WICHITA, Kan. (AP) U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says federal prosecutors collected about $12.1 million in criminal and civil legal actions last year. Grissom says in a news release that $6.1 million of the total came from criminal cases and $6 million from civil actions. His office also worked with other U.S. attorney’s offices in other states and the Justice Department to collect an additional $2.8 million in cases pursued jointly in civil actions. Among the Kansas collections were environmental violation penalties of $1.7 million from Coffeyville Resources Refining and Marketing and $1.6 million from Ash Grove Cement. More than $853,000…
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Kansas State University President Kirk Schulz says a change in the social media policy may be coming soon from the Kansas Board of Regents. According to Schulz personal conversations with regents has led him to believe they recognize the recent social media policy update was a bit too draconian, and led to a chilling effect on community engagement. Schulz says the medium can sometimes blur the line between personal and professional, and users should be aware of their postings. Many believe the new rules which state any social media posts which posed conflicts of interests with the university was grounds…
SOLOMON, Kan. (AP) Investigators in north-central Kansas are still trying to identify a body found earlier this week in the ruins of a burned-out home. The Salina Journal reports that Solomon Fire Chief Randy Paden says an autopsy will be needed to make a positive identification. The cause of the fire that broke out around 4 a.m. Tuesday is also under investigation. Neighbors said the house was engulfed in flames as the Solomon volunteer fire department arrived. Firefighters found the body in the wreckage about six hours later. The neighbors also said the home was occupied by a man in…
Last night the MHS wrestling team was on the road at the Clay Center Dual. The Tribe was dominate and came out of the dual victorious by a final score of 64-6. Not only did the Tribe improve to 9-5 this season, it was also head coach Robert Gonzales’ 100th dual win at MHS. Prior to the start of this season Coach Gonzales in eight seasons has compiled a record of 91-29 in dual competition. Overall in his 27 year coaching career, Gonzales has compiled a record of 271-121. MHS is at the Salina South Invitational this Saturday for an…
Wamego’s Kaylee Page and Manhattan’s Darby Price and Par McNair are among eight Kansas girls basketball players to earn a McDonald’s All-American nomination. Page has signed to play college basketball next season at Nebraska and has led the Red Raiders to a 6-0 start this year after helping the Lady Raiders win the 4A state tournament a season ago. Price and McNair are off to a 4-1 start with Manhattan this season. Price is averaging 12 points and 7 rebounds per game so far this season in her third year as a starter for the Indians. McNair Manhattan’s…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Kansas State President Kirk Schulz followed by Lynda Bachelor, with Hands on K-State, and ending with US Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas.
Rolls, fruit, juice, and coffee were the ice breakers for a recent meeting as all seven USD 383 school board members and five legislators met Friday morning to talk about some issues. Kansas Representatives Vern Swanson, Tom Phillips, Ron Highland, and Sydney Carlin were there along with Senator Tom Hawk. Curt Herrman, board president, began the meeting by bringing forth the first item concerning the Kansas Association of School Boards and how the board for the USD 383 district is in support of the items before them. The second item was Common Core and Kansas Career Ready both brought up…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) Police in northeast Kansas are investigating why a woman smashed her car into a payday loan store, pinning an employee behind a desk. KCTV reports the incident happened around 10 a.m. Thursday at Ameribest Payday Loans and Check Cashing, located in a strip mall in the city of Olathe. Police said the 65-year-old driver was trying to park her car but instead crashed through the store’s front window and an interior wall. A female employee suffered an ankle injury and was briefly pinned by her desk and debris. She was taken to a hospital to be checked.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) CareFusion Corp. has agreed to pay $40.1 million to settle allegations it paid kickbacks and promoted its medical technology products for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The Justice Department announced the settlement Thursday with the California-based company of a whistleblower lawsuit unsealed in U.S. District Court in Kansas. The deal also resolves claims that CareFusion paid more than $11.6 million in kickbacks to a physician who co-chaired the Safe Practices Committee at the National Quality Forum, a nonprofit group that recommends health care practices. Dr. Cynthia Kirk, a former CareFusion vice president, initially…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors in Kansas have filed so many firearms cases that the Midwestern farm state ranked third last year among the 94 judicial districts nationwide in the number of gun prosecutions. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says in a news release Thursday that his office prosecuted 298 firearms cases in 2013, up from 291 the previous year, when the District of Kansas also ranked third. The Kansas district led the nation in federal firearms prosecutions in 2011 with 279 cases. Only Puerto Rico and the Western District of Missouri prosecuted more firearms cases in 2013. Federal statutes prohibit…