LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) An annual Lawrence holiday tradition will be rescheduled because of a winter storm. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that firefighters had been scheduled to rescue Santa Claus on Friday night from a downtown rooftop using a ladder truck. The rescue is part of the town’s Christmas lighting celebration. But Downtown Lawrence Inc. director Sally Zogry says that with near-freezing temperatures and precipitation throughout the day, the lights will be switched on with a timer instead. Santa’s annual appearance atop Weaver’s Department Store will be moved to Dec. 4. Each year, Santa listens to the Christmas wishes of children…
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The eastbound lane of I-70 is back open after a vehicle accident near mile marker 322. According to Riley County Police Department dispatch, a Semi-truck jackknifed in the east-bound lane of 1-70 at mile marker 322, which is half a mile from Riley County/Wabaunsee line. All eastbound traffic was shut-down for a couple of hours at the intersection of I-70 and 177 at mile marker 313.
Officials say three people, including one police officer, have been killed in the shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.
Pope Francis continued through his three-nation African tour, with stops in Kenya before heading off to Uganda Friday. He spoke to youths and dignitaries alike, urging them to steer away from corruption and to work for a better future.
The Kansas Supreme Court earlier this week issued its opinion in a 2010 indecent liberties and aggravated sodomy case involving Justin Dern, with the victims listed as two three-year-old girls. The Court affirmed Dern’s two convictions for aggravated indecent liberties with a child and the life sentences imposed for them. But the Supreme Court Justices reversed both aggravated criminal sodomy convictions because they say the jury was improperly instructed on alternative means of committing that crime without supporting evidence for each means presented to the jury, and the Supreme Court indicates the Court of Appeals panel erroneously applied the invited error…
While places like Walmart and Best Buy saw big crowds Thursday evening, the official Black Friday national shopping event went into motion Friday morning in Manhattan. “It’s pretty exciting, we’re seeing a lot of traffic now here later in the morning,” Manhattan Town Center Marketing Director Jeff Sutton told KMAN. “It started out a little slow right away, but the weather can do that and we expected some bad weather — thankfully it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. “But we’re seeing a good increase in traffic now and throughout the day.” Felix Preciado, who was in the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for a Kansas judge contend recent legislation changing judicial selection in Kansas is unconstitutional. But the state argues the law is a proper exercise of longstanding legislative authority. District Judge Larry Solomon of Kingman County has been challenging a 2014 law that says judges in the 31 judicial districts in Kansas pick their chief judges, taking that authority from the Kansas Supreme Court. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Solomon’s attorneys argue in new court filings that the legislation is unconstitutional as a violation of the separation-of-powers doctrine. Solomon’s lawyers also ask the Kansas Supreme Court to…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Authorities have found human remains in Kansas City, Kansas, while investigating the disappearance of a 7-month-old boy. Police said in a news release that the investigation began after officers responded Wednesday to an armed disturbance. An allegation was made during the investigation that the baby had been missing for “an extended period of time” and was possibly dead at a nearby residence. While serving a search warrant Thursday tied to the missing baby allegation, human remains were discovered. The human remains haven’t been identified, and no other information was immediately available. Authorities said the investigation is…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Sarah Duggan and Becky Fitzgerald with Meadowlark Hills Brad Everett with Festival of Lights at Blue Earth Plaza Marisol Romo with “Candy Canes and Airplanes” – a Girl Scout event at Manhattan Regional Airport Kansas Farm Bureau Board Member Glenn Brunkow of Pottawatomie County
Several arrests were reported by Riley County Police Thanksgiving morning. Codey Lindquist, 18, of Manhattan was taken into custody on charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy, and indecent and electronic solicitation involving a child. The case relates to an earlier reported incident involving two alleged consensual teens, with one under 16 years old. Lindquist was arrested Wednesday afternoon with bond set at $20,000. ### Jase Stanton, 29, of Manhattan was arrested for offender registration. which involves failure to report accurately and in full information as required by the Kansas offender registry act. As earlier reported by…