HAYS, Kan. (AP) Fort Hays State University could be generating electricity from wind turbines in the next few weeks. After more than six years of planning and a price tag $9 million, work crews are installing two 400-foot wind turbines at the university in Hays. The Hays Daily News reports crews began installing the first turbine last week. Fort Hays President Edward Hammond says the turbines should be operational by Aug. 1. Hammond estimated the project will save the university $600,000 the first year, and as much as $700,000 to $900,000 in subsequent years.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Hutchinson man faces a minimum of nine years in prison after being convicted of killing a Wichita woman. Ronald Harner, 48, was convicted Monday in the June 2012 death of Jolie Crosby in her east Wichita home. Sentencing is scheduled for July 31. Prosecutors argued that Harner either intentionally shot Crosby or recklessly handled a revolver while the two were drinking at her home. In statements to police, Harner said the gun discharged accidentally while he was unloading it.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas residents who receive Medicare benefits will soon be seeing new information on their claim statements. Shawn Sullivan, state secretary of aging and disability services, said Monday it’s part of an effort by the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in the health care system. The statements will provide clearer information about the benefits residents are entitled to receive and the services that have been rendered. The statements will also provide information if a claim is denied or if one was filed for services that they didn’t receive. Residents should…
It’s time to check on Riley County, as Cathy sits down with Commissioner Ron Wells and others. [mp3-jplayer]
Riot police stormed a protest camp in Istanbul Tuesday night, while protesters set a huge bonfire in the city’s Taksim Square. The clashes are now in their 12th day.
No explosives were found on a Southwest Airlines plane that was diverted to Phoenix with 143 passengers on board on Monday, authorities said. The FBI said the flight from LA to Texas landed in Phoenix after a “telephonic bomb threat.”
Wamego is facing a School Bus Driver Shortage. At Monday’s USD 320 Board of Education meeting, Transportation Director Larry Hannan went over a list of things that keep him up at night. He said USD 320 has had little luck in recruiting school bus drivers, which has resulted in a decrease in drivers and routes. He noted there have been two (2) resignations, which increased the problem going forward due to the anticipated increase in the student population, expected to be 14 percent over the next 7 years in Pottawatomie County. He cited the pay levels for drivers is lower…
The Obama Administration is deciding whether to charge Edward Snowden, the government contractor who claimed responsibility for leaking information about surveillance programs.
Protesters fled Istanbul’s Takshim Square, as police in riot gear moved past barricades. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Relatives of a Kansas City Chiefs player and his girlfriend are due in court to argue for custody of the baby girl orphaned by the couple’s murder-suicide. Jovan Belcher shot and killed Kasandra Perkins at the couple’s Kansas City home last Dec. 1, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and shot himself in front of Chiefs coaches and officials. Belcher and Perkins were the parents of 9-month-old Zoey Belcher. The custody fight pits Jovan Belcher’s mother, Cheryl Shepherd, of West Babylon, N.Y., against relatives of Perkins. A hearing was scheduled to begin Tuesday in the probate…