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Entry booklets are now available for the 27th Annual Kansas Senior Olympics, sponsored by Parks and Recreation of Topeka. Full Story;

A Garden City woman was injured Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle wreck on a rural Gray County road. Full Story;

Miss Rodeo Kansas 2010′s name was accidentally omitted from a caption in Friday’s edition of the Daily Globe. Full Story;

Two Dodge City companies received revolving loans from the city on Tuesday. Full Story;

Dodge City Days planners and Landmark National Bank announced the winners of this year’s Dodge City Days poster winners Friday. Full Story;

Two southwest Kansas men were killed in a two-vehicle collision early Friday morning east of Wright. Full Story;

While others may be at summer camp or baking at the pool, you’ll find a dedicated group of performers putting together a summer show in almost every corner of the country. Giving up the pastimes and employment their friends fill the summer with, they learn the songs, memorize the lines and conquer the dances required to put a show together. Full Story;

Your eyes are getting heavy   Central Station has scheduled the popular comic/hypnotist Rusty Z for a special show at 9:30 p.m. today. Full Story;

Before 1960, the Boot Hill Fiesta and the Dodge City Roundup Rodeo existed as two separate entities. Then in 1960, the two events were combined into the 10-day celebration called Dodge City Days. Full Story;

In this week’s edition, a custodian finds a 3-foot snake in a school locker, police say a man’s security system catches him committing a crime, and more. Full Story;

A J.C. Penney employee pleaded not guilty Tuesday to giving friends and relatives huge unauthorized discounts. Full Story;

Police say a Massachusetts man’s home security system showed him firing a gun into the air at his house Saturday and then hiding the gun after he heard police radio calls saying officers were at his house. Full Story;

 He has a serious knowledge of birds and spent 20 years as a community college president in Omaha, Neb.   Richard Gilliland arrived in southwest Kansas on Monday from Estes Park, Colo., to serve as interim president at Dodge City Community College for the next six to eight months. Full Story;

  Dodge City and USD 443 are exploring the possibility of donating city-owned property to the school district for a new middle school.  The Dodge City Commission authorized City Manager Ken Strobel on Tuesday to negotiate an option agreement with USD 443 for 30 to 40 acres just north of Legends Park. If negotiations produce an acceptable agreement, the city would donate the land to the … Full Story;

  The Kansas Sampler Foundation has announced six dates and locations for the next round of Rural Kansas: Come and Get It rural tourism classes. Rural communities that take part in the class get to have a page on www.getruralkansas.org, a site that collectively promotes rural communities. Full Story;

  The city of Dodge City is seeking applications to fill one at-large position on the newly created Cultural Relations Advisory Board. Full Story;

The six Republican candidates for Kansas’ Big First Congressional District will square off in a public forum Friday.  Voters can greet the candidates at 6 p.m. at the Dodge City Community College Little Theatre, and the forum will start at 6:30. The event is free and open to the public. Full Story;

  Agent Chris Boys of Dodge City has been named Monthly Outstanding Salesman by American Family Insurance. He received the honor for outstanding sales of American Family insurance products during June. This is the second consecutive month that Boys received this honor. Full Story;

Kansas regulators have approved the second phase of a massive electric transmission line from the southwestern part of the state into south-central Nebraska. Full Story;

The Dodge City/Ford County Development Corp. and local volunteers have teamed up to begin a “Rock the Vote in Ford County” campaign to encourage citizens not only to register to vote, but also to get to know the candidates and the issues they represent. Full Story;

The Ford County Commission learned Tuesday that the state is seeking applications for $77.5 million in recovery zone bonds for business and public improvement projects. Full Story;

Dodge City is known for keeping the Western vibe alive, so it’s natural for a stagecoach team to give tourists rides in the downtown area. Full Story;

Ford County commissioners announced three winners of the county logo contest at their regular meeting Tuesday. Full Story;

Rainfall on the Fourth of July and the following morning shattered a more than 100-year-old record for Dodge City and the surrounding area. Full Story;

Custodian Ed Reardon was clearing out lockers at North High School in Newton, Mass., on Friday when he discovered a 3-foot python. Full Story;

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