MERRIAM, Kan. (AP) Police say an eastern Kansas teenager is lucky he didn’t get shot after pointing a toy assault rifle at an officer he thought was a member of an opposing Airsoft team. The Kansas City Star reports Merriam police responded at 8:20 a.m. Thursday after someone saw three people in camouflage and carrying rifles jump out of a van and run behind a house. Armed officers rounded the corner of the house and were confronted by two people with guns. One of the youths pointed his gun in the direction of police, but an officer noticed orange paint…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Another strong storm with heavy snow and high winds is bearing down on much of Kansas. The National Weather Service up to 10 inches of snow is expected in central Kansas, with other western sections getting up to 6 inches of snow from Friday night into Sunday. The weather service in Goodland has issued a winter storm warning in effect through Sunday evening that calls for heavy snow, ice and sleet, with winds up to 35 miles per hour Saturday, particularly along the Interstate 70 corridor. Kansas has been assessing the costs for snow removal and debris…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Five grants totaling $1.2 million have been awarded by the Kansas Department for Children and Families to support programs for visually impaired older residents. The grants were announced Thursday through the agency’s Independent Living Services Program for Older Individuals who are Blind. The funds go to nonprofit groups whose services help residents stay in their homes though individual living skills training and technology. The recipients are Alphapointe Association for the Blind, in the Kansas City area; Envision Vision Rehabilitation Center in Wichita; Prairie Independent Living Resource Center in Hutchinson; Resource Center for Independent Living in Topeka; and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Senate committee is taking up legislation to block tax breaks for abortion providers and bar public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers. The measure being reviewed Friday by the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee passed the House earlier this week. It’s the most sweeping anti-abortion bill being pursued in Kansas this year. Senate Republican leaders had promised it would be considered quickly. The measure bars groups providing abortions from receiving tax exemptions or credits that go to other nonprofit groups or health care providers. It would also prohibit women who claim…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka man has been found guilty of multiple charges for a November 2011 home invasion in which he burned a woman twice with a heated knife blade. The Topeka Capital Journal reports a jury took about 90 minutes Thursday to find Monroe Lockhart III guilty of aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. The 40-year-old is to be sentenced April 30. Kansas sentencing guidelines call for a prison term of about eight years. That’s more than twice as long as the three years and nine months he would have received under a plea deal he reached…
On today’s InFocus, Tom talks with State Representative Sydney Carlin of Manhattan, followed by Pat Collins, Riley County Fire Chief. To end the show, Cathy talks with U-S Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas. [mp3-jplayer]
A theft was reported to the Riley County Police Department, but the circumstances behind it are still being investigated. Kara Ramseyer, 27, of Junction City, told police sometime between February 1 and March 21 her place of residence in the 1400 block of Cambridge Place was entered by an unknown person who took a number of items including some jewelry. The total loss is $1,000.
Update: The Kansas Highway Patrol has released more information regarding the accident that occurred around 7:00 this morning on eastbound K-18 near the 4500 block of the K-18 bypass on the bridge coming into Manhattan. Multiple cars were involved and while there were no fatalities reported from the accident, officials have confirmed that an occupant of one of the vehicles either fell off the bridge or dove to get out of the way of an oncoming vehicle. The individual has been confirmed deceased, but no further information has been released at this time. KMAN will continue to update you as…
A man who could be linked to the slaying of Colorado’s state prison chief is likely to die after being shot by Texas authorities following a harrowing car chase there, authorities said Thursday.
Following their loss to defending National Champion Baylor in the Quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on March 9, the Kansas State Women’s Basketball team had a long time to wait and see if they would be playing again. With Selection Monday for the NCAA Tournament 10 days away, K-State had plenty of time to wonder if the Big 12 would get enough teams into the Big Dance even though they would not be one of them. Usually, Wildcat fans don’t get excited when good things happen to the University of Kansas but when the Jayhawks became the league’s seventh…