AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong says he will no longer fight charges from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his unprecedented cycling career, a decision that could put his string of seven Tour de France titles at risk. Armstrong says he is innocent, but announced Thursday night that he has decided against fighting USADA because he is weary of the doping accusations that have dogged him for years. His decision could lead to a lifetime ban from cycling and perhaps the loss of the Tour titles he won from 1999-2005. USADA says Armstrong used banned…
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Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge has reopened after being closed due to a multi-vehicle crash involving a tanker truck leaking a flammable liquid. Crews performed a “vent and burn” technique late Wednesday night in order to stop the leak.
In past presidential elections, soccer and hockey moms were heavily courted by the candidates. This time around a wider swath of the women’s vote could be up for grabs. It’s not just about moms anymore.
Forecasters say there’s still uncertainty about the path Tropical Storm Isaac will take. It’s expected to head toward Florida as a hurricane by Monday, but the National Hurricane Center says it could go further west into the Gulf of Mexico.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An investigation into Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s private dinners with lawmakers has exposed a problem that could prevent future open meetings complaints against the Legislature. A report from Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor notes the Kansas Open Meetings Act requires government bodies to give notice of their meetings only to people or organizations requesting it in advance. If people don’t ask, they can’t complain about not being notified. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Thursday that the Legislature does not have a way to file requests to be notified of meetings that occur during its annual 90-day session.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal jury has convicted a Jamaican woman of entering into a “sham marriage” with a Kansas soldier so she could get legal immigration status. Twenty-eight-year-old Shannakay Hunter could get up to five years imprisonment on each count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, marriage fraud and lying to the government. The current New York resident is likely to get far less under sentencing guidelines. The government contends her 2010 marriage to former Fort Riley soldier Joshua Priest was a fake arrangement to give her a green card and him $1,500 in extra monthly benefits for married…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) A 51-year-old man has been arrested after comments he made led to the evacuation of Dodge City’s public library. Authorities emptied the library Thursday morning after staff members heard the man making alarming statements. A bomb squad was called in to inspect a suspicious package he left behind. KWCH-TV reports officers determined the package did not contain anything hazardous. The man was questioned and later arrested on suspicion of making an aggravated criminal threat. Authorities said library employees called police after hearing the man talking on a pay phone and making a reference to an explosive…
OST, Kan. (AP) While many rural schools struggle to survive, a Catholic school in an unincorporated Reno County town is attracting so many students that an addition is being planned. St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Ost needs the extra room for students who are enrolling from surrounding communities. The growth comes eight years after the Renwick School District closed the school and returned the property to the Catholic Diocese of Wichita. It reopened as a Catholic school in 2004 with 83 students. On Wednesday, the first day of this school year, 103 students were enrolled in kindergarten to eighth grade,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Crews have recovered the body of a woman who drowned at Lake Shawnee. Shawnee County authorities say the body of 28-year-old Latonya Merriweather of Topeka was found late Wednesday near the marina on the west side of the lake. Merriweather was swimming with friends when she went underwater and never resurfaced. Her body was found near the area where she was last seen. Shawnee County Sheriff’s Lt. Jay Simecka said a preliminary investigation indicates Merriweather died from accidental drowning.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire at the Sigma Chi Fraternity at the University of Kansas. All 82 members of the fraternity were able to get out of the building safely after the fire was reported Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported. The fire was confined to the fraternity’s roof. Firefighters had it under control within two hours. Fraternity members were able to move back into the building Wednesday night. No damage estimate was immediately available.