aTa is participating in the 8th Annual DUMP THE PUMP Day sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association. Bus fares will be free of charge during regular business hours on Thursday, June 20th. According the aTa, public transportation use reduces our nation’s dependence on foreign oil by 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline a year. It also reduces our nation’s carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons annually. This is equivalent to Washington, DC; New York City; Atlanta; Denver; and Los Angeles combined stopping using electricity. The aTa bus system has provided nearly 125,000 rides so far in 2013. For more…
Author: KMAN Staff
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Jackie Hartman, Chief of Staff & Director of Comminity Relations in the Presidents Office at Kansas State and Rob Edleston, Manhattan Area Technical college President. [mp3-jplayer]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police are looking for a 31-year-old man accused of attacking his girlfriend’s car and belongings with an ax. The 33-year-old woman told police the man was intoxicated when he showed up at her home around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. KSNW-TV reports the two began arguing, and the woman ran to her car and called 911. Police say that’s when the man picked up an ax and started pounding the woman’s car and another vehicle nearby. The woman says he then went inside her home and wielded the ax on her belongings, destroying an estimated $7,000 worth of…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo is trying to quell fears back home about government electronic surveillance. Pompeo is the newest Republican member of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, which held a rare, open hearing Tuesday amid debate over national security and personal privacy. In a phone interview Wednesday, Pompeo said conservatives have a long tradition of understanding the federal government’s primary mission to be ensuring the nation’s ability to defend itself. He wants to make sure the country does not lose the capability to do that. He says the programs exposed by a contractor for National Security Agency…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Overland Park police say a man is hospitalized after a friend allegedly stabbed him with a sword. Police spokesman Gary Mason says the victim, a man in his mid-30s, was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed early Wednesday in Overland Park. Mason says the two friends were messing around when it got out of hand and they started wrestling. He says the suspect, a 26-year-old Overland Park man, got upset, grabbed a sword and stabbed his friend. The Kansas City Star reports the suspect is being held in Johnson County jail on suspicion of aggravated…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The company that insures most of Kansas’ school districts says it won’t provide coverage for districts that allow armed employees. EMC Insurance Companies has told its agents around the state not to offer policies to school districts that allow concealed weapons under a law that takes effect July 1. EMC will not renew policies for districts it already insures if they allow concealed weapons. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports EMC insures about 90 percent of the state’s 286 school districts. EMC official Bernie Zalaznik says the company believes the decision is in its best financial interest because of…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The family of a Kansas woman who fell to her death from a party bus is suing the operators of the bus. The family of Jamie Frecks, 26, filed the wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against Midnight Express, the company’s three operators and the driver of the bus. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Frecks’ infant daughter. A second lawsuit was filed on behalf of Frecks’ estate. Frecks fell from the bus when doors suddenly opened. She was hit by at least three vehicles on May 4 on Interstate 35 in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Clark Kent would be right at home in Hutchinson on Friday. Hutchinson Mayor Bob Bush signed a proclamation Tuesday renaming the central Kansas city “Smallville” for one day. That’s the fictional town where Superman’s alter-ego grew up. Friday is also the day that Clark Kent will be inducted into the Kansas Hall of Fame. Superman’s hometown has often been depicted as being somewhere in Kansas, although a specific city was not named. Other Superman fans claim he was born in different states. The Hutchinson News reports three residents worked for more than a year to persuade Hutchinson…
GARNETT, Kan. (AP) Law enforcement officials are looking for an elderly Kansas couple who have not been heard from since Monday. Police say Vernon Hunt, 91, and Goldie Hunt, 81, of Garnett left their home Monday for a trip to Dwight, Ill. Relatives believe the couple planned to drive Interstate 70 from Kansas City to St. Louis and Interstate 55 to Dwight. Their vehicle is a black 2005 Chrysler 300 with Kansas plates 473FNM. Their son, Jay Selanders, said the couple has a cell phone but it has apparently not been turned on.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge is giving a Wichita store owner more time to work out a plea deal with the government over accusations she sold fake luxury goods. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Tuesday pushed back the trial of Glenda Sue Morgan to Aug. 27 at the request of the parties. Morgan had been scheduled to go on trial July 2 on an indictment charging her and The Fabulous Store LLC with conspiracy and trafficking in counterfeit goods. The judge found more time was needed to prepare for trial. He also noted plea negotiations are ongoing for…