During the Thanksgiving Safe Arrival traffic enforcement campaign just completed, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic safety campaign which provided overtime for deputies to aggressively target the unrestrained driver and also to uphold all Kansas traffic laws. Over the period of November 19-27, deputies wrote a staggering 31 adult or teen safety belt warnings, one child restraint citation and 64 speed warnings, along with 76 other citations, warnings and arrests. All told, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Officers made 172 enforcement stops during the campaign.

The Kansas Department of Transportation’s secretary will return to the private sector after presiding over a period of financial stability at the state agency and implementing a bipartisan 10-year program of investment in roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

WASHINGTON — Aiming to avert a Dec. 9 railroad work stoppage estimated to cost the economy $2 billion a day, House and Senate leaders of both parties promised to pass legislation soon that would enact the White House’s rail union agreement that is op- by most rail union workers.

Julian Randy Jule Julian, age 69 of Howard, KS, ended his earthly journey Thursday, November 3, 2022 due to injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. Randy was born August 8, 1953 in Winfield, KS to Russell and Jeannie (Tomlin) Julian.

Sprague Dorothy Mae Sprague age 95 of Coffeyville passed from this earthly life on November 26, 2022, at Medicalodge on Midland. Dorothy was born on November 2, 1927, in Lenapah, OK to Walter and Laura (Vannoster) Bean.

CUFF DINNER Members of the First Presbyterian Church will serve the CUFF dinner Thursday, December 1 at the Wesley Center, 111 East Maple Street, beginning promptly at 6:00 p.m. The meal will be a drive-through, walk-up style pick up on the west side of the center.

(TNS) WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill Tuesday to codify federal recognition of same-sex marriage that got bipartisan support because of added measures on religious liberty protections. The 61-36 vote sends the bill to the House, where Democratic leaders have said they intend to hold a vote on the measure during the lame-duck session. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters Tuesday the chamber could take up the legislation as early as next week.

(TNS) Jiang Zemin, the unlikely former leader who stewarded China through groundbreaking economic reforms and served as a bridge between the country's strongman era and a more consensus-driven government, has died.

The City of Wichita has paid a private law firm more than $150,000 in legal fees to defend itself from litigation over the police department’s use of a gang list. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Kansas Appleseed filed a class action lawsuit against the city in April 2021, arguing that Wichita police target Black and Latino residents who are placed on the gang list with little or no evidence and subjected to severe consequences.

■ Request links officers’ work with felony offenders to public safety, recidivism The network of community corrections organizations in Kansas proposed an $11.5 million budget increase in the upcoming fiscal year and relaxation of regulations on use of state funding to allow for hiring of about 50 more officers to supervise felony offenders. Randy Regehr, president of the Kansas Community Corrections Association and director of Reno County Community Corrections, said funding in the past eight years failed to keep up with inflation and fueled turnover of experienced staff changing jobs to boost income.