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Wichita enacts steeper fees for false security and fire alarms

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Published June 8, 2010 at 12:34 p.m.

False alarms on home and business security systems will cost users more money starting Aug. 1 ... And that’s expected to help recover some of the costs the city incurs responding to about 25,000 alarms a year — 98 percent of which are false calls ... Wichita City Council members voted 4-3 to approve the new rules. Council members Sue Schlapp, Jim Skelton and Paul Gray opposed it ...

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Teen Arrested After Attack On Neighbor

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Published June 8, 2010 at 12:27 p.m.

Wichita police arrested a 13-year-old girl Monday after they say she attempted to stab her neighbor ...

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Mayor's Family Bike Day Saturday in Riverside Park

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Published June 8, 2010 at 12:02 p.m.

WICHITA — As part of a campaign to promote healthy living, the city of Wichita is inviting cyclists to a morning of rides and demonstrations in Central Riverside Park on Saturday ... The first Mayor's Family Bike Day will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the park's main parking lot. It is the second event in Mayor Carl Brewer's 2010 initiative on the importance of individual and community health ... The event will feature guided bike rides along the Arkansas River bike path, bicycle

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Candidates File For Office

Published June 8, 2010 at 11:36 a.m.

Republican Lynn Jenkins has filed the paperwork to run for a second term in Congress ...

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Delano establishment to be restaurant and entertainment complex in addition to a bar

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Published June 8, 2010 at 10:32 a.m.

WICHITA — A few Delano dwellers have expressed concern over the new business coming to the former Davis Furniture space, but Chris Ruffin says not to worry ... "It's going to be a restaurant and entertainment facility and a bar," says Ruffin, who is director of real estate for his father Phil Ruffin's Ruffin Properties. "It's not going to be just a bar." ... The 15,000-square-foot space will be divided into a restaurant and a bar ...

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USD 259 to host construction fair for minority companies

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Published June 8, 2010 at 9:50 a.m.

Wichita Public Schools will conduct a construction fair later this month to inform minority and woman-owned contractors about upcoming school bond work ...

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Via Christi hospital to open Aug. 2

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Published June 8, 2010 at 9:47 a.m.

Via Christi Health will open its $93 million west Wichita hospital on Aug. 2 ...

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USD 259 to sue three Wichita companies over work at Allison Middle

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Published June 8, 2010 at 9:15 a.m.

For the second time in three months, Wichita Public Schools will sue local companies over what it considers substandard renovation work from the 2000 bond issue ...

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Expert Slams Autopsies In Schneider Trial

Published June 8, 2010 at 9:02 a.m.

A cardiac pathologist testifying on behalf of a Kansas doctor whose clinic has been linked to 68 deaths has criticized the Sedgwick County Regional Forensics Center ...

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Earnings: Dollar General 1Q profit up 64%; company raises guidance

Published June 8, 2010 at 8:42 a.m.

Goodlettsville-based Dollar General Corp.’s earnings were up 64 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago, exceeding analysts’ expectations. Net income was $136 million, or diluted earnings per share of 39 cents, on revenue of $3.1 billion. Analysts, on average, had estimated earnings of 34 cents per share on revenue of $3 billion, according to Thomson Reuters ...

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