Rain has come and in a large downpour across the area. According to Laurie Harrison, emergency Manager coordinator, there was some concern of flooding in some areas with the rainfall, along with down trees and power lines. KMAN will have more details on the damage when they become available.
Author: KMAN Staff
Though the exact cause has not been determined, the recent storm Thursday night looks to have some impact. According to the Westar Energy outage map, there were 1,296 customers without power in Riley County and another 105 in Pottawatomie County without power. After speaking with a representative, power was expected to be back within a couple of hours. As of about 10 pm, there were only 455 customers still in Riley and five in Pottawatomie County without power. Keep with KMAN for any sever weather information.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors want a celebrity hunter from Tennessee to spend three months in jail for violating probation in a Kansas case. William “Spook” Spann is scheduled to appear at a hearing in federal court Thursday afternoon. Prosecutors are seeking to have his probation revoked in a 2007 case in which he pleaded guilty to transporting unlawfully taken wildlife across state lines. The 50-year-old Dickson, Tenn., resident owned property in Kansas and bought a deer permit in November 2007, but it allowed him to hunt only on land he owned. He violated state law when he hunted…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas insurance agent accused of stealing nearly $2 million from policyholders faces a late summer trial. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Thursday set an Aug. 27 trial for Jason Matthew Pennington, 41, of Bel Aire. A 51-count indictment accuses Pennington of defrauding policyholders and lying to beneficiaries to cover the thefts. He is charged with wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, money laundering, attempted bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. He has been released on a $25,000 bond pending trial. His 65-year-old father, James L. Pennington, of Wichita, is charged…
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