Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators marched in Washington to protest the 40th anniversary of landmark decision that legalized abortion, Roe v. Wade.
Author: KMAN Staff
Vice President Joe Biden says the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting illustrates the importance of background checks for gun purchasers.
The Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission had their first meeting this past week and Linda Weis, member of the commission, gives a rundown on how things went. [mp3-jplayer]
February is a busy month and Usha Reddi, NEA representative for Manhattan, talks about the upcoming events. [mp3-jplayer]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The owner of a Salina strip club faces possible prison time after admitting he underpaid his federal income taxes by more than $153,000. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Kirk Roberts, 49, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to three counts of filing false income tax returns. Prosecutors said Roberts failed to report $538,000 in cash receipts from customers and dancers at his Wild Wild West club from 2006 through 2008. Roberts could be sentenced to three years in prison on each of the three counts. The sentencing is scheduled for April 22.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to not renew three dredging permits in the Kansas River has upset dredging companies, but found support from a conservation group. Laura Calwell of Friends of the Kaw says her group is pleased the corps is moving three of 10 dredge operations off the river because it will help the river. The group would like to see all dredging stopped on the Kaw. But David Penny is owner of Master’s Dredging, which operates one of the three dredges affected by the corps’ decision. He told The Lawrence Journal-World the decision…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Passenger numbers are in a holding pattern at the Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita. The airport’s latest passenger figures show the number of passengers at the airport fell four percent in December, compared to the same month of 2011. Passenger numbers for all of 2012 dropped two percent. The Wichita Eagle reports that 115,595 passengers used the airport in December, compared with 120,822 in December 2011. In all of 2012, there were 1.51 million passengers, compared with 1.537 million in 2011. Airport officials say the numbers were down because Allegiant Air and Frontier stopped services to the airport.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A man convicted of attacking employees of WIBW-TV in Topeka will not be sentenced until February. Ray Anthony Miles, 49, was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for several convictions arising from a confrontation at the station last May. But sentencing was delayed until Feb. 27 after Miles objected to having two convictions from Arkansas included on his criminal history. The convictions for making a terroristic threat and third-degree battery would make him eligible for longer sentences in the Topeka case. Miles attacked the station’s employees after they told him they would not report on a problem he…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas Hospital and a group of physicians say they plan to form a clinical organization, although details are not final. The hospital and KU Physicians announced Thursday they plan to eventually combine to improve their patients’ experience. KU Physicians is an independent group that manages 18 different physician practices. Leaders of the two groups said the consolidation would streamline operations and reduce costs while helping patients. They also hope the effort will improve doctors’ training and help fund medical education. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the details of the consolidation will be worked out…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Six suspects have been charged in the deaths of a 34-year-old Wichita man. Three of the men were charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the death of Shawn M. Lindsey. Three others were charged with kidnapping. Utility workers found Lindsey’s body Jan. 16 in a wooded area. Authorities believe he was killed Jan. 11 but have not discussed a motive of how Lindsey was killed. Bond was set at $1million for Dang Sean, 32, Justin Jones, 37, and Jason Jones, 37, who are all charged with murder. The other suspects, who had bond set at $750,000, are…