TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking a state judge to put on hold his order striking down a policy imposed on the courts to protect the judicial branch’s budget. Schmidt filed the request Thursday with Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks. Hendricks on Wednesday struck down a 2014 law having district court judges instead of the Kansas Supreme Court pick chief judges in each of the state’s 31 judicial districts. Hendricks said the law violated the state constitution by infringing on the Supreme Court’s power to administer the courts. Legislators this year passed another law nullifying…
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Updated 11 a.m. 9-4-15 Names have been released in the Pottawatomie County stolen vehicle case KMAN told you about early Thursday morning. Dalton Flax, 19, and James Shirley, 21, both of Wichita, were arrested for theft and obstruction. Flax faces an additional charge of driving while suspended. Bond has been set at $50,000 each. The two were taken into custody following a stolen vehicle case reported in the Oak View area of St. George at about 4:44 a.m. Thursday. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat has clarified the direction the two were heading after the vehicle was taken–with the 2012…
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina resigned early Thursday, hours after a judge ordered him detained. Perez Molina is facing corruption allegations and insists he’s innocent.
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Two motions were presented at a motions hearing Wednesday morning in Riley County District Court for a Manhattan man facing charges which include involuntary manslaughter while DUI. The State has submitted a motion to admit statements by the defendant Ryan Routson. The Defense is requesting suppression of KBI lab results from Routson’s blood test. Evidence was presented regarding the defendant’s statements and an argument was made regarding the blood test. Judge David Stutzman took the matters under advisement and will prepare an order at an unspecified date. Routson also faces charges of aggravated battery while DUI along with unlawful possession of methamphetamine.…
A Black Hawk had to make what’s being called a precautionary landing Wednesday night. U-S Army Public Affairs reports that at approximately 9:15 p.m. a UH-60 Black Hawk made a precautionary landing in a field about 5 miles south of Fort Riley. None of the four crew members were injured. The Black Hawk crew is from the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and was on a training mission. The incident is under investigation.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– The only things that slowed down Yordano Ventura on Wednesday night were the long periods that Kansas City’s 24-year-old flamethrower spent on the bench between innings. While the Royals were pounding four homers and nine extra-base hits off Detroit pitching, Ventura had to sit idly in the dugout. Still, he managed to strike out 11 in seven sharp innings as the AL Central leaders cruised to a 12-1 rout of the slumping Tigers. “Definitely good to have,” Ventura said of the run support, “but when things take that long, it can be challenging. I was able…
Board members approved salary and health care coverage increases for classified and administrative employees in Wednesday night’s Manhattan/Ogden regular public meeting. However, Superintendent Bob Shannon and others appeared apologetic for the amount of these increases. “It’s lower, I think, than any of us would prefer,” Shannon mentioned before a final board vote, “I don’t need to tell you about the difficulties of rolling into this budget year from last year and what it’s taken to do that. I told some others, I think we just need to hope, and see what we can do for better times ahead.” Classified and…