TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The state’s consumer counsel’s office says Westar Energy’s latest rate request has been settled. The proposed settlement will give the utility an additional $30.7 million a year and raise residential customer bills $3 a month. The Kansas Corporation Commission still must approve the settlement. The Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board says the settlement drops a proposal by Westar to shift about $50 million of cost from its large industrial and commercial customers to residential and small-business ratepayers. The Wichita Eagle reports Westar applied for the rate increase mostly to pay for required environmental upgrades at its La Cygne…
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WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) Cowley County authorities say human remains discovered near Winfield in March were those of a homeless man originally from New Mexico. The sheriff’s office said in a news release Monday that DNA testing showed the remains were those of Adam Tyler Miller, 38. Authorities say Miller had been staying in the Arkansas City and Winfield area. He was arrested for trespassing twice in September 2012 but had no contact with law enforcement since then. Miller told officers he was homeless and suffered from several medical conditions. The sheriff’s office says Miller left his home and family members…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) The Emporia animal shelter is quarantined as officials deal with an outbreak of distemper. A temporary intake center has been set up at the Lyon County Fairgrounds in response to the outbreak, which has killed more than 60 dogs since February. Veterinarians say early test results confirmed the illness was distemper. KVOE reports the Capital Area Animal Rescue Team will operate the temporary shelter for at least three weeks. Animal Shelter manager Peggy Derrick says the remaining dogs at the animal shelter are healthy. Emporia veterinarian Floyd Dorsey says the health issues began in February and March…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas residents with concealed carry permits will now be allowed to carry their weapons in Alabama. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Monday that Alabama has become the 34th state to honor permits issued in Kansas. Schmidt said Alabama enacted a law recognizing permits from all other states, starting Aug. 1. It did so after Kansas enacted a similar law applying to permit holders from other states traveling in Kansas. The new Kansas law also requires people with concealed carry permits who move to the state to obtain a Kansas-issued license to legally continue carrying concealed guns. The…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new government report says Kansas farmers are harvesting corn, seeding wheat and preparing for fall harvest. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that winter wheat planting in Kansas is 13 percent complete, about even with the 15 percent average for this time of year. The agency also reported that 16 percent of the Kansas corn crop has now been harvested. That is well behind the 62 percent that had been cut by the same time last year. Corn condition is rated as 29 percent poor to very poor, 32 percent reported fair, 31 percent good…
MILTONVALE, Kan. (AP) A California man has been killed in a two-vehicle accident in north-central Kansas. The Highway Patrol says Christopher D. Sukup, 24, of Anderson, Calif., died in the crash late Sunday south of Miltonvale. The patrol says that Sukup was driving an SUV and trying to pass another vehicle when he collided with an oncoming car. Sukup died at the scene and his passenger was injured. Miltonvale is located in Cloud County, about 50 miles north of Salina.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Pat Weixelman, Pottawatomie County Commission Chair, Leslie Campbell, Health Director, and Julie Roller, Development Associate with Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation, followed by Kristi Ingalls, American Red Cross Senior Donor Recruitment Representative. [mp3-jplayer]
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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported burglary at the County Landfill, located at 8585 Wheaton Rd, (rural Louisville KS) on September 20th, 2013. The reporting party, an employee of the landfill discovered that unknown suspect-s gained entry to the building and had ran-sacked it. The building had been checked by a Deputy just after 9:00 p.m. on the evening of the 19th and was not believed to have been burglarized at that time. It was discovered just after 7:30 a.m. on the morning of the 20th. Damage to the building was estimated at 250.00 dollars. A small…