WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police in Wichita are looking for two men who stole thousands of dollars’ worth of electronics from a Target store. The break-in happened around 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Target near the Towne East Square shopping mall. KSNW-TV reports that burglars hit the same store last August and took 16 iPads. In the latest incident, two men wearing dark clothes, gloves and ski masks broke out two glass front doors and left with iPads, iPods, digital cameras and several laptop computers. Police said no employees were in the store at the time.
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EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) A 60-year-old Emporia man has been arrested following a long investigation into obscene letters sent to more than 20 women. Radio station KVOE reports the man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of 47 counts of stalking and 47 counts of promoting obscenity. No charges had been filed as of Wednesday. Authorities say the stalking investigation involved more than 20 women in Emporia and surrounding Lyon County. Some of the women began receiving the letters in late 2011. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation worked with Emporia police and Lyon County deputies on the case. Investigators used video surveillance…
We continue on with Cathy’s Journey. [mp3-jplayer]
Cathy talks schools on today’s InFocus as Brad Starnes, Superintendent with USD 378, and Brady Burton, Superintendent with Blue Valley/Randolph USD 384. [mp3-jplayer]
CivicPlus is a government website developement company who specializes in the building of city and county e-government communications systems. These systems are designed to help the communication process between citizens and their local governments. Known as the leader in government website development and digital community engagement software, CivicPlus serves more than 1,300 local government websites and 50 million citizens across the United States, Canada, and Australia. CivicPlus held a groundbreaking ceremony in Manhattan on the corner of Fourth and Pierre streets on Wednesday, where a new building is said to be completed by early 2014. Patrons around Manhattan may know this area as the former Manhattan Appliance and…
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. Is taking quick steps to boost security at diplomatic posts worldwide, and fiercely fought back against GOP criticism about the administration’s explanations for the Libya attack.
A witness to Tuesday’s shooting on a Houston college campus says he heard about 9 or 10 shots fired. Student Chris Kelly says school officials ushered all of the students into the student center.
Parents of students in USD 383 have been made aware of an incident that took place within the last 10 days during which a female student from Bergman Elementary School was offered a ride home. KMAN News spoke with Michele Jones USD 383 Communications Coordinator on Wednesday afternoon about the incident alleged to have occurred on January 15. Jones confirmed to KMAN that a notice went out to parents in the district for them to talk with their children about the dangers of talking to strangers or accepting rides from them. Jones said that the student was offered the ride…
After gathering input from area leaders and athletic coaches in the month of December, group members involved with the Fieldhouse Project, a project to build a new sports facility in Manhattan, are pleased with the results of a survey. Approximately 2,300 people took the survey and the majority noted that they would support the project with a combination of fees and taxes, which surprised Fieldhouse Project chair Gail Urban. Urban says the project is currently a non-profit corporation in the early stages of applying with the IRS for 501C3 status and needs to raise $100,000 to hire Sport Facility Advisory…
Shots fired early Wednesday morning resulted in a suicide. As KMAN previously reported, shots were fired around 6:45 a.m. within a home on the 2400 block of Charlios Lane. Earl Billot (38) reported to Riley County Police that he heard shots fired in his home and his fiance was injured. Upon arrival, police found Kendra Billam (48) deceased from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Billam was a former science teacher at Manhattan High School for 17 years and started with USD 383 in 1989 as an aide. An autopsy was requested, which RCPD Captain Tim Hegarty says is “fairly standard for suicides”. ———- A belligerent ticket scalper outside…