DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) A Dodge City gang member was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after a fight between gang members. Humberto Ortiz, 20, was arrested as part of a federal racketeering case targeting gang members. Ortiz was sentenced Monday to three years and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty earlier to assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering. Federal prosecutors say Ortiz admitted that he and other gang members assaulted people they thought were members of another gang in Dodge City in August 2011. Ortiz admitted his gang, the Nortenos, was part of a…
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MOLINE, Kan. (AP) A southeast Kansas woman will serve 30 days in jail and pay nearly $36,000 in restitution for mistreatment of her disabled adult daughter, Medicaid fraud and animal cruelty. KAKE-TV reports Bonnie Newman, 61, was sentenced Monday after being found guilty in November 2012. Law enforcement and social services removed Newman’s disabled adult daughter from her home in Sedan in March 2009 due to unsanitary conditions. Numerous animals were also seized at the home. She was ordered to pay $35,869 to the Kansas Medicaid program, Rainbow Meadows Equine Rescue and investigative costs of the Kansas Attorney General’s office.…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson police are investigating burglaries at two more churches. One of the churches, Trinity United Methodist, has been burglarized four times in nine months. The other church burglarized Saturday was the Christian Science Church. Police Detective Jamie Schoenhoff says the burglaries are similar to more than a dozen church burglaries last year. Four people were arrested in those burglaries. KWCH reports the burglars also hit a Dillon’s store across from the Christian Science Church. The Christian Science Church did not have services on Sunday because of the break-in
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Republicans have picked a Wichita party activist who serves as Sedgwick County clerk as the state GOP’s new chairman. Kelly Arnold was the Kansas GOP’s vice chairman for the past two years. He has been both executive director and chairman of the Sedgwick County party. He also was the Kansas GOP’s finance director and the treasurer for the National Young Republicans. The Republican State Committee elected Arnold during the party’s annual convention over the weekend in Hutchinson. Arnold will replace Amanda Adkins, who chaired the state party for four years before deciding to step down. Adkins…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Senate committee is holding two days of hearings on Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax plan amid questions about whether it is fair to the state’s poorest residents. The Republican-dominated Assessment and Taxation Committee was beginning its review of the GOP governor’s proposals Tuesday morning. Brownback wants to phase in more income tax cuts over the next three years to follow up on reductions approved last year. But to stabilize the budget, Brownback also wants to eliminate two popular income tax deductions for homeowners and keep the sales tax at its current rate, rather than letting it…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new report says January’s limited moisture across most of Kansas has caused the winter wheat crop to deteriorate. The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 39 percent of the crop was already in poor to very poor condition. Forty-one percent is rated as fair, with 19 percent in good shape and 1 percent in excellent condition. The lack of significant rainfall has also affected livestock producers. Stock water supplies are short to very short across 78 percent of Kansas. Many ranchers are hauling water for livestock. Stock ponds are low or dried out. Concern is…
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“What better day to have a Landon Lecture?”, said Kansas State University Provost, April Mason during the 162nd lecture presentation on Tuesday. Considering that is was Kansas Day, Mason took the time to comment on some of the history in our state, as well as the history of the lecture series itself. For over 40 years, Kansas State University’s Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues has brought prestigious speakers to campus. Israeli Ambassador, Michael Oren was the featured speaker with his presentation-“Israel, The Ultimate Ally”. Oren began his lecture by shedding light on what Israel is like and…
IRVING, Texas (AP) Big 12 athletic directors spent several hours Monday discussing the pros and cons of maintaining their 10-team configuration or eventually making additions to the conference or maybe doing something in between. Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says the current setup is financially beneficial for each school, but he wanted to run through “what-if” scenarios. Among the possibilities they discussed was a possible alliance with other conferences. Bowlsby says there was unanimity for that approach that allows some of the benefits and value of expansion without actually adding members. The ADs plan to discuss football scheduling and bowl alliances when…
K-State is still in the polls this week at 15-4. But, after losses to KU and Iowa State last week, the Cats are down seven spots to #18 in the AP poll, and eight spots to #21 in the USA Today coaches’ poll. Two of K-State’s four losses are the team splitting the top spot in the rankings at the moment. Michigan is #1 in the AP poll and Kansas is tops in the coaches poll. The Cats’ win over Florida continues to look better with the Gators up to #4, and getting a first place vote in each poll.…