KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas woman has pleaded guilty to trying to drown her two young daughters in a bathtub. The Kansas City Star reports Johnna Green, 24, of Kansas City, Kan., entered the pleas Thursday to two counts of attempted second-degree murder. Wyandotte County prosecutors initially charged her with attempted first-degree murder. Green called 911 last April 2 saying she had just killed her daughters, ages 1 and 4, by drowning them because they were sick. The dispatcher told her to take the girls out of the bathtub, and a police officer who found them unconscious on…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) A man is planning to offer rides from Salina to Denver for people who want to buy legal marijuana. Bart Allen says he hopes to drive a 12-passenger Mercedes van for Saturday overnight trips to Denver, beginning this weekend. He says his target customers will be people 45 or older who want to learn whether the drug could help them ease medical conditions. The Salina Journal reports Allen says his passengers will tour marijuana dispensaries (at least one marijuana dispensary and grow site), and then enjoy a night out in Denver before returning on Sunday. Allen said…
More than 15,000 Illinois residents have applied for concealed carry permits in the first 72 hours Illinois State Police began accepting applications. Chicago officials worry about having enough resources for the background checks
The White House and Congress debated how the U.S. could help end recent Al-Qaida linked violence in Iraq on Thursday. Meanwhile, the bloodshed continues after a suicide bombing kills at least 21 people in Baghdad.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man is charged with second-degree murder after a police chase led to an accident that killed a 34-year-old woman. Prosecutors on Wednesday charged Javier Rizo (23) in the Oct. 27 death of Maria Martinez. She was in a vehicle that was hit by a van allegedly driven by RIzo while it was fleeing from police. Investigators say the van ran a stop sign and hit Martinez’s vehicle. The van drove away. Rizo was arrested on Sunday after police received an anonymous tip. Other people in the van had already been arrested Rizo is being held in…
MULVANE, Kan. (AP) Two Mulvane High School students are charged with criminal threat after they allegedly made threats on social media to “shoot up” the high school. Mulvane Police Chief Don Williams says the two were arrested Monday morning before school started. Someone who saw the threats on Twitter notified authorities. Williams says the students told officers they were joking and had no plans to harm anyone. He says the students didn’t have any weapons when they were arrested. District spokesman Tom Keil says school proceeded normally after officers determined the school was safe.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Researchers at Wichita State University predict Kansas will see slightly higher job growth in 2014 than it did last year. A forecast issued Wednesday by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research predicts Kansas employment will increase by 1.4 percent this year, with a gain of 18,000 jobs. By sector, professional and business services are expected to see the biggest increase at 3.3 percent, with more than 5,300 new jobs. The education and health services sector is second with anticipated growth of 2.7 percent, or roughly 5,100 jobs. A net loss of 700 jobs is forecast…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) University of Kansas researchers have played a role in discovering a massive aquifer within the ice layers of a glacier in Greenland. The school says radar technology that was used to find the hidden pool of water was developed by researchers at the university’s Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. The aquifer is the size of Ireland. Scientists say its discovery could provide more details on how much old compacted snow flows into the sea when it melts and how much is left behind in the ice sheet to refreeze. The discovery was detailed in the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate is dividing a committee on ethics, elections and local government issues into two new panels. Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita announced Wednesday the chamber will have one committee on local government and another on ethics and elections. Wagle said Republican Sen. Dennis Pyle of Hiawatha will chair the Local Government Committee, while GOP Sen. Mitch Holmes of St. John will lead the Ethics and Elections Committee. Republican Michael O’Donnell of Wichita will be the vice chairman for both committees. The Senate president’s office said the workload for the combined committee proved too large…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Captain Sarah Green, Tax Center Officer-in-Charge, followed by Mike Buchanan, Manhattan’s Recreation Superintendent.