There is a busy weekend and beyond ahead of family friendly fun at the Graham County Fair in Hilly City From Friday, July 26th to Wednesday July 31st.  You will be will be able to enjoy all the festivities including inflatable rides, BBQ, rodeo, parade and Tuff Trux/Powder Puff.

Graham County Fair Schedule.
Friday, July 26th, 2013
7:00 p.m. Tuff Trux/Powder Puff Tuff Trux, northeast corner of the fairgrounds – Gates open at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 27th, 2013

8:00 p.m. Kevin Fowler in Concert – Tickets are $12.00 at the gate or super pass ticket.

Sunday, July 28th, 2013

7:00 p.m. Eagle Radio Kid’s Pedal Pull – Free

8:00 p.m. Las Vegas Larry: American Redneck Comedy – Free

6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. $7 Armbands for Inflatable Rides

Monday, July 29th, 2013

5:30 p.m. Parade

6:00 p.m. Nex-Tech Wireless Texting Contest – in the Fair Building

8:00 p.m. PRCA Rodeo Tickets $12.00 at the gate or super pass ticket

6:00 – 10:30 p.m. $7 Armbands for Inflatable rides

Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

5:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Mobile Dairy Classroom

8:00 p.m. PRCA Rodeo Tickets $12.00 at the gate or super pass ticket

6:00 – 10:30 p.m. $7 Armbands for Inflatable rides

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Free BBQ

8:00 p.m. PRCA Rodeo Tickets $12.00 at the gate or super pass ticket

6:00 – 10:30 p.m. $7 Armbands for Inflatable rides

(AP) — Kansas legislative leaders are preparing to appoint committees to study several issues before lawmakers convene their annual session in January.

The Legislative Coordinating Council has scheduled a meeting for Monday afternoon. The council is the Legislature’s top seven leaders, including Senate President Susan Wagle and House Speaker Ray Merrick.

The agenda includes a discussion of potential study topics, including various budget issues.

Legislative leaders typically appoint joint House-Senate committees to review issues and make recommendations ahead of each annual session.

But Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King wants to have a daylong committee hearing on Gov. Sam Brownback’s next appointment to the Kansas Court of Appeals.

Brownback must nominate a new judge by Aug. 29. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation when lawmakers reconvene in January.

 

(AP) — Opponents of U.S. policies on deportation are preparing to hold a vigil in Wichita for nine people detained in Arizona after demanding re-entry from Mexico on humanitarian grounds.

Among those planning to take part in Friday’s event are relatives of 37-year-old Claudia Amaro, a member of the group dubbed the “Dream 9” following their detentions earlier this week.

The former Wichita woman was brought illegally into the U.S. as a child after her father was murdered in Mexico. She lived in Kansas for more than 17 years but returned to Mexico with her U.S.-born son after her husband’s deportation.

The attempted re-entries by Amaro and the other activists were orchestrated by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance.

Members of Sunflower Community Action say Friday’s event is intended to support the “Dream 9” and protest deportations.

(AP) — A special session of the Kansas Legislature would cost from $35,000 to $40,000 a day, with lawmakers’ pay making up the bulk of the expense.

Legislative Administrative Services Jeff Russell provided the estimate Thursday following a request from Attorney General Derek Schmidt to Gov. Sam Brownback to call a special session by mid-September.

Schmidt wants lawmakers to quickly rewrite a state law that allows judges to sentence some convicted murderers to at least 50 years in prison before they seek parole. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision raised questions about the law’s constitutionality.

Lawmakers receive $89 in salary and $123 to cover expenses each day they’re in session. For all 40 senators and 125 House members, the total approaches $35,000.

 

. (AP) — The hailstorm that pounded south-central Kansas earlier this week has left automotive dealers with big headaches, but it’s also giving prospective buyers a

chance at big bargains.

Dealerships in the Hutchinson were scrambling to get insurance appraisals after the fast-moving storm hit the area Tuesday night.

Large hailstones dinged hundreds of vehicles parked in dealers’ lots.

The general manager of Midwest Superstore says all 400 cars on the lot were damaged, and signs announcing discounts of up to $6,000 went up immediately. But Nick Hill also says that some vehicles will be taken away for salvage if they’re deemed a total loss.

At Hutchinson’s Midway Motors, two pickups worth a combined $100,000 were destroyed when a 100-foot flagpole was toppled by winds gusting over 80 mph.

 

3 p.m. Twenty one year-old Bryant Seba has been arrested  and booked on second degree murder and aggravated battery charges and is being held without bond in connection

with the Wednesday night shooting of a woman and of critically injuring a man.   The shooting was reported shortly before midnight Wednesday. The injured man was taken to Wichita with critical injuries. The shooting occurred in the 100 block of North Ninnescah, in Pratt.

Assisting police in the investigation are the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office.

No other details are expected to be released until Saturday.

 

 

– Pratt police say a woman is dead and a man was critically injured after an overnight shooting. The shooting was reported shortly before midnight Wednesday. The man was taken to Wichita with critical injuries. Pratt police say a suspect is in custody and the investigation is continuing. No other details have been released. –

Spirit AeroSystems says it is laying off about 360 employees at its Kansas and Oklahoma facilities.
The Wichita-based aircraft parts maker announced the move Thursday, a day after union officials disclosed company preparations for the anticipated layoffs. The move affects salaried support staff and management employees.
The company said in a news release that the action is a strategic move to make the company more competitive in a cost-sensitive environment. Spirit says it’s trying to reduce overhead costs, increase efficiency and improve performance.
Spirit AeroSystems, which makes large sections of airplanes assembled by companies such as Boeing and Airbus, saw its first-quarter net income rise 10 percent as demand for commercial planes increased.