BALDWIN CITY, Kan. (AP) The Baldwin City school district has a deal for you. The district has been trying to sell a three-story office building and a gymnasium near downtown Baldwin City for more than two years. It’s asking $415,000 but will accept a reasonable offer. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the district hasn’t had any offers for the property, which includes a parking lot and adjacent lot. District superintendent Paul Dorathy says the problem is that the buildings were built in the 1920s and `30s and would need a lot of renovation. The district has sold two closed schools…
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WESTWOOD HILLS, Kan. (AP) A small suburban Kansas City town is asking to be placed on state and federal registers of historic places. Westwood Hills is one of the first suburbs developed in Kansas by urban planning pioneer J.C. Nichols. The city is only 5.5 blocks and has 359 residents. The Kansas City Star reports no other city in Kansas city been placed entirely on the national list. A state review board will consider the city’s request Saturday. If it’s approved, the request will go to the National Park Service for federal approval. An endorsement by the state increases chances…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State health officials say an Atchison County adult is the state’s first reported case of West Nile in Kansas this year. The officials did not release further information about the patient. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Thursday the first sample of mosquitoes infected with the virus were found this year in Sedgwick County. Last year, Kansas had 57 reported cases of West Nile virus, the most cases since the virus first was found in the state in 2002.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A trial judge from east-central Kansas has been appointed to the state Sentencing Commission by Chief Justice Lawton Nuss. Judge W. Lee Fowler has served since 1997 in the 5th Judicial District, handling cases in Lyon and Chase counties. He’s one of two judges appointed to the sentencing commission by the chief justice and will replace Judge Richard Smith, of Linn County. The Kansas Sentencing Commission has 17 members drawn from all three branches of government. The commission evaluates the effects of sentencing practices on corrections resources and prison populations and recommends changes in laws to the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Members of the Kansas Board of Regents plan to discuss budget issues and their policy of banning concealed guns on higher education campuses during a retreat next week. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the three-day gathering is to begin Tuesday at a bed and breakfast in Valley Falls, northeast of Topeka. Regents President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Tompkins said the regents will help their staff develop budget proposals to be considered at the board’s meeting in September. The regents expect to meet Wednesday with Gov. Sam Brownback’s chief of staff and budget director. They’re also planning…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Christina Nolte with Homecare and Hospice, followed by Candice McIntosh with RSVP of the Flint HIlls, and ending with Stephanie Watts, Transportation Planner for the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization. [mp3-jplayer]
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The story Oprah Winfrey told Entertainment Tonight on Monday about how she experienced racism in Zurich earlier this year has resulted in a public apology by the Swiss tourism office.
President Barack Obama says National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is not a patriot for revealing widespread government surveillance programs.
Closing arguments have come to an end and jury deliberation is underway in the case of Levertis Horne. Horne is facing six charges: two aggravated robbery, two attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and aggravated battery. During closing arguments, the prosecution emphasized the point of why would the occupants of the apartment have robbed Horne? They were in the apartment and it would have drawn the police there, according to Barry Disney. Disney also presented the 911 call that told of the situation from within the apartment. The defense attorney Brenda Jordan countered saying the state was trying to bring sympathy…