The 18th annual Country Stampede is underway at Tuttle Creek State Park. However at about 7:15 Thursday night attendees were asked to seek shelter until lightning cleared. No Justice and The Cadillac Three were able to perform before the delay. Power was lost to the stage at about eight, but it was nine before the stage was dried off and prepared. Little Big Town performed nearly two hours late at about 11:30. Despite the threat that lightning presented Riley County EMS Director Larry Couchman says that concert goers are in safe hands. He says that there are first aid stations…
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Samuel Deduno pitched seven sharp innings and one of Justin Morneau’s two doubles drove in Minnesota’s first run, sending the Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. Deduno (4-2) gave up only five hits and, more importantly, one walk. He struck out three and let only eight fair balls leave the infield. Jared Burton pitched a scoreless eighth and Glen Perkins notched his 20th save in 22 tries with a scoreless ninth inning despite allowing a walk and a double. The Twins even managed to beat Jeremy Guthrie (7-6). The right-hander topped…
Supporters of immigration reform, which passed the Senate Thursday, are hopeful that the bill will also pass the House and provide a chance for citizenship to millions of immigrants in the country illegally.
A federal grand jury on Thursday returned a 30-count indictment against 19-year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in the Boston Marathon bombings, and many of the charges carry the possibility of life in prison or the death penalty.
Rain has come and in a large downpour across the area. According to Laurie Harrison, emergency Manager coordinator, there was some concern of flooding in some areas with the rainfall, along with down trees and power lines. KMAN will have more details on the damage when they become available.
Though the exact cause has not been determined, the recent storm Thursday night looks to have some impact. According to the Westar Energy outage map, there were 1,296 customers without power in Riley County and another 105 in Pottawatomie County without power. After speaking with a representative, power was expected to be back within a couple of hours. As of about 10 pm, there were only 455 customers still in Riley and five in Pottawatomie County without power. Keep with KMAN for any sever weather information.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors want a celebrity hunter from Tennessee to spend three months in jail for violating probation in a Kansas case. William “Spook” Spann is scheduled to appear at a hearing in federal court Thursday afternoon. Prosecutors are seeking to have his probation revoked in a 2007 case in which he pleaded guilty to transporting unlawfully taken wildlife across state lines. The 50-year-old Dickson, Tenn., resident owned property in Kansas and bought a deer permit in November 2007, but it allowed him to hunt only on land he owned. He violated state law when he hunted…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas Air Guard National member has been convicted of fraudulently receiving nearly $55,000 in benefits by claiming she was commuting to a Wichita base from Arizona. The U.S. Attorney’s office says a jury on Thursday found Wichita resident Eledria J. Bradley, 28, guilty of one count of wire fraud. Bradley was a senior airman assigned to McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. Prosecutors said she used an online system for service members to change her address from Wichita to Chandler, Ariz., which put her outside the commuting distance from McConnell. Prosecutors said the phony address…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas insurance agent accused of stealing nearly $2 million from policyholders faces a late summer trial. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Thursday set an Aug. 27 trial for Jason Matthew Pennington, 41, of Bel Aire. A 51-count indictment accuses Pennington of defrauding policyholders and lying to beneficiaries to cover the thefts. He is charged with wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, money laundering, attempted bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. He has been released on a $25,000 bond pending trial. His 65-year-old father, James L. Pennington, of Wichita, is charged…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Shawnee County lawsuit aims to challenge the Kansas law that requires voters to present a picture identification when casting ballots. Wichita attorney Jim Lawing filed the lawsuit in Shawnee County to contest the constitutionality of the mandate included in the Secure and Fair Elections Act of 2011. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the law was written by Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who’s the only defendant in the case. Critics say the legislation is an attempt to suppress voter turnout among poor, minority and elderly voters. Kobach said Thursday he’s confident the Kansas voter ID law will…