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June through December 2009
Newspaper Clippings Index

The State Library of Kansas' Legislative Reference Section maintains a collection of clipped newspaper articles on topics relating to subjects pertinent to issues in Kansas state government. Below is a listing of clipped articles taken from several different newspapers relating to CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT, June through December, 2009.

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The Clippings List is generally arranged chronologically through the year.

Each article cited contains the following information:

Author of article (if any is present)
Title of Article
Newspaper title and date of issue

ARTICLES ON CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
June through December, 2009

John Green
AG: Officers didn't use excessive force
Hutchinson News, 6/4/2009 [Newsbank article]

Patrick S. Kelley
Long way around the problem [editorial]
Emporia Gazette, 6/6-7/2009

Rethinking review [editorial]
Hutchinson News, 6/7/2009

Ron Sylvester
Craigslist rapist dies in jail; may be suicide
Wichita Eagle, 6/9/2009 [Newsbank article]

Regional exercise planned to improve state's preparedness for disaster and terrorism response
Winfield Daily Courier, 6/12/2009

Janet Reid
Legislature breathes life into revision of Kansas DUI law
Lawrence Journal World, 6/15/2009

Joe Lambe
Less drama for the prosecutor
Kansas City Star, 6/15/2009

Taser trouble [editorial]
Hutchinson News, 6/15/2009 [Newsbank article]

Kansas urged to toughen DUI laws for all offenders
Leavenworth Times, 6/16/2009

County fees charges fair [editorial]
Topeka Capital Journal, 6/18/2009

Kevin Elliott
Drug probe targets 6 towns
Topeka Capital Journal, 6/19/2009

Associated Press
Court upholds conviction
Dodge City Daily Globe, 6/20/2009

Our View
Curbed threat [editorial]
Garden City Telegram, 6/22/2009

Brandy Nance
County commission decides no guns in courthouse
Emporia Gazette, 6/26/2009

Erin Mathews
Death penalty sought in double homicide
Salina Journal, 6/26/2009

Carl Manning
Kansas high court narrows scope of vehicle searches
Pittsburg Morning Sun, 6/27/2009

Joe Lambe
Nothing funny about cartoon-shaped pills
Kansas City Star, 6/28/2009

Deb Gruver
Clients say surrogate agency kept their money
Wichita Eagle, 6/28/2009 [Newsbank article]

Bobbi Mlynar
High court upholds suppression of evidence
Emporia Gazette, 6/29/2009

Martin Hawver
That constitutional feeling
Junction City Daily Union, 6/30/2009

Staff Reports
Campaign focuses on awareness of domestic violence
Lawrence Journal World, 7/2/2009

Country roads should take you home, not to the hospital
Winfield Daily Courier, 7/3/2009

Mary Clarkin
State cuts endanger house arrest
Hutchinson News, 7/10/2009 [Newsbank article]

Tim Carpenter
DUI panel takes sober look
Topeka Capital Journal, 7/12/2009

Joe Lambe
KBI marks 70 years
Kansas City Star, 7/13/2009

Marijuana legalization just say no [editorial]
Topeka Capital Journal, 7/13/2009

Steve Six
Working for justice
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2009 [Newsbank article]

Broken system DUI reform [editorial]
Topeka Capital Journal, 7/18/2009

Eric Swanson
KDHE kills meth cleanup program
Dodge City Daily Globe, 7/18/2009

Jim Sullinger
'In the prime of her life'
Kansas City Star, 7/19/2009

Martin Hawver
Meth cleanup program first to fall
Hays Daily News, 7/20/2009 [Newsbank article]

Ryan Christner
Meth cleanup gets ax
Hays Daily News, 7/22/2009

Patrick Lowry
Concealed carry [editorial]
Hays Daily News, 7/23/2009 [Newsbank article]

Associated Press
Sentence set aside
Iola Register, 7/25/2009

Erin Mathews
AG will review off-duty officer fight
Salina Journal, 7/25/2009 [Newsbank article]

Hurst Laviana
Sex crime sentence tossed out
Wichita Eagle, 7/25/2009 [Newsbank article]

Kevin Elliott
KDHE cuts meth cleanup
Topeka Capital Journal, 7/27/2009 [Newsbank article]

Jesse Fry
State leaders close loophole in crime law
Lawrence Journal World, 7/28/2009

Brett Dalton
Two area meth labs seized
Pittsburg Morning Sun, 7/28/2009

Methamphetamine labs inherited costs [editorial]
Topeka Capital Journal, 7/29/2009

Associated Press
Kansas gets fraction of federal COPS funds
Dodge City Daily Globe, 7/29/2009

Tim Carpenter
DUIs may rise if funds trimmed
Topeka Capital Journal, 8/7/2009

Tim Carpenter
Data: Repeat DUIs common
Topeka Capital Journal, 8/10/2009 [Newsbank article]

