After Tuesday’s press conference, more news has come of happenings in Washington surrounding the furloughs of air traffic controllers. In a press release Thursday, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), author of the Protect Our Skies Act, released the following statement on the Senate’s unanimous passage of a bill to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing at the FAA: “Something rare has happened in Washington; the Senate came together on a bipartisan basis to put common sense…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita woman had a nasty surprise when she discovered a pipe bomb among items she brought home from a self-storage unit. KSNW-TV reports the explosive device turned up Thursday while the woman was going through bags of items she retrieved from the storage unit to prepare for a garage sale. The device was described as a length of plastic pipe with a fuse sticking out. The woman called police, who summoned the bomb squad and cleared parts of the neighborhood. The bomb squad detonated the device without incident. Police are trying to figure out who put…
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) A 13-year-old northeast Kansas boy is recovering from minor burns on his face after another boy threw flaming hand sanitizer at him. KSHB-TV reports the incident happened Wednesday at a middle school in Shawnee. Police say the 12-year-old poured hand sanitizer on his own hand, lit it on fire and flicked it toward the 13-year-old. A school nurse treated the older boy’s face before his parents took him to a doctor. The 12-year-old is facing juvenile charges. Investigators say he told officers he learned what he thought was a party trick from an older student. Police said…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina Mayor Barb Shirley has joined a national group of mayors who support gay marriage. Shirley’s announcement Wednesday that she had joined Mayors for Freedom to Marry came six months after Salina voters repealed protections from discrimination for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered. The mayor says she has no tolerance for any type of discrimination, and she wants all people to have the same civil rights. Shirley joins more than 350 other mayors across the country in the group. The Salina Journal reports she is believed to be the first mayor in Kansas to…
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas police instructor charged with killing his wife is seeking to introduce evidence about her personal problems at his trial. Attorneys for Brett T. Seacat asked during a hearing Wednesday to introduce evidence about Vashti Seacat’s alleged suicide attempt, depression and multiple affairs. Seacat is charged with first-degree murder in the April 2011 shooting death of his wife. His attorneys argue the evidence would support their argument that Vashti Seacat, 34, committed suicide. The Hutchinson News reports prosecutors argued that Seacat is making “wild accusations” that are based only on his statements. Vashti Seacat died…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has granted a defense request to delay the trial of a Kansas veteran accused of illegally possessing explosives U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Wednesday rescheduled until July 16 the trial for Alfred Dutton because of a scheduling conflict. The Army and Marine veteran from Eureka had been set to go to trial on May 7. Dutton is charged with unlawful possession of unregistered destructive devices. He is accused of having possessed one or more grenade bodies and the necessary parts to convert them into a destructive device. An appeals court earlier this…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials are considering parole for a 51-year-old man convicted of killing a 9-year-old boy and dismembering the body. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Kansas Prisoner Review Board is considering parole for John William, who becomes eligible in July. He was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in Douglas County of first-degree murder of Richard Settlemyre, 9, whose torso was found in the Kansas River in July 1988. The boy’s head, hands, feet and other parts of his body had been cut off. The board plans to meet in June with William, who’s in maximum…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy gets the medical low down with Greg Unruh with Community Health Care in Onaga and Robbin Cole, executive director of Pawnee Mental Health. [mp3-jplayer]
President Barack Obama on Thursday was consoling mourners of the first responders who died last week in a fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 people and devastated a small Texas town.
It’s a day that brought the current president and the four living former presidents together for the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library in Texas.