SILVER LAKE, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County authorities say a Silver Lake man died in an apparent accident while mowing. The body of Bernie M. Menhusen, 52, was found Monday night pinned beneath a riding lawn mower. Shawnee County sheriff’s Lt. Jay Simecka says Menhusen was dead at the scene. Simecka says the sheriff’s office was called about 10 p.m. Monday after Menhusen’s family reported they hadn’t heard from him since about 1 p.m. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Shawnee County’s Coroner’s office will determine the exact cause of death.
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GODDARD, Kan. (AP) A small south-central Kansas town near Wichita is considering a project that would include an Olympic swimming venue, a hotel and a dinosaur-themed education park. The Goddard City Council voted Monday to schedule a public hearing Nov. 18 to discuss financing the project. KWCH reports that City Administrator Brian Silcott says the pool would be the site of swimming, diving and water polo competitions, and perhaps someday host Olympic regional competitions. It would be operated by the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Silcott says a marketing firm projected the project would attract 2.4 million visitors a year…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita officials say the city’s website was hacked during the weekend, potentially compromising the personal information of 29,000 vendors and employees. The city said in a news release late Monday the hackers might have gained access to Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers and banking information of vendors and former and current employees who were reimbursed for expenses since 1997. The city says it has fixed the problem and is notifying those who might be affected. City Manager Robert Layton says law enforcement agencies are investigating the incident. The release said city officials are working with the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for parents and school districts are facing off against lawyers for the state in a Kansas Supreme Court hearing over the funding of public schools. The issue at Tuesday’s hearing is whether the court will uphold a lower-court ruling issued in January ordering the state to increase school funding by at least $440 million. It is the second such court battle in less than a decade. The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by attorneys representing several school districts, including Dodge City, Hutchinson, Kansas City and Wichita. They argue the state has failed to comply with a…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts may be getting a primary challenge in his bid for re-election. Milton Wolf is inviting supporters on his website to a “major announcement” Tuesday evening regarding the 2014 GOP Kansas Senate campaign. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the 42-year-old Johnson County doctor is expected to say he’s moving ahead with a GOP primary challenge to Roberts, who’s seeking a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate. No Democrat has announced plans to run. Wolf is a political novice who says on his website that “career politicians” have failed. He could highlight the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Wichita Police Department is creating Facebook pages for its patrol bureaus. The Wichita Eagle reports that police are using social media to better connect with neighborhoods. The first police bureau Facebook site has been active about three months. Lt. Doug Nolte says a second one went active at the end of August and two others are still being developed. The pages include information about traffic issues, crime trends and neighborhood meeting dates. Nolte says their content will evolve as needs dictate, and the goal is for them to become “a real-time police blotter.”
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Health-care executives and advocates are getting the chance to tell lawmakers what they dislike about the state’s managed care plan for Medicaid. A legislative oversight committee met Monday to gather updates on how the program is working and guide legislative fixes. The Wichita Eagle reports that a second meeting also is planned. The program has been criticized for delays in reimbursing providers and providing prior authorizations for certain types of treatment. Health providers told lawmakers that the issues could threaten the existence of their businesses. Providers showed examples where three managed-care insurance companies have messed up billing.…
It’s Riley County day on today’s InFocus as Cathy talks with Commissioner Ron Wells.
The Manhattan city commission visited the topic of a new water service agreement with Pottawatomie county during Tuesday night’s work session. The proposed project would build up infrastructure along the east side of Manhattan around Highway 24 and the Blue Township Area to provide a limited amount of city water to the area to help with development and sustainment. The project would sell water to the Pottawatomie county rural water district one for at 200% of the in city rate for the short term during construction of the project, which would switch to a 125% rate after work is completed.…
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