PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Someone worked hard to steal copper fixtures from a historic southeast Kansas theater, and a theater official worked just as hard to track the items down. The Joplin Globe reports Colonial Fox Theatre executive director Vonnie Corsini noticed copper gutters, ornamental boxes and brackets missing from the Pittsburg building’s exterior Tuesday. Corsini says a thief would have needed at least a 20- or 30-foot extension ladder to reach the fixtures. Calls to area salvage yards led Corsini to a scrap metal business in Columbus, where the owner reported paying $280 for the stolen fixtures. The Colonial Fox…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police have identified a pedestrian struck and killed by a freight train, but they’re not certain why the man appeared not to notice the danger before it was too late. KFDI-FM reports Robert L. Wells, 26, of Wichita, was dead at the scene of the accident late Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses told investigators Wells was crossing the tracks and turned to see the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train just before he was struck. The train’s crew had sounded a horn but could not stop the train in time. Police Lt. Joe Schroeder says the victim did not…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Sedgwick County commissioners have adopted a 2014 budget that puts the future of the Judge Riddel Boys Ranch in jeopardy. The commissioners on Wednesday adopted a $414 million budget that does not include any extra money for the ranch in Goddard, which treats troubled juveniles. The state pays the county $126 a day per boy at the ranch. The county pays more than $200 a day per boy. The state gave the county a one-time $750,000 grant for the ranch in the current fiscal year half of what the county requested. The Wichita Eagle reports supporters say…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Hutchinson woman already serving a year’s probation for neglecting more than two dozen horses is now facing a civil nuisance lawsuit. Lindasue Adams, 61, pleaded no contest in July to two counts of animal cruelty for neglecting more than a dozen horses. County Counselor Joe O’Sullivan told county commissioners a civil nuisance case against Adams is scheduled for trial later this month. O’Sullivan says the lawsuit contends that because Adams’ suffering horses were visible from the roadway, the situation created a public nuisance. Several people called law enforcement and others stopped to feed the horses. Because…
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) An officer from the Maldives is making history this fall by becoming the first member of his nation’s military to attend the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. The officer from the Indian Ocean island republic will be among 70 foreign students presenting their flags Monday during a ceremony to open the 2013-14 academic session. More than 7,500 international officers have studied military tactics and strategy alongside U.S. counterparts at Fort Leavenworth. The officer from the Maldives brings to 161 the number of countries represented at the college since 1894. The international officers…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback will lead a summit meeting next month at Emporia State University on the future of transportation in Kansas. The Sept. 5 event is sponsored by the state Department of Transportation and the Kansas Turnpike Authority, which oversees the maintenance and operation of the state’s only toll road. Brownback and Transportation Secretary Mike King will act as hosts. Officials describe the summit as an opportunity for business, community and government leaders to help chart a course for growth and prosperity. Brownback plans to moderate a panel discussion among transportation industry leaders. The public is invited…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Former Wichita mayor Bob Knight is considering another campaign for that office. Knight told KWCH-TV on Wednesday he’s been approached by several people encouraging him to run when current Mayor Carl Brewer leaves office in 2015. Term limits prevent Brewer from running again. Knight, now 72, served multiple terms as mayor between 1980 and 2003. He was also the Kansas commerce secretary from 1992 to 1995, and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor in 2002. Knight says he expects to make a decision about seeking the mayor’s office in the next few months.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Lawrence man has created a commemorative bandanna to recognize the 150th anniversary of William Quantrill’s raid that left more than 180 residents dead. Conrad Altenbernd III’s great-grandfather and his family spent the day and night of the raid hiding in their farm’s cornfield. Altenbernd says he grew up hearing family stories about how they watched Lawrence burning at the hands of the Missouri invaders Aug. 21, 1863. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Altenbernd has printed 300 bandanas. He plans to sell 200 of them for $10 each and give away 100 to elected officials, local leaders, museums…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Army Maj. Charles Tessman, Doctor of Optometry, O.D. at Irwin Army Community Hospital, and Ms. Kendra Seat, the Army Wellness Center Director, followed by Flint Hills Christian School Administrator Tim McDonald and Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Scott Huelshoff. [mp3-jplayer]
A former Junction City minister accused of sexually abusing young boys in his church’s congregation has fired his attorney. Assistant Prosecutor Michelle Brown has confirmed 26-year-old Jordan Young has been appointed a public defender and a status hearing is set for Tuesday of next week. Brown believes a preliminary hearing date will be set at that time. While at the Faith Tabernacle Apostolic church, Young served a youth minister. He has been jailed since his arrest last August, after Junction City police investigated several reports of indecent liberties and aggravated criminal sodomy cases, which allegedly occurred from 2008 to 2012.