WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita officials are unsure where students at an elementary school that was damaged by fire will attend classes when the school year begins on Wednesday. The fire hit College Hill Elementary School on Monday, the day the school had scheduled an open house and celebration to mark the end of a $1.2 million bond project. Teachers and a few students were in the building but no one was injured. Superintendent John Allison told the school board Monday night that students might have to be relocated for the beginning of the school year. The bond issue funded a…
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HAYS, Kan. (AP) The license of a Hays day care center is temporarily suspended while authorities investigate the cause of an 8-week-old infant’s death. Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler says the infant died Saturday at a Wichita hospital. The child was hospitalized after emergency personnel went to Michelle M. Sarver’s home day care on Wednesday because the infant was not breathing. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Monday that Sarver’s license was temporarily suspended. The Hays Daily News reports a suspension order says the child was put down for a nap on a bed, propped up by pillows…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 2-year-old Kansas girl who was critically injured when a stone wall fell on her is surprising her family with her quick recovery. Trayleigh Humphries of Halstead was injured Friday night while trying to crawl on the 6 .5-foot wall, when 2-inch thick bricks fell on her. Her falther, Steven Humphries, says she suffered a skull fracture, broken leg and a dislocated hip. He tells KWCH-TV that she has pins in her hip and a metal plate in her head but is awake, talking and playing. She might be able to return home from the hospital Tuesday.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Wichita City Council has taken no action on efforts by abortion foes to use zoning laws to drive out an abortion clinic. Representatives from four groups asked the council on Tuesday to rezone the property of the South Wind Women’s Center to prohibit abortions. A similar effort earlier this year to rezone it was rejected by the city planning commission. Wichita-based nonprofit Trust Women Foundation Inc. opened a clinic earlier this year in the building owned by slain abortion provider George Tiller. The property had been used for medical purposes since 1937 and was zoned to…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) A male black bear at the Great Bend zoo has died. The Great Bend Tribune reports that the bear named Clyde was euthanized Sunday. The bear had undergone emergency surgery Thursday. But zoo director Scott Gregory commented at the time that the procedure was risky and Clyde’s condition was critical. Clyde’s problem stemmed from a procedure done seven years ago when an issue with his reproductive system required surgery. But when Clyde required emergency surgery in July, scar tissue from the previous surgery became infected. His body then became toxic because he refused to eat or…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is planning to meet with business leaders and hospital administrators in south-central Kansas. The Kansas Republican scheduled a Tuesday morning tour of the National Institute for Aviation Research, followed by remarks at the monthly meeting of the Wichita Independent Business Association. Moran travels to neighboring El Dorado in the afternoon to attend the Kansas Hospital Association meeting at the Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital. The meeting includes discussions with hospital administrators from across the state and a tour of the hospital facilities.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas State Board of Education members are reviewing a proposed regulation outlining requirements for a new “Celebrate Freedom Week” in public schools. The board scheduled a discussion of a draft version Tuesday afternoon. A new law that took effect in July requires public schools to hold “Celebrate Freedom Week” in kindergarten through eighth grade. It’s designated for the week of Sept. 17, the anniversary of the U.S. Constitution’s signing in 1787. The law says the aim is teaching students about the values upon which the nation was founded. In keeping with the law, the board’s regulation says…
Once again a former Junction City minister accused in several indecent liberties cases is going through the court process. During a status hearing for 26-year-old Jordan Young, Young’s new counsel requested a status hearing in 60 days, with the state opposing the status and requesting a preliminary hearing setting. The court ordered a preliminary hearing for Young on November 7 and 8 with a status check on October 29. Young was appointed a public defender last week after he backed out of a plea bargain involving allegations he sexually abused young boys in his church’s congregation.
It’s Riley County Day on today’s InFocus, as Cathy talks with Commission Chair Dave Lewis, County Counsellor Clancy Holeman, and Treasurer Eileen King. [mp3-jplayer]
A day after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a measure into law overhauling the state’s election laws to shorten early voting and require government-issued photo IDs at the polls, the NAACP announced it will fight the changes in court.