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07/16/2025

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Keeping informed
My wife and I live in Woodstock, New York, and are avid readers of your independent newspaper.
We were inspired and saddened by your July 2 editorial — inspired by the realization that Finn Hartnett had moved from New York to Kansas to dedicate a year of his professional life to support the
Your commitment to journalism and your call for all of us to support free and open access to the news in our community and across the globe has led us to purchase another subscription to your paper for one of our friends.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:53PM

07/16/2025

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cut the cutting
I am saddened and find it hard to believe everything that has been happening since the presidential inauguration.
Promises were made that Medicaid would not be touched. Promises were made that prices on groceries and gasoline would immediately come down. Promises were made that our brave servicemen and women would continue to be taken care of. The promises in reality were lies.
The recent flash flood in Texas is just one example of how the Trump administration has destroyed life as we know it.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:39PM

07/16/2025

Health officials tight lipped about lake rabies
County officials have been tight lipped about a potentially serious health hazard posed by discovery July 9 near the county lake of a stray cat suspected of being infected by the deadly rabies virus.
Among questions county officials have refused to answer are where at the lake the animal was found, what it looked like, and why it was not preserved and tested as required by state regulations.
Additional questions surfaced after the lake was placed under a blue-green algae warning. Exposure to neurotoxins in some strains of algae can mimic some symptoms of rabies.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:36PM

07/16/2025

Water operator walks out of contentious meeting
Thirty people packed Tampa Senior Center and watched Monday night as water operator Autumn Chisholm stormed out halfway through a Rural Water District No. 1 board meeting.
More than a week of dark brown water spewing from customers’ taps led to a larger crowd than normal.
County commissioner Kent Becker was in attendance, as were reporters from Wichita TV stations.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:26PM

07/16/2025

Dispatcher, nephew arrested after fight
A Marion County dispatcher and her nephew were arrested July 8 after a violent incident at her grandparents’ home.
Interim police chief Zach Hudlin said police were called to the 400 block of Roosevelt St. for a disturbance.
The family had gathered for a birthday party, and dispatcher Jessica M. Snyder, 41, had got into a fight with her 18-year-old nephew, Gilbert E. Ramirez, who was chasing around his two younger brothers and hitting them with a stick.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:18PM

07/16/2025

At age 15, he's competing nationally in a sport that is his life
But his ride will culminate years of practice that have seen the Florence native battle through injuries to the peak of youth rodeo.
With a mop of hair poking out from a beige cowboy hat, Ballinger spoke to the Record in the driveway of his grandparents’ ranch outside Florence last week.
His mother, Jessica Slater, and two younger siblings, Riley and William, stood alongside him as cicadas chirped in surrounding fields.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:10PM

07/16/2025

Ex-chief's hearing delayed
Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody’s preliminary hearing on a felony charge related to now-disavowed raids on the
The delay was requested by Cody’s defense lawyer, Sal Intagliata of Wichita, who said he needed more time to review more than 39,000 pages of documents obtained from Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents, who investigated the raids and events leading up to them.
“We are working on defenses,” Intagliata said.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:09PM

07/16/2025

Perilous spikes halt 105-mph motorcycle chase
Marion County deputies joined Newton police July 9 in a motorcycle chase going up to 105 mph.
The chase started in Harvey County and ended near Strong City after stop sticks were rolled across the highway by Chase County deputies.
Stop sticks, which pierce tires and cause them to go flat, are unsafe for vehicles with less than four tires. Police are advised not to use them for motorcycles.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:06PM

07/16/2025

What can the district do about brownish tap water?
After more than a week of dark brown tap water in Ramona and Tampa, water has cleared up.
But Rural Water District No. 1, which serves 355 residents and businesses in northern Marion County, continues to face criticism alleging poor service and delayed improvements to its water system.
The district has had large amounts of iron and manganese in its water for years.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:02PM

07/16/2025

Bird starts grass fire, shuts down power
A power failure July 9 which affected roughly 400 customers in Burdick, Ramona, Lincolnville, Lost Springs, and Pilsen is being blamed on a bird.
A bird became stuck in a piece of electrical equipment at a Lost Springs substation at 11:19 a.m., Evergy communications director Gina Penzig said.
Grass surrounding the substation caught fire.

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July 16, 2025 at 03:01PM

07/16/2025

2 die in separate crashes
Two people, including 92-year-old Dorothy F. Conyers of Marion, were killed in separate wrecks Saturday in Marion County.
Conyers died at 6:09 p.m. Saturday when a southbound 2022 Lincoln Nautilus in which she was riding pulled out from Nighthawk Rd. onto US-50 just west of Peabody and into the path of an eastbound semi-trailer truck.
The driver of the Nautilus, 92-year-old Ronald D. Ludwig of Florence, suffered what Kansas Highway Patrol characterized as a suspected minor injury.

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July 16, 2025 at 02:58PM

07/16/2025

Suggestions for highway sought
County residents can say where they want passing lanes, longer exit lanes, or other suggestions for US-56 from McPherson to US-77 east of Marion at a 4:30 p.m. July 23 public forum at Marion Community Center.
Kansas Department of Transportation is studying adding paved shoulders and identifying locations for passing lanes to the 36-mile corridor.
It also will explore opportunities to prioritize safety, including consolidating access points and improving intersections.

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July 16, 2025 at 02:58PM

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