“Strong Schools Built by Strong Communities” is the theme for the 2013 Kansas Safe, Healthy and Prepared Schools Conference to be held September 16th and 17th at the Manhattan Conference Center, 410 S. 3rd Street. Keynote Speakers will include Horacio Sanchez of Resiliency Inc. and Sharon Watson of the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office. Sanchez will explain the link between school climate and success while Watson will discuss the role of communications during a crisis. Breakout presentations will include: reducing bullying behaviors; program sustainability; public health and schools; media, sex and violence; dealing with intruders; suicide prevention; working with school resource…
Author: KMAN Staff
A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the ultimate punishment after a trial in which he seemed to be courting martyrdom.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter echoed words from her father’s ‘I Have a Dream Speech’ at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Rev. Dr. Bernice King called out to ‘Let freedom ring.’
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The investigation of an identity theft ring has netted three more arrests in the Wichita area. KFDI-FM reports that Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Lt. Don Mattingly said Wednesday the case has grown to the point where it could also involve crimes in surrounding counties. The investigation began earlier this month when stolen documents including mail, checks, credit cards and Social Security cards were found in the home of a 23-year-old Wichita woman. Some of the documents dated back to 2008 and rightfully belonged to more than 150 people. The items had been taken stolen from vehicles and mailboxes…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas arts advocates say the National Endowment for the Arts has restored $560,000 in grants to Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the announcement comes two years after the NEA pulled its funding for Kansas when Gov. Sam Brownback de-funded the state arts commission. After lobbying from arts groups, Brownback formed the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, which is under the Department of Commerce and provides a vehicle for state arts funding with more focus on job creation. Kansas Citizens for the Arts told members in an email Wednesday the NEA has provided $560,000 in matching funding to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The soldier sentenced to death for the 2009 shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, will be heading to the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death on Wednesday. Officials say Hasan will be taken back to a county jail and then transported on the first available military flight to Fort Leavenworth. The timing wasn’t immediately clear. Fort Leavenworth’s U.S. Disciplinary Barracks is the military’s only maximum-security prison, housing inmates who are sentenced to at least 10 years behind bars as well as death. Hasan was shot in the back during…
PARK CITY, Kan. (AP) The house where one of the victims of the BTK serial killer was murdered has sold at auction for far less than its appraised value. KWCH-TV reports that the Park City home sold Tuesday to the highest bidder for $35,000. The three-bedroom home had been appraised for about $60,000. Auctioneer Jack Newcom reminded the crowd before the bidding started about the 1985 murder. Marine Hedge was killed in the house by Dennis Rader, the BTK killer who 20 years later was discovered to be her neighbor. Among those who came to watch the bidding was Charlie…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Some of the 70 residents left homeless by a fire at a Wichita apartment complex are refugees from Myanmar. Five people were injured, none critically, when Tuesday’s fire heavily damaged a building at the Ashley Lane Apartments in Wichita. The Episcopal Wichita Area Refugee Ministry says eight families with a total of 28 people were among those displaced by the fire. Most lost the few possessions they owned. Executive director Shannon Mahan says the ministry helped bring the refugees to Wichita after they fled Myanmar and applied for refugee status. She said one of the displaced is…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Students in Lawrence will no longer be able to hang out on couches on their front porches. The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday passed a citywide ban on upholstered furniture on porches, decks and patios. The city says landlords, not tenants, will be fined for violating the ban at rental properties. The Lawrence Journal-World reports fines will start at $100 per day. However, the city will conduct an educational campaign for several months before the ban is enforced. The fire department says there had been only 10 fires involving upholstered outdoor furniture since 2007. But Fire Chief…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Kansas City, Kan., police say an 11-month-old boy died after being found unresponsive at a day care center. Firefighters were called to the Advantage Child Care Center Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City, Kan. KMBC reports workers said the toddler had been fussy and they thought he might be teething. They checked on him every 15 minutes while he was napping and eventually found him unresponsive. Emergency responders took the boy to the University of Kansas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy will be performed Wednesday to determine the cause of death.