Lebanese citizens run past a burned cars and shops at the site of a car bomb explosion in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Aug. 15, 2013. The powerful car bomb ripped through a southern Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least three people and trapping others in burning buildings, the media said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has found in favor of a Kansas abortion opponent accused of sending a threatening letter to a Wichita doctor who was training to offer abortion services. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten summarily ruled Thursday that Angel Dillard’s 2011 letter to Dr. Mila Means was not a “true threat.” The Justice Department had filed the civil lawsuit against Dillard under a law aimed at protecting access to abortion services. The Valley Center woman wrote to Means saying she would have to check under her car every day because someone might place an explosive under…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A longtime Kansas House member says he’ll resign from the Legislature at the end of next month’s special session. Democrat Nile Dillmore told The Wichita Eagle on Thursday the decision is tied to his planned October retirement from his regular job with a Wichita credit union. The 65-year-old lawmaker says it’s time for him to seek “some other things to do.” Dillmore was first elected to the House in 2000. After a federal court-ordered redrawing of the state’s political boundaries last year, he defeated Republican state Rep. Brenda Landwehr of Wichita to retain his seat. He serves…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina commission has approved plans to demolish a stadium at Kansas Wesleyan University. The Salina Journal reports the Salina Heritage Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the demolition of Glenn Martin Stadium at Kansas Wesleyan University. Wesleyan wants to tear down the grandstand to make way for a new athletic complex. Wesleyan has been playing its football games at Salina Stadium since 2007 because of the condition of the old stadium, which was built in 1940. The city designated the structure a Heritage Conservation property in 1997 because of its historical significance.
WESTWOOD, Kan. (AP) The only homicide in the Kansas City suburb of Westwood remains unsolved, but police say they’re continuing to investigate the crime that took place a decade ago. The Kansas City Star reports the identity of the gunman who killed David “Ray” Ninemire on Aug. 15, 2003, remains a mystery. Ninemire, a 68-year-old father of four and grandfather to 10, was shot and killed during an attempted robbery at the Westwood grocery store where he worked as produce manager. With the 10th anniversary of Ninemire’s killing, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says it’s making a renewed push to…
DERBY, Kan. (AP) Workers at a south-central Kansas thrift store found an inactive hand grenade in a box of donations. The Wichita Eagle reports that workers at the Derby Goodwill Store found the grenade Wednesday. Police Chief Robert Lee says store employees called police and reported finding what appeared to be a hand grenade. Police responded but were unable to determine if the explosive was live, so they called the bomb squad. The store was shut down for about an hour until crews determined the grenade was a dud and disposed of it.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) Olathe police are investigating a report of a possible theft of more than $10,000 from an school’s parent-teacher organization. The Kansas City Star reports $10,640 was reportedly taken from PTO funds from Westview Elementary School between August 2010 and the end of June this year. It’s the second time this year that PTO funds have been reported missing at a Johnson County school. In April, about $30,000 was reported missing from the PTO at Valley Park Elementary School in Overland Park. Prosecutors have charged the former treasurer of the Valley Park PTO with felony theft. John Hutchison,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas court system’s public information officer plans to retire next month after more than 32 years in the job. Ron Keefover disclosed his plans in an email to the state Supreme Court, which released it Wednesday. His last day is Sept. 13. Keefover was a longtime courts reporter for The Topeka Capital-Journal when he took the newly created job with the judiciary in March 1981. In his email, Keefover praised the Kansas courts for initiatives aimed at promoting openness, including a policy of allowing cameras and electronic devices in courtrooms.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas residents with concealed carry permits will now be allowed to carry their weapons in Georgia. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Wednesday that Georgia has become the 33rd state to honor permits issued in Kansas. Schmidt said Georgia’s decision came after Kansas lawmakers passed new gun legislation this year. The law recognizes all valid out-of-state permits when a non-resident permit holder is traveling in Kansas. The new Kansas law also requires people with concealed carry permits who move to Kansas to obtain a Kansas-issued license to legally continue carrying concealed guns. The changes took effect in July.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge in Wichita has scheduled an October trial for three people charged in a sex trafficking scheme linked to Asian massage parlors. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Wednesday issued an order scheduling an Oct. 15 trial for Gary H. Kidgell; his wife, Yan Zhang; and employee Xiuqing Tian. They are accused of conspiring to recruit women from around the country to come to Wichita to work at massage parlors, then coercing them into prostitution. Investigators who raided the parlors reported found ads in a Chinese-language newspaper in New York, Chicago and San Francisco offering…