WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says he believes a man suspected of shooting and wounding of one of his deputies might be headed to Liberal, where he has several friends. Herzet says officers searching for 41-year-old Jan Kilbourne on Tuesday are pursuing tips about the Kilbourne’s location. The sheriff told KWCH Tuesday morning that his department currently is concentrating on contacting Kilbourne’s family and friends. Kilbourne is suspected in the shooting early Monday after a deputy pulled over a car carrying three people on U.S. Highway 54, about 16 miles east of Wichita. The deputy was shot…
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GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Boarding numbers at Garden City Regional Airport continue to fly high, about 1.5 years after the airport began offering flights to Dallas/Fort Worth. Airport boardings began to improve soon after American Eagle began offering two daily flights to Dallas/Fort Worth in April 2012. In the first year, the airport recorded 18,000 boardings, compared with 11,690 in all of 2011. The Garden City Telegram reports that in the first seven months of 2013, the airport has recorded 13,726 passengers. Aviation director Rachelle Powell is estimating the airport will have about 23,000 boardings this year. Before the change…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The Spencer Museum of Art is planning an exhibit by James Turrell, who’s a sensation in the art world this year. New York City’s Guggenheim museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston are all featuring installations of Turrell’s work this year. On Sept. 15, the Spencer museum at the University of Kansas will open its own Turrell exhibit in the museum’s Central Court. Called “James Turrell: Gard Blue,” the work is a projection of blue light in an enclosed space that appears in a room constructed specifically for…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina police are investigating the theft of more than $1,000 in jet fuel from a fuel business. Police Lt. Scott Siemsen says 144 gallons of fuel were stolen from two trucks at Flower Aviation between June 20 and Aug. 14. The Salina Journal reported the business reported the theft Friday. Siemsen says the fuel costs $7 a gallon; leaving a loss of $1,008.
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Bestselling author James Patterson has given $48,000 to pay for scholarships for Emporia State University teaching students. Patterson has funded similar scholarships at several other universities, including Vanderbilt. Patterson said in a news release that his passion is to “get more and more kids excited about reading” and that training teachers is “essential to that mission.” Patterson’s books include the Alex Cross and Woman’s Murder Club series for adults and Maximum Ride, Witch Wizard and Middle School series for young adults. At Emporia State, eight students will receive $6,000 each. The recipients are Michelle Berg of Wichita,…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A presentation on the recently excavated Kanza Indian village near Wichita is planned this week. Tricia Waggoner, the Kansas State Historical Society’s highway archaeologist, will discuss the history of the Fool Chief’s Village from 1830 to 1844. The site near Topeka had to be excavated because of a pending road project. The Wichita Eagle reports the free talk begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Smoky Hill Museum in Salina. In the early 1800s, the Kanza claimed a territory that covered roughly two-fifths of what is now Kansas. But as European settlements claimed more and more land…
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Before testimony by Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a protester was escorted away by police.
From K-State Athletic Communications: Kansas State had 13 former players on active rosters and one on injured reserve as NFL teams were mandated to trim their rosters to 53 players for the upcoming season over the weekend. Of the 14 players, eight are on offense and six are on defense. The longest-tenured former Wildcats include cornerback Terence Newman, running back Darren Sproles and offensive lineman Jeromey Clary. Newman, who is in his 11th season, is in his second campaign with the Cincinnati Bengals after spending his first nine years with the Dallas Cowboys. Sproles enters his ninth NFL season, including…
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama speaks to media, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with between the president and Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Boehner said he will support the president’s call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and says his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)