OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma oil-and-gas regulators are ordering operators of 245 injection wells in the state to reduce the amount of wastewater injected underground as the agency grapples with a spike in earthquakes that have also been felt far into Kansas. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission released a plan Tuesday covering more than 5,200 square miles. It calls for a reduction of more than 500,000 barrels of wastewater each day.
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TOPEKA — A project aimed at luring the American Royal horse and livestock exhibition to the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area could include a new hotel, children’s museum and 5,000-seat arena for hockey. A Kansas Department of Commerce report obtained Monday by The Associated Press says the proposed development “is assumed” to include those projects and 12 other elements. The American Royal is a 2.5-month exhibition each fall in Kansas City, Mo. But the proposal’s future is uncertain. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration wants to use a special economic development program to fund it. But Kansas legislators have included…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Secretary of Corrections would be able to sell prison-made goods to more entities under two bills before a House committee. Both of the measures would allow the secretary to sell products to any person or organization in Kansas. One would allow a vocational building program to manufacture housing units for sale or donation to the public. Corrections Secretary Johnnie Goddard told the House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development on Monday that the program would reduce the recidivism rate from 35 percent to 18 percent. Proponents from Ellsworth say the program also would address the shortage in…
WICHITA — The Kansas Court of Appeals says Lansing Correctional Facility officials acted properly when they punished Scott Roeder for making a threat against a woman who reopened a Wichita abortion clinic. Roeder is serving a life sentence for killing abortion provider George Tiller on May 31, 2009, while Tiller was serving as an usher at a Wichita church. Roeder suggested during an interview in April 2013 with an anti-abortion activist that Julie Burkhart had a target on her back for reopening Tiller’s clinic. The Wichita Eagle reports Roeder was given 45 days in solitary confinement, 60 days of restricted privileges and…
WICHITA — An animal rights group has sued to stop zoos in Kansas, Nebraska and Texas from bringing in new elephants from Africa. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Friends of Animals filed a lawsuit last week in federal court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Last month, the agency issued permits allowing the importation of 18 African elephants from Swaziland. The elephants would be divided among the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, the Dallas Zoo in Texas and the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska. The three zoos agreed to spend $450,000 over several years on black…
Riley County Emergency crews responded to a vehicle collision at the intersection of Claflin Road and Seth Child Road in Manhattan Monday afternoon at about 1:50 PM. Riley County Police Officers found the collision occurred when a 2009 Pontiac Vibe, driven by Sherri Slaughter, 42, of Junction City collided with a 2006 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, driven by Alexandro Rascon, 19, of Manhattan. Rascon was ejected from his motorcycle as a result of this collision and ultimately transported to Via Christi Hospital for medical care. A citation for improper turn was issued to Slaughter as a result of this collision. ### Police in…
In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes chats with City of Manhattan Manager, Ron Fehr and Mayor Karen McCulloh about current issues and happenings around the city.
A Manhattan man pleaded no contest to vehicular homicide, aggravated battery and a drug paraphernalia charge in the Riley County Courthouse Tuesday. A possession of methamphetamine charge was dismissed. Alongside his legal counsel, Ryan Routson entered his pleas to Judge David Stutzman. The case began when Routson failed to observe a stop sign at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd and Tuttle Terrace in May of 2014, colliding with a vehicle driven by a pregnant woman. The woman was 22-weeks pregnant and the baby died as a result of the crash. Judge Stutzman found Routson guilty of his charges. Had…
The Smoky Hills Audubon Society will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Kansas Wesleyan University. The evening will begin at 7 p.m. and include a social time, followed by a presentation at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker Chod Hedinger will share his photography and prairie experiences in a presentation called “Konza Prairie.” Hedinger is a prairie docent and photographer, and he leads researchers and visitors on prairie tours from the Konza research station.
A K-State alum and author received the Jan Garton Prairie Heritage Book Award. Ian Michael Spurgeon was given the award by Junction City Vice-Mayor, Jim Sands during a recent book talk. The talk focused on Spurgeon’s book Soldiers in the Army of Freedom: The 1st Kansas Colored, The Civil War’s First African American Combat Unit. The award also included a cash prize of $1000.00.