TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas consumer advocate agency says Westar Energy Inc. can get by with a smaller rate increase and still be able to make necessary environmental improvements at its power plants. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that David Springe, an attorney for the Citizens Utility Ratepayers Board, filed testimony Wednesday with the Kansas Corporation Commission saying Westar could reduce its rate increase request by $1 million and still accomplish its goals. Westar, the largest electric utility in Kansas, is seeking a $31.7 million rate increase from its customers. The utility is seeking the increase to pay for $1.2 billion…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former vicar at a Topeka church will be sentenced Sept. 27 after pleading no contest to sexually assaulting a boy who attended the church. Hugh Denton Cranford, 32, was taken into custody Tuesday after entering the plea to one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He had been scheduled to go to trial Sept. 23 on three counts involving boys ages 7 and 9. At the time of the crimes, Cranford was vicar at Faith Lutheran Church. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the boys and their parents attended the church, and Cranford and the boys’ father…
NICKERSON, Kan. (AP) Members of co-ops in Nickerson and Sterling will vote next month on whether to merge. The merger of the Nickerson’s Farmers Co-op and Farmers Co-op Union of Sterling requires a two-thirds vote of approval by both cooperatives. If approved, the new cooperative would be called Central Prairie Co-op. The Hutchinson News reports Nickerson members will vote Sept. 9 and Sterling members will vote Sept.10. Nickerson’s board president, Orville Miller, says both co-ops are healthy but they need to be bigger to compete and serve larger farm operations. He says the merger also would provide both co-ops with…
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Federal government workers are cleaning up thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals left at an abandoned circuit board factory in north Springfield. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates it will take technicians until October to finish work at the former site of Ozark Circuits. The Springfield News-Leader reports the company’s owner filed for bankruptcy in 2011. The EPA says more than 3,000 gallons of sludge and solutions of acids, copper and lead were left behind when the building was abandoned. EPA on-scene coordinator Mike Davis said Wednesday technicians are currently taking samples and will eventually ship the waste…
ANTHONY, Kan. (AP) There’s good news and bad news for the Anthony City Lake. The good news after two years of drought, recent rains have filled the lake again. The bad news the lake smells. And weeds that grew while the lake was dry are raising concerns about safety for swimmers and boat propellers. KWCH-TV reports the city is asking people not to have any contact with the lake water until the tests determine what is causing the foul odor. City administrator Amber Kummer says the smell could be caused by decaying vegetation, or by bacteria.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former Sedgwick County Jail deputy will stand trial on charges that he sexually abused two jail inmates. Prosecutors allege that David Kendall, 23, abused two inmates last year and sexually propositioned four other inmates. A judge on Wednesday ordered Kendall bound over for trial on 13 charges ranging from aggravated sodomy to misdemeanor sexual battery. Some testimony during the three-day preliminary hearing suggested one of the inmates who alleged he was raped had consensual sex with Kendall and then made up the allegations. Defense lawyers argued the other five victims also concocted their claims of sexual abuse.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new report says that 71 percent of Kansas farms now have access to computers. Wednesday’s report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that Kansas slightly exceeds the nationwide average of 70 percent. The report also says that 68 percent of farms in Kansas have Internet access. That number is up 6 percent from the last time the data were collected in 2011. Nationally, 67 percent of U.S. farms have Internet access, up from 62 percent in 2011. The most common method of accessing the Internet on the nation’s farms is DSL, used by 35 percent,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas residents will continue to have extended access to five driver’s license stations in a state agency’s effort to keep lines moving. The Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles announced Wednesday that stations in Andover, Mission, Olathe (oh-LAY’-thuh), Topeka and Wichita will remain open Monday through Friday. The decision follows a practice this summer of keeping the Mission and Wichita offices open an extra day of the week. All other offices statewide will be open Tuesday through Friday, keeping in place a practice that first began in 1983. Division Director Donna Shelite says the five offices were…
The murder trial of Fort Riley Soldier Daniel Parker drew to a conclusion Thursday afternoon in Riley County District Court. After a brief deliberation, the jury found Parker guilty on charges of First Degree Murder and Discharge of a Firearm at an occupied building. Parker shot and killed Kansas National Guardsman Frederick Beverley in the early morning hours of January 1st 2012. Sentencing for Parker is set for October 7 at 2 p.m. in Riley County District Court. #### Earlier examination and cross-examination: Thursday marked day 4 of the trial and included three witnesses for the defense. Court proceedings began when Defense Attorney, Robert Evans called Daniel…