Three Oklahoma teens are charged with killing a college baseball player from Australia. Prosecutors say the three shot Christopher Lane ‘for fun.’
Author: KMAN Staff
Junction City Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Tuesday night. JCPD Lt. Jeff Childs says police responded along with EMS to the 700 block of West Eighth Street in Junction City at about seven p.m. Tuesday, in reference to a subject who had been shot. A female was located in the residence, deceased from a single gunshot wound. No foul play is suspected at this time and an autopsy is scheduled to take place Wednesday. The incident remains under investigation. The age and name of the victim have not yet been released.
The findings are in…and they are good, according to Manhattan City Director of Finance Bernie Hayen. Hayen, along with members of the auditing firm, Varney and Associates, and the Municipal Audit Committee presented and discussed the findings during Tuesday night’s City Commission meeting. Michelle Crow, owner of and CPA at Varney and Associates, said there are several different phases which comprise the audit. The first phase is planning, much of which includes risk assessments that lay the foundation for the following phases. Crow said these risk assessments are almost like a “living document,” as they constantly change during the process,…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) Dodge City Community College is planning to build an agriculture learning center in hope of attracting more students and filling unmet needs in southwestern Kansas. The Dodge City Daily Globe reports the project is in its earliest stages, as officials consider financing and a location. A report by college president Don Woodburn says the center would initially include classrooms, offices and a student equestrian stable. Later additions would include barns, a breeding stable, greenhouses and an outdoor arena. Officials envision the center also hosting 4-H and FFA events as well as college judging camps and contests.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Beechcraft is celebrating the inaugural flight of its first production AT-6 light attack aircraft. The Wichita-based aircraft maker commemorated the event Tuesday at its headquarters as it tries to market the new military plane among U.S. partner nations. CEO Bill Boisture says the company has seen a growing interest in the plane from the defense establishment around the world. The company is trying to move on and find other markets for the AT-6 after losing a bitter competition earlier this year for an Air Force contract worth more than $427 million. The plane was initially designed to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Top officers in the Topeka Fire Department will stop qualifying for overtime pay in November after a city official revised the compensation policy. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that City Manager Jim Colson issued a release Tuesday saying the practice of paying overtime to battalion chiefs and shift commanders will end Nov. 9. Those positions will be considered exempt slots under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and not eligible for overtime. The Capital-Journal reported last week that 11 battalion chiefs and shift commanders earned a collective $145,000 in overtime in 2012. Colson also says he’ll work with…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police responding to a reported burglary instead found a puppy that had been beaten to death with a baseball bat. KWCH-TV reports someone called police Monday night to report a burglary, but when police arrived they found the dead dog. The 27-year-old man who lives at the home was arrested on a charge of cruelty to animals. A neighbor says she thinks the dog belonged to the man who was arrested. She says man had lived in the home for only a couple months. Police spokesman Lt. Doug Nolte says he did not know the age…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence leaders say the city doesn’t have any drones nor is planning to get any, but five area civil rights groups and political organizations are pushing for a policy limiting their use, just in case. Ben Jones heads the Lawrence-based group Kansans for Responsible Drone Use, which asked city commissioners in May to consider a local policy. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the issue hasn’t come up for discussion since then, so Jones now has gotten the support of four other groups seeking a Lawrence policy. Douglas County Republican Party chairwoman Jana Rea says the idea of a…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita elementary school has removed a bulletin board explaining the Five Pillars of Islam after concerns arose when a picture of the display was posted on Facebook. The Minneha Core Knowledge Magnet Elementary school removed the bulletin board Monday. The school says the bulletin board was part of its students’ study of major religions of the world. It says students study the historical context of religions. The Wichita Eagle reports a photograph of the bulletin board was posted over the weekend on a Facebook page titled “Prepare to Take America Back.” The post claimed the school…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s choice to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Court of Appeals is thanking Democrats for supporting his nomination to the bench. Caleb Stegall, a Republican, says Tuesday he received support from prominent Democrats, including former Attorney General Steve Six and Lawrence attorney Dan Watkins. Six and Stegall have been on opposite sides of abortion litigation. Stegall was introduced by Brownback during a Statehouse news conference. The Senate will have to confirm his nomination. Last year the nominating commission passed over Stegall for two vacancies on the Court of Appeals. When lawmakers created a…