TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline has had his law license indefinitely suspended by the Kansas Supreme Court over allegations of ethical misconduct during his investigation of abortion providers. Friday’s decision comes after repeated disputes between Kline and his critics over his tactics over alleged violations of state law. Kline was Kansas attorney general from 2003 to 2007 and Johnson County district attorney in 2007 and 2008. He is now a visiting professor at Liberty University in Virginia. A state disciplinary panel contends Kline repeatedly misled or allowed subordinates to mislead others including a grand jury to…
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Reno County officials say a second county resident has died after contracting the West Nile virus and they are investigating other cases. The Hutchinson News reports the wife of Jim Hendrickson, 75, says he died Tuesday after more than four weeks in the hospital. The other known victim, Jim Geesling, 67, of Turon, died Oct. 3 at a Wichita hospital. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said this week Reno County had three confirmed West Nile cases as of Tuesday. The number of confirmed cases statewide is up to 45, with two confirmed deaths. The Reno County Health…
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) State prosecutors are seeking mental health and prison records of an Ottawa man charged with killing four people on an eastern Kansas farm in May. The subpoenas were mentioned at a brief hearing Thursday in Franklin County District Court for Kyle T. Flack, 28, who is charged in the deaths of Andrew Adam Stout, Steven Eugene White, Kaylie Kathleen Bailey and Bailey’s 18-month-old daughter, Lana-Leigh in rural Franklin County. Flack is charged with capital murder, first-degree murder, rape and criminal possession of a firearm. Prosecutors filed subpoenas under seal for undisclosed business records. The Lawrence Journal-World reports defense attorney…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) Two Dodge City men have been convicted of several gang-related crimes, including murder. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Pedro Garcia, 27, and Gonzalo Ramirez, 28, for crimes committed in 2008 and 2009. The men are both members of the Norteno street gang. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom’s office says each man faces sentencing Jan. 6 on nine counts, ranging from racketeering to murder. Ramirez also will be sentenced on four other counts, including attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. They were convicted of the fatal shooting of Israel Peralta at a Dodge City trailer park, a home…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The State Board of Education is asking Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt to defend it in a lawsuit over its decision to adopt new science standards. Board members met with their attorney in executive session this week about the federal lawsuit filed last month by an anti-evolution group called Citizens for Objective Public Education. The Lawrence Journal-World reports individual board members asked for the attorney general to represent them in court. The lawsuit names the board and individual members as defendants. It contends the new science standards promote atheism and violate the religious rights of students and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Fred Logan says the state’s higher education system may face a legislative attack on tenure for professors. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that Logan raised the issue during a board meeting Thursday and suggested issuing a statement supporting tenure. The board didn’t act. Logan said he’s heard talk of legislators trying to change tenure rules, though no proposal has become public. Conservative Republican legislators have demanded that the University of Kansas fire journalism professor David Guth over a tweet following September’s shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington that left 13 dead.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka high school art teacher has won a prestigious teaching award. Washburn Rural High School fine arts teacher Brad LeDuc was named a recipient of the Milken Educator Award for Kansas. The Kansas State Department of Education said in a news release that LeDuc was told about the award Thursday in a surprise ceremony at the school. The Milken award also comes with a $25,000 prize. LeDuc has been an educator for about 12 years. Gov. Sam Brownback and state education commissioner Diane DeBacker were among those attending the ceremony Thursday at the high school.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Jennifer Wison, Riley county Extension Director, Susan Peterson, Assistant Director with the Riley County Senior Services Center, Loren Pepperd and Terri Robbins with Flint Hills Home Builders Association, and ending with Laura Prater, with Energy Center.
Early Friday morning, an accident leading to fatality occurred in the 700 block of Northfield Road. According to preliminary reports from the Riley County Police Department, Brett Mock, 19, of Manhattan, was driving his 2003 Toyota Tundra pickup eastbound on Northfield Road when his vehicle left the roadway and struck multiple vehicles parked in a driveway. As a result of the collisions Mock was ejected from his vehicle and sustained significant injuries. Mock was transported to Mercy Regional Health Center where he was later pronounced deceased. No further details are being released at this time as the investigation is still ongoing.
For the second time in his career, K-State baseball head coach Brad Hill was named American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Midwest Region Coach of the Year. Hill also claimed the honor during K-State’s run to its first ever NCAA regional berth in 2009. In addition, Hill received the 2013 Big 12 Coach of the Year award in May after the Wildcats won the Big 12 title after going 45-19 overall and 16-8 in conference play. K-State was #14 in the final ABCA/USA Today Top 25 Poll of the 2013 season. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just…