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Associated Press - September 3, 2010 5:14 AM ET
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) - A service to celebrate the life of a slain 14-year-old Kansas girl is planned today in Great Bend. Alicia DeBolt's body was found last month at an asphalt plant outside Great Bend. No one has been charged in her death, but a person of interest has been arrested on vehicular burglary and theft charges.
GARDNER, Kan. (AP) - A 7-year-old boy fatally injured after being hit by an SUV outside a Gardner elementary school was the son of a vice principal at Gardner-Edgerton High School. Police say Kade Meyer was crossing the street between two vehicles outside Madison Elementary yesterday when he was struck.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says it has cleared a backlog of 6,400 requests for birth certificates and other records. The department's vital statistics office is back to normal operations after computer storage hardware crashed last month.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - A Hutchinson man convicted of molesting three young girls dating back to March 2008 has been sentenced to life in prison. Robert Miller has to serve 25 years before he can go up for possible parole. The victims were ages four, five and seven.
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