An American executive claimed he had been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by scores of workers demanding severance packages. The US State Department says it is actively monitoring the situation.
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Some portions of the newly passed concealed carry bill are still a bit fuzzy according to Riley County Counselor, Clancy Holeman. During Monday’s county commission meeting, Holeman presented the short term concealed carry exemption letter. Holeman recommended sending the exemption letter in before July 1st, if they choose to exempt some or all of the county buildings, as the statute is unclear of some requirements. Holeman added, the Attorney General has even been unclear about parts of the bill. “I don’t mean that as a criticism, they’re in the dark just as much as anyone else”, Holeman said. Of the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Manhattan doctor charged with illegally dispensing prescription drugs is scheduled to go to trial in May of next year. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson set the trial date during a brief hearing Monday after federal prosecutors and attorneys for 53-year-old Michael Schuster agreed on the timing. A federal grand jury indicted Schuster last month on four counts alleging he operated a so-called “pill mill” at his Manhattan clinic. He continues to be held without bond. Schuster has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege that from April 2007 until at least August 2012, Schuster had staff members who weren’t…
Update: More information has emerged regarding a fire near the Manhattan Country Club. A brush fire near the Manhattan country club Monday afternoon is described as stubborn by Manhattan Fire Department officials. Firefighters were dispatched shortly after 2:30 to the Country Club located at 1531 North 10th Street for a report of a large outside fire. Upon arrival, crews found a large brush fire that was surrounded by trees, near the center of the golf course. The brush on fire was on the side of a hill, and was in an area used by the Country Club for dumping tree…
President Barack Obama says the United States is following legal channels on how to bring National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden back to the U.S.
The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look. The court said a federal appeals court needs to subject the University of Texas admission plan to more judicial scrutiny.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks about the Cattle Baron’s Ball with Tonya Bradley, Chair of Committe, and Tinal Long, Committee member, followed by USD 383 Board President Dave Colburn and Associate Supt. Bob Seymour. [mp3-jplayer]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a Kansas doctor and his wife convicted in a moneymaking conspiracy linked to 68 overdose deaths. The court on Monday denied without comment a petition seeking a hearing for Stephen and Linda Schneider, who ran a pain clinic in Haysville. The Schneiders were convicted in 2010 of conspiracy, unlawfully prescribing drugs, health care fraud and money laundering. Stephen Schneider was sentenced to 30 years, and his wife to 33 years. The decision lets stand a federal appeals court ruling that the Schneiders waived their right to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Three Kansas community colleges have created an insurance consortium in response to higher insurance rates and new laws that allow weapons on campus. The Independence Community College board of trustees voted last week to join Coffeyville and Neosho community colleges in the consortium. The three community colleges are all insured by EMC Insurance Company, which told colleges last week that it was raising rates in response to a law that allows some guns on campus. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the three colleges will buy a policy from Wright Speciality, which has a neutral stance on the new…
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) A 13-year-old suburban Kansas City boy is dead after he was hit by a truck while trying to cross Interstate 35 with friends. The Kansas Highway Patrol says Ezkial Crapo, 13, died in the accident Saturday night. Officers say Crapo and two friends had gone to a Wal-Mart and were trying to return to an Overland Park home when he was struck. The boys made it across the northbound lanes and over a concrete median when Crapo was hit by a truck. The driver stopped and is cooperating with authorities.