The huge wildfire in Southern California’s inland mountains has destroyed at least two dozen homes. More than 1,400 firefighters are fighting the fire, which has burned 22 square miles. It is 20% contained.
Author: KMAN Staff
On Friday morning at about 3:30, a 9-1-1 call was received concerning a structure fire at 304 Poplar Street in Wamego. Firefighters and law enforcement officers reponded to find a single family residence with an active fire on the front part of the house. The sole occupant related that he had been awakened by the family dog, and then heard the smoke detectors sounding. The occupant was able to make his way through the smoke and exit the structure, but unfortunately the dog perished. Assistance from the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s Office was requested. The initial indicators pointed to the…
The Royals began a huge four game series with the Boston Red Sox last night in Kansas City and Bruce Chen was lights out as KC wins game one of the series 5-1. The Royals (59-53) won for the 16th time in 20 games since the All-Star break. The Red Sox, who have the best record in the American League, lost for only the third time in 10 games. Chen (5-0), who was making his fifth start since beginning the season in the bullpen, did not allow a runner past first base until the eighth and retired 11 in a…
Philippe Clerbout’s sister unearthed a dog tag in her garden in Southern France in 2001. After years of trying to locate the tag’s owner, Clerbout finally met the World War II vet in Newark, New Jersey.
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to impose limits on how much companies can charge inmates for phone calls to loved ones. The FCC is scheduled to vote Friday on the issue that inmates’ families asked it to address a decade ago. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/4ACCUxFeHYE” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Someone worked hard to steal copper fixtures from a historic southeast Kansas theater, and a theater official worked just as hard to track the items down. The Joplin Globe reports Colonial Fox Theatre executive director Vonnie Corsini noticed copper gutters, ornamental boxes and brackets missing from the Pittsburg building’s exterior Tuesday. Corsini says a thief would have needed at least a 20- or 30-foot extension ladder to reach the fixtures. Calls to area salvage yards led Corsini to a scrap metal business in Columbus, where the owner reported paying $280 for the stolen fixtures. The Colonial Fox…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police have identified a pedestrian struck and killed by a freight train, but they’re not certain why the man appeared not to notice the danger before it was too late. KFDI-FM reports Robert L. Wells, 26, of Wichita, was dead at the scene of the accident late Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses told investigators Wells was crossing the tracks and turned to see the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train just before he was struck. The train’s crew had sounded a horn but could not stop the train in time. Police Lt. Joe Schroeder says the victim did not…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Sedgwick County commissioners have adopted a 2014 budget that puts the future of the Judge Riddel Boys Ranch in jeopardy. The commissioners on Wednesday adopted a $414 million budget that does not include any extra money for the ranch in Goddard, which treats troubled juveniles. The state pays the county $126 a day per boy at the ranch. The county pays more than $200 a day per boy. The state gave the county a one-time $750,000 grant for the ranch in the current fiscal year half of what the county requested. The Wichita Eagle reports supporters say…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Hutchinson woman already serving a year’s probation for neglecting more than two dozen horses is now facing a civil nuisance lawsuit. Lindasue Adams, 61, pleaded no contest in July to two counts of animal cruelty for neglecting more than a dozen horses. County Counselor Joe O’Sullivan told county commissioners a civil nuisance case against Adams is scheduled for trial later this month. O’Sullivan says the lawsuit contends that because Adams’ suffering horses were visible from the roadway, the situation created a public nuisance. Several people called law enforcement and others stopped to feed the horses. Because…
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) An officer from the Maldives is making history this fall by becoming the first member of his nation’s military to attend the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. The officer from the Indian Ocean island republic will be among 70 foreign students presenting their flags Monday during a ceremony to open the 2013-14 academic session. More than 7,500 international officers have studied military tactics and strategy alongside U.S. counterparts at Fort Leavenworth. The officer from the Maldives brings to 161 the number of countries represented at the college since 1894. The international officers…