LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Lawrence museum is opening a new $300,000 exhibit as the city marks the 150th anniversary of William Clarke Quantrill’s rebel guerrilla attack on the pro-union town. The Lawrence Journal-World Watkins (http://is.gd/6C6YIe ) reports that the exhibit opens Saturday at the Watkins Museum of History. It features displays and artifacts from the Civil War and Bleeding Kansas eras. Among the items on display is Ernst Ulmer’s 4-by-6-foot canvas painting depicting Quantrill’s Raid. The loaned piece, valued at about $30,000, greets visitors as they enter the exhibit. It also features a newly constructed booth with a large touch-screen…
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Pressured the entire first half by the San Francisco defense, the Chiefs were unable to get much going without injured Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles. The only touchdown they scored was on a kickoff return, and that wasn’t enough in a 15-13 preseason loss Friday night at Arrowhead Stadium. Alex Smith was just 7 of 16 passing for 62 yards against his former team, very little resemblance to the calm, efficient quarterback who led the Chiefs on a touchdown drive last week at New Orleans. The team as a whole couldn’t get anything going on offense with a combined…
DETROIT (AP) — James Shields and Danny Duffy were too much for the Detroit Tigers’ offense. Shields allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings and was part of a combined four-hit shutout in Kansas City’s 3-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night to give the Royals a sweep of a day-night doubleheader. Kansas City won the first game 2-1 as Duffy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and pitched a combined two-hitter. “Huge day for us. Shields came back and, basically, matched the outing that Duffy had,” said Eric Hosmer, who homered in each game. Royals pitching…
Originally starting off as a family hobby, Tony Nichols, US Army Veteran and Manhattan resident, has turned the creation of artwork into a job. Being introduced to the process of using a resin by a friend, Nichols takes shards of glass to create commissioned pieces in designs or abstract ones. Nichols mentioned one of the places he lived actually helped push him towards the creations as he tried to bring color to his family’s surroundings. “In the Army, you move a lot and sometimes you don’t have the best housing available to you,” said Nichols. “In Columbia, South Carolina, we had…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has declared a state of disaster emergency for 62 counties hit by severe storms and flooding. The declaration issued Friday authorizes state resources to provide emergency assistance. Brownback said in a written statement that the flooding has damaged infrastructure and that repairs need to be made as quickly “so everyone can get back to business as usual.” Counties named in the declaration are Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Dickinson, Edwards, Elk, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Geary, Gray, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearney,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says Budget Director Steve Anderson is resigning at the end of this month to return to private life. Brownback announced Friday that Anderson’s resignation is effective Aug. 31. Anderson has been a top adviser to Brownback since December 2010, a month before the Republican governor took office. Anderson is a certified public accountant who was a consultant for the anti-tax, small-government group Americans for Prosperity before joining Brownback’s administration. Anderson said in a statement that his family has supported him, but it’s time to be with them. Brownback said Anderson’s work helped make…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The person who bought a Powerball ticket in southwest Kansas that was a $1 million winner in a January drawing still hasn’t claimed the prize. The Hutchinson News reports someone bought the $1 million winner Powerball ticket in one of 24 southwest Kansas counties in the Jan. 26 drawing. But the ticket-holder still hasn’t contacted the Kansas Lottery. Winners have a year to claim their prize. Karie Lowe, customer liaison at the Kansas Lottery, says the money will go back into the fund to finance other prizes or drawings if it’s not claimed. The state does not…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Sentencing is delayed in Sedgwick County for a man convicted of stomping his girlfriend to death. The delay in the sentencing for Anson Bernhardt, 42, is intended so officials can determine if the state’s “Hard 50” sentencing law can be applied. Prosecutors are seeking the “Hard 50” sentence 50 years without parole for Bernhardt, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the September death of his girlfriend, Amber Kostner, 38. The Wichita Eagle reports lawyers want to determine how the case is affected by a U.S. Supreme Court decision raising questions about the constitutionality of the “Hard…
SPRING HILL, Kan. (AP) Johnson County say a handgun was found in a student’s backpack outside Spring Hill High School. The Kansas City Star reports that a Johnson County sheriff’s deputy assigned as a school resource officer was checking on a report of a student “in need of care” outside the school Thursday when the gun was found. Spring Hill School District officials later posted a notice about the incident on the district website. The sheriff’s office says the student wasn’t arrested, but was given help in obtaining mental health treatment. Spring Hill is a community of about 5,500 residents…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new committee that nominates administrative judges to review workers’ compensation disputes is promising to hold open meetings. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the seven-member committee already assumed it was required to follow the Kansas Open Meetings Act. Lawmakers created the committee this year, replacing a two-member business and labor panel. Committee member Eric Stafford, who represents the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, said he consulted with the attorney general’s office and there’s no doubt it must comply with the Open Meetings Act. The panel also plans to review how the state’s Open Records Act applies to it.…