business with a drug that's never been used to put prisoners to death in the United States.
18 May 2012 2 plead not guilty in SAU horse thefts - Stuttgart Daily Leader
Circuit Judge Larry Chandler on Thursday set a $150,000 bond for 40-year ... Prosecutors in Arkansas and Oklahoma have charged Jaci Rae Jackson in the caper. The horses vanished from the campus in November and four were later found in eastern Oklahoma ...
18 May 2012 PCCUA graduates turn their tassels at GPC - Stuttgart Daily Leader
Graduation places the students in select company, Dr. Donald Bobbitt, president of the University of Arkansas system ... Ashley Castro-Cooper, of DeValls Bluff; Latoya Cox, of Stuttgart; John Deniz, of England; Ramona Garrett, of Stuttgart; Robert Hudson ...
18 May 2012 Grant Library to get official designation at MSU - KNOE TV8
State officials say Arkansas' unemployment rate dropped by two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.2 percent in April. Authorities in Tyronza say coyotes are roaming the town's residential streets and are likely responsible for several cat deaths.
18 May 2012 Fort Riley, KS Update: WNY Soldier Fatally Stabbed at Fort Riley - WGRZ TV
FORT RILEY, Kan. - The family of a Western New York soldier killed this week at an Army base in Kansas now tells 2 On Your Side that he was fatally stabbed in his barracks room. Investigators at Fort Riley near Topeka, Kansas informed the Lavrey family ...
18 May 2012 Centerville, KS Dragons Await Award Announcement Wednesday - OurSports Central
Dayton, Ohio-The Dayton Dragons are among five finalists for ... by the Texas Rangers (MLB), Boston Bruins (NHL), Stewart-Haas Racing (NASCAR), and Sporting Kansas City (MLS). The winner will be announced at a ceremony on May 23 at the New York Marriott ...
18 May 2012 Vanguard Natural Resources Announces Adjournment of Annual Meeting - comcast.net
the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana and the Arkoma Basin in Arkansas and Oklahoma. More information on Vanguard can be found at www.vnrllc.com. Forward-Looking Statements We make statements in this news release that are considered forward ...
18 May 2012 Kansas City, KS Sporting Kansas City-Rapids Preview - NBC Sports
Conor Casey scored both of the Rapids' goals against Kansas City in 2011, but tore his left Achilles' on July 16. He made his return Wednesday in a 2-0 loss to D.C. after missing 27 MLS games. "Physically, it's all positive. The minutes were good.
18 May 2012 Kansas City, KS Sporting KC Takes on Colorado Saturday - OurSports Central
Sporting Kansas City enters the contest without a point in MLS play in over a month. After opening the season with seven straight victories, the team has lost each of their last three matches and now sit one point back of the New York Red Bulls for first ...
18 May 2012 Arkansas Razorbacks: AD Jeff Long says he's staying, despite report - KSPR.com
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long won Hogs fans over with the hiring of Bobby Petrino. Long won them over again with Petrino's firing. Long is denying a report he is being linked to the same opening at Stanford University.
18 May 2012 Gas, KS Kansas Legislative Redistricting
Kansas legislators may burn the midnight oil to try and decide who will represent you on capitol hill.
18 May 2012 Mark Lyons, Alex Oriahki among 10 biggest impact transfers - CNN Sports Illustrated
Here's a look at 10 of the best possible program fits (second semester-eligible transfers have asterisks): Rotnei Clarke, Butler Clarke made 42 percent of his 653 three-point attempts in three seasons at Arkansas and, with incoming freshman ...
18 May 2012 Kansas City School District gets reprieve from state lawmakers
The Kansas City School Board has additional time to boost academic achievement after the Missouri General Assembly failed to take action on a state takeover bill.
18 May 2012 Arkansas' unemployment rate drops to 7.2% - KNOE TV8
State officials say Arkansas' unemployment rate dropped by two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.2 percent in April. Authorities in Tyronza say coyotes are roaming the town's residential streets and are likely responsible for several cat deaths.
18 May 2012 Kansas City, KS Heating and Cooling Company Replaces Church’s Stolen AC - fox4kc.com
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Members of a Kansas City ... Read: Air Conditioning Units Taken From KCK Church The pastor found out about the missing units early Saturday morning. The church didn’t have the thousands of dollars needed to replace ...
18 May 2012 Salina, KS APNewsBreak: Video depicts alleged abuse at school
The mother of a 14-year-old boy says a cellphone video depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a Kansas military school and supports c
18 May 2012 Independence, KS Group grants wish for Independence boy
A non-profit organization made a stop in Kansas City to make a wish come true for an area child.
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- I-30 wreck kills Tennessean
A Tennessee woman was killed Thursday morning in an accident involving three tractor-trailers on Interstate 30 in Saline County, according to a preliminary Arkansas State Police fatal-accident report.
- Deadly ATV Accident in Grant County - KATV
A teenager was killed this afternoon when the ATV he was riding on collided with a pick-up truck near Sheridan ... were on the ATV crossing 270 when the accident happened. Two of the juveniles were airlifted to Arkansas Children's Hospital.
- 4 road crashes in 2 days fatal to 5
Five people have been killed in four accidents since Thursday on Arkansas roadways, according to preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality accident reports.
- Four killed, four injured in car wreck
Four Tennesseeans were killed and four others injured in a one-vehicle accident Monday morning near Prescott, Ark. An Arkansas State Police official said the eight people were inside a 2005 Dodge Durango that was eastbound on Interstate 30.
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