A Junction City man faces a total of 34 counts involving child pornography following his arrest Thursday. Dale Holvorson, 49, was charged with 14 counts of distribution of child pornography and 20 counts of possession of child porn after the Junction City Police Department, with the assistance of the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Wichita Police Department, served a search warrant in the 1400 block of West 11th Street in Junction City. Holvorson was confined at the Geary County Detention Center without bond pending his first appearance in Geary County District Court. The Junction City Police…
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TOPEKA — A Republican state senator is suggesting that Kansas move to consolidate public school districts as it works to make education funding fairer. Sen. Steve Fitzgerald of Leavenworth raised the issue Wednesday during a committee hearing on a bill to redistribute $39 million during the 2016-17 school year to help poor districts. The bill is a response to a Kansas Supreme Court ruling last month that the state has been unfairly shorting poor school districts on their aid. A district’s wealth has been measured by its average property value per student. If a small district loses a few students, its wealth…
TOPEKA — A Topeka dental testing business that authorities say dumped more than 900 files containing personal information of its customers and others in the trash will pay $140,000 as part of a lawsuit settlement. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that officials said that in March 2014, files were found in an unsecured dumpster outside of Central Regional Dental Testing Service Inc. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said that the files contained personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers and health information. Schmidt’s office said in a news release Wednesday that the business will pay a $70,000 fine and $70,000 in administrative costs…
TOPEKA — A Topeka man who slugged his attorney during his trial was sentenced to more than 20 years for that crime and an armed robbery conviction. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Lance L. Franklin was on trial in December 2014 when he hit his attorney, David McDonald, knocking him unconscious. McDonald suffered a concussion, a broken nose, cuts, swollen eyes and chipped teeth. Franklin was sentenced Tuesday for aggravated assault and armed robbery in a plea deal that dropped several of the original charges. After Franklin hit McDonald, a mistrial was declared and Franklin was found in contempt of court and given…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Vern Henricks and Dave Lewis with Greater Manhattan Community Foundation Manhattan Christian College with President Kevin Ingram
A traffic stop on Tuesday evening resulted in a drug arrest for Riley County Police. Julious Goodridge, 54, of Manhattan, was pulled over in the 700 block of Allen Rd. at 11 p.m. Upon searching Goodridge’s vehicle, police found various drugs including methamphetamine and marijuana. Goodridge was taken to the Riley County Jail and given a bond of $15,000 for these offenses. Goodridge was concurrently arrested on a failure to appear warrant from Ogden City Court with an original offense of driving without a license. Bond for this offense was set at $500.
The Wamego City Commission addressed issues associated with the Water system. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page said a recent study by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment found certain chemicals in Wamego’s water supply. All the chemicals were determined to be within safe levels for human consumption, but Page said the City wanted to be proactive. He said the KDHE offered a granulated activated charcoal filter system to the City, with a caveat that it needed to be entirely enclosed. According to Page, requests for proposal to build the facility to house the filter system were sent…
CIMARRON — Federal investigators say a feed truck from a nearby lot where cattle are fattened hit the track and shifted it before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas. National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener did not say on Tuesday if this was the cause of the Amtrak Southwest Chief’s accident Monday. But he says the impact of the truck from the Cimarron Crossing Feeders shifted the train track 12 to 14 inches. The feed company declined comment Tuesday. The derailment injured at least 32 people although most were treated and released from the hospital. Two patients remained…
TOPEKA — Republicans upset with GOP Gov. Sam Brownback failed by one vote to override his veto of a bill dealing with a canceled power plant. The vote Tuesday came after Brownback’s warning that an override would jeopardize Kansas’ credit ratings. Senators voted 26-13 to override, but critics needed one more vote for a two-thirds majority of 27 in the 40-member chamber. Republican Sen. Jeff Melcher of Leawood was absent and couldn’t be reached. Bipartisan opposition to the $20 million power plant forced Brownback to cancel it last month. The state would have demolished a government building near the Statehouse and its…
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers have approved a bill that allows faith-based groups on public college campuses to restrict membership based on religious beliefs. The bill passed 80-39 in first-round approval Tuesday in the House. It passed overwhelmingly in the Senate last year. If the bill wins final approval in the House, it will go to the governor for his signature. The measure prevents universities from withholding funding based on a group’s decision to allow only members who share the organization’s beliefs. Supporters say the bill is a response to pressure for school religious organizations to accept anyone as a member, even if…