Lisa A. Flam
DUIs among women increase
Topeka Capital Journal, 8/10/2009 [Newsbank article]

John Hanna
Meth labs up in air
Topeka Capital Journal, 8/15/2009

Probable cause open affidavits [editorial]
Topeka Capital Journal, 8/16/2009

Joe Lambe
Police money taken away
Kansas City Star, 8/22/2009

Joe Lambe
States gain ally against meth cooks
Kansas City Star, 8/27/2009

Rachael Gray
Meth still an issue, though number of labs down, Bascue says
Garden City Telegram, 8/27/2009

John Green
A new era for training center
Hutchinson News, 8/29/2009 [Newsbank article]

Tim Carpenter
Social workers pressured
Topeka Capital Journal, 8/30/2009

Fighting crime burglars busy [editorial]
Topeka Capital Journal, 9/8/2009

John Hanna
'Safe haven' law boosted
Salina Journal, 9/10/2009

Life-saving effort [editorial]
Lawrence Journal World, 9/11/2009

Steve Fry
Cisneros resentencing postponed
Topeka Capital Journal, 9/12/2009

Associated Press
Kansas Highway Patrol issues fewer tickets in July
Garden City Telegram, 9/14/2009

Tim Carpenter
DUI history is panel topic
Topeka Capital Journal, 9/15/2009

Jonas Hogg
Guns and the law: a day in court
Manhattan Mercury, 9/17/2009 [Newsbank article]

Joe Lambe
Lifesaving law goes unused
Kansas City Star, 9/19/2009 [Newsbank article]

Mary Clarkin
Offender list duties tie up resources
Hutchinson News, 9/20/2009 [Newsbank article]

Duane Schrag
Public officials not so high on legalizing pot
Salina Journal, 9/20/2009

Grant to help Cowley, other counties to enforce safety
Winfield Daily Courier, 9/24/2009

Whittle the list [editorial]
Hutchinson News, 9/24/2009 [Newsbank article]

David Klepper
Kansas probe of possible Medicaid fraud sought
Kansas City Star, 9/25/2009

Tim Potter and Jeannine Koranda
KU, K-State students are warned about serial rapist
Kansas City Star, 9/28/2009

The Capital-Journal
Six announces meth initiative
Topeka Capital Journal, 9/30/2009

Tribune Staff
Grant funds drug prosecutor for SEK
Chanute Tribune, 10/2/2009

George Diepenbrock
Students warned of rapist
Lawrence Journal World, 10/3/2009

Ashley Knecht Walker
Raising awareness [editorial]
Emporia Gazette, 10/8/2009

Bobbi Mlynar
New meth recipe lands men in prison
Emporia Gazette, 10/9/2009

John Hanna
AG says state DNA backlog hurts
Salina Journal, 10/21/2009

Methamphetamine drug wars [editorial]
Topeka Capital Journal, 10/22/2009

Tom Bell
Death penalty costly [editorial]
Salina Journal, 10/22/2009

What others are saying [editorial
Salina Journal, 10/24/2009

Kevin Elliott
DNA tests slow-going
Topeka Capital Journal, 10/26/2009

Budget cuts hamper KBI [editorial]
Johnson County Sun, 10/28/2009

Ashley P. Anstaett
Authorities 'bust' aircraft transporting drugs
Junction City Daily Union, 10/30/2009

Anne Kazmierczak
AG funding critical for Hope Unlimited
Iola Register, 10/30/2009

Tim Carpenter
Child abusers not tracked
Topeka Capital Journal, 11/1/2009

Iola Register
DNA testing [editorial]
Hays Daily News, 11/2/2009

Iola Register
Legislature shirking its duty [other views]
Hutchinson News, 11/2/2009

David Klepper
A legal pot gets attention of police
Kansas City Star, 11/4/2009

Associated Press
Legal marijuana substance in Kansas
Topeka Capital Journal, 11/8/2009

Shaun Hittle
'Wichita 8' governor pardons defendant convicted in 1969
Lawrence Journal World, 11/15/2009

Tim Potter
State's concealed-carry law causes few controversies
Hays Daily News, 11/29/2009

Adrielle Harvey
Domestic violence parents fight for Jana
Topeka Capital Journal, 12/11/2009

Drunken driving a deadly act [editorial]
Topeka Capital Journal, 12/11/2009

Bobbi Mlynar
Emporians nabbed in Id theft sweep
Emporia Gazette, 12/11/2009

Scott Rothschild
Parents of slain student seek changes in law
Lawrence Journal World, 12/11/2009

Associated Press
Deady year for Kansans
Iola Register, 12/14/2009

Ann Marie Bush
Domestic violence deaths rise
Topeka Capital Journal, 12/14/2009

Associated Press
Study finds alcohol-related accidents high in Kan.
Hutchinson News, 12/15/2009

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