Photographer Bob Adelman found himself on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial eight feet away from Dr. Martin Luther King. His images are collected in a new book: “I Have a Dream: A 50th Anniversary Testament to the March that Changed America”
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Momentum appeared to build Tuesday for Western military action against Syria, with the U.S. saying they are in position for a strike, while the government in Damascus vowed to use all possible measures to repel it.
Manhattan City Commissioners continued their review of FEMA’s new floodplain maps, during Tuesday’s work session. The new Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM), include Riley County and portions of Pottowatomie County. Part of the discussion centered around the appeals process for property owners and lessees, in Manhattan, who believe that their property rights will be negatively impacted by the proposed flood hazard determinations. Appeals can be based only on information that shows the Flood Hazard determinations are scientifically or technically incorrect. The City of Manhattan can also make an appeal, based on scientific facts. However,…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Sen. Pat Roberts says he doubts the U.S. can avoid a military strike in Syria following reports that its government used chemical weapons in the civil war there. But the Kansas Republican also said Tuesday that President Barack Obama should address the nation and get the consent of Congress for military action. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Roberts told a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce luncheon he believes Congress would authorize military action by the Democratic administration. Roberts said military action needs to be forceful enough to tip the balance of fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Former Republican state Sen. Jean Schodorf is considering a run for Kansas secretary of state next year as a Democrat. The Wichita Eagle reports that Schodorf said she’s studying whether a challenge to Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach would be viable. The Wichita resident became a Democrat in January and said party members recently encouraged her to run. Schodorf was a moderate Republican who served 12 years in the Senate before conservatives successfully targeted her for defeat in the 2012 primary. She has said she regretted her 2011 vote for Kobach’s legislation requiring new voters to…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Supporters of a new abortion clinic in Wichita are pushing back after media company Clear Channel rejected radio ads promoting its health care services for women. Representatives of the South Wind Women’s Center plan to deliver a petition Wednesday containing more than 68,000 signatures urging Clear Channel to reconsider last month’s decision to pull ads from three of the four stations it operates in the Wichita market. Clear Channel officials refused to immediately comment on the matter. South Wind’s executive director, Julie Burkhart, is expected to speak at Wednesday’s event. The clinic opened in April in the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas has recently joined 30 other states in enrolling students in a federally funded program aimed at raising high school graduation rates and helping students prepare for college and careers. Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker says the Kansas State Department of Education had been hoping for several years to introduce the program, called Jobs for America’s Graduates, but didn’t have the funds until this year. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the program targets students who might be at risk of dropping out of school, offering them extra mentoring and support. The Kansas Department for Children and Families secured the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Authorities in Wichita say a three-alarm fire at an apartment building caused about $1.75 million in damage. The fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex in the southeastern part of the city. Five people were treated for smoke inhalation, and the Red Cross opened a shelter to help some of the roughly 70 people who were displaced. Crews brought the flames under control by early afternoon but remained on the scene, dousing the roof to prevent flare-ups. Wichita Fire Chief Ron Blackwell told KWCH-TV the fire started on the second floor of one…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A man who was convicted in the 1997 rape of a University of Kansas student will go on trial again next January. Robert Grey, 40, originally was sentenced in 2009 to 26 years in prison for rape. Prosecutors said he kidnapped a 20-year-old woman at gunpoint from a campus parking lot, took her to a secluded area and raped her. The Kansas Court of Appeals last year awarded Grey a new trial, finding that prosecutor Amy McGowan did not disclose some evidence to the defense. The Lawrence Journal-World reports McGowan was assigned to other duties earlier this…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A former University of Kansas student has been placed on 18 months of probation in the sexual assault of a 19-year-old female student at a dormitory. Jeremy R. Ruzas was sentenced Monday after he pleaded no contest in July to aggravated battery. He was arrested on February after a female student reported Ruzas assaulted her in her room at Oliver Hall dormitory room. Prosecutors say Ruzas, who had been drinking, entered the woman’s room uninvited and assaulted her. Ruzas was originally charged with aggravated sexual battery and burglary. Ruzas left the university after he was charged. The…