President Barack Obama speaks about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama on Friday called for ending the government’s control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court’s permission before accessing such records.
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A Wabaunsee County woman was sentenced Friday to 60 days in federal prison for embezzling from the Bio-Security Research Institute at Kansas State University, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a press release. In addition, she was ordered to pay $14,000 in restitution. Linda Kay Miller, 51, Alma, Kan., pleaded guilty to three counts of interstate transportation of fraudulently altered securities. In her plea, she admitted the crimes took place while she worked as an office manager for the institute from August 2007 to January 2013. The institute receives grant money from the federal government to provide infectious disease research…
REXFORD, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Highway Patrol says blowing dust caused an 11-vehicle pileup that left three people dead in northwest Kansas. The crash happened Thursday afternoon on Highway 83 near Rexford, in Thomas County. The patrol says seven tractor-trailer trucks and four passenger vehicles collided. The patrol says high winds and blowing dust reduced visibility to almost zero at the time of the crash. The victims were identified as Leonard Scott Breeden (51) of Colby; James Ocie Perrott (57) of Perryton, Texas; and Jerold L. Lamb (66) of Florissant, Colo. The patrol did not release more details on the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former south-central Kansas doctor already serving time on supervised release for a drug conviction faces mounting legal problems after his latest conviction on gun and drug charges. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot on Thursday set a hearing for Feb. 10 on revocation of supervised release for Lawrence M. Simons. Simons will also be sentenced that day for his November conviction on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of controlled substances. His latest troubles began when he gave a bail bondsman a pistol as partial payment in an unrelated domestic…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A group of international military officers will visit Topeka next month to learn about Kansas history and see state government in operation. The 47 officers come from 40 countries. They’re taking advanced military courses at the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. The Kansas National Guard will play host to the officers on Feb. 6. Their schedule in Topeka includes a presentation by state Court of Appeals Chief Judge Thomas Malone at the Kansas Judicial Center. They’ll also visit the Statehouse to meet Gov. Sam Brownback and tour the House and Senate chambers.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A convicted killer who was one of four inmates who overpowered guards and escaped from a Kansas county jail in 2012 has been found guilty of aggravated escape and battery on a corrections officer. The Wichita Eagle reports an Ottawa County jury convicted Santos Carrera-Morales Thursday. The 24-year-old was serving time for two counts of first-degree murder in a 2007 Wichita gang shooting but had been transferred to the Ottawa County jail to ease prison overcrowding. Two of his accomplices were arrested April 18, 2012, the day of the escape, while Carrera-Morales was arrested a day later.…
The Manhattan Martin Luther King Jr. Committee will recognize three recipients of the 2014 “Spirit of Martin Luther King Community Service Awards” at 11:45 a.m. on Monday, January 20, at Manhattan Town Center as part of the MLK Holiday Community Celebration. These awardees have long and distinguished professional and volunteer careers in the Manhattan community. Larry Hackney and the Reverend L.E. and Queen E. Madison are recognized for their service in “uniting the diversity of our community for the greater good, with a long term commitment to the community and a history of bringing people together in…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with State Representative Sydney Carlin of Manhattan, followed by John Jobe, Riley County Ext. 4-h agent, and Debbie Nuss, Project Coordinator with the Riley County Senior Service Center, and ending with Ryan Pickett, Konza District Executive, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, Coronado Area Council.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents says the board is unlikely to suspend a controversial new policy on social media use by university faculty and staff. Chairman Fred Logan said Wednesday the policy likely would stay in place while a group of university representatives study its implications. The regents received a resolution from faculty senate presidents at Kansas universities asking that the policy be suspended until the group completes its work. The policy allows university administrators to discipline employees, including firing them, for improper use of social media. It was approved in December after a…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Great Bend police say a woman was critically injured and two others suffered less serious injuries in a shooting in the central Kansas town. Police said in a news release that the shooting happened Wednesday night, and it is being investigated as an attempted homicide. The woman was flown to Wesley Medical Center. Another woman and a man were treated and released for their wounds. The victims were in their 20s or 30s. Great Bend police say the victims apparently knew the shooter. Officers continue to search for the suspect.