PRATT, Kan. (AP) Pratt police are asking for help to solve a string of burglaries the south-central Kansas town. Detective Jeff Ward says many of the recent thefts in the last three weeks have been at storage units. The Pratt Daily Tribune reports the most recent complaint involved thefts at 12 or 13 storage units in the Pratt Business Center. Ward says property from the storage units was tossed around but not much was stolen. Police also responded to 14 burglaries at four storage units in March. Several suspects were arrested in that case. The Pratt County Sheriff’s Department is…
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GOODLAND, Kan. (AP) A northwest Kansas technical college is closed until next week after an outbreak of a contagious skin disease caused by tiny mites. KWCH-TV reports the first report of scabies at Northwest Kansas Technical College in Goodland came Tuesday when a student went to the administration with symptoms. Other cases showed up at the Goodland Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, prompting the school to contact the Sherman County Health Department. The campus will be closed until Tuesday so the itch mites that cause the ailment, which need human hosts to survive, will die within two to three days.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A northwest Kansas rancher has dropped a lawsuit claiming the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is illegally using “beef checkoff” funds for lobbying. St. Francis feed yard operator Michael Callicrate filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Thursday in federal court in Kansas. Callicrate sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other entities seeking a court order prohibiting any beef promotion program dollars from going to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. His legal move comes a week after the Agriculture Department’s Office of Inspector General released a report finding no evidence that the association board’s activities did not comply…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Welding work is suspected of causing a fire at a Wichita pet treat plant where another fire burned for days two years ago. KWCH-TV reports employees escaped unhurt when the fire erupted Thursday afternoon in a building at the Treatco complex in north Wichita. Capt. Stuart Bevis, of the Wichita Fire Department, says a welding spark apparently ignited combustible plastic foam material. The burning foam sent thick, black smoke into the air, visible for miles away. Authorities said parts of the building remain unsafe because of damage from a fire that burned for more than five days…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Navy plans to name a combat ship after the City of Wichita. U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts said in a news release Thursday that the USS Wichita will be the third to bear the name and honors the largest city in Kansas. The ship is designed to be fast and agile with the flexibility to execute missions close to shore in mine, anti-submarine and surface warfare. The USS Wichita will be built by Lockheed Martin for delivery in February 2017. It will be 378 feet long and able to travel at more than 40 knots. U.S.…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) A Great Bend woman who ran a group that flew World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., has been bound over for trial on two felony counts of theft by deception. The Wichita Eagle reports LaVeta Miller pleaded not guilty Wednesday after a lengthy preliminary hearing that began in March but had to be continued because of scheduling conflicts. Miller is former head of Great Bend-based Central Prairie Honor Flights, which raised nearly $1.2 million to take 1,100 veterans to Washington from 2008 through 2011. Miller canceled two Honor Flights last June because she said there…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita store owner has been charged with trafficking in counterfeit goods. A criminal complaint in federal court accuses Glenda Sue Morgan of trafficking in fraudulent merchandise at her business, The Fabulous Store. Prosecutors allege Morgan was selling handbags, wallets, sunglasses and jewelry bearing trademark designs and names but which were not manufactured by the company whose trademark the items bore. Morgan is in custody pending a court appearance Friday. A phone message left Thursday for her husband was not immediately returned. An affidavit shows Morgan met with federal agents in January 2011 after the seizure of…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Alcohol is no longer allowed at University of Kansas fraternity house where a 19-year-old freshman pledge died of alcohol poisoning four years ago. The Kansas City Star reports the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter went dry this semester, becoming only the second on campus to ban alcohol. The new policy has been in the works since Jason Wren died March 8, 2009, after a night of binging that resulted in him passing out in his bed at the fraternity house. Investigators determined SAE had done nothing criminal to lead to Wren’s death, but the fraternity was sued by…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 95-year-old man who works at a Dodge City car dealership is among several older workers honored this week by the Kansas Department of Commerce. Glenn Mauch, who was honored as the oldest worker, has worked for Dodge City’s Lopp Motors for more than 70 years. The Dodge City Globe reports that Mauch transports cars from dealership to dealership and prepares them for sale. The 16th annual Older Worker and Employers Awards were presented Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Commerce. Six people, a business and seven organizations were recognized at the event. Honorees were selected from…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina middle school student has been arrested after authorities say he stabbed another boy with an awl during a class. Lt. Scott Siemsen of the Salina Police Department says the 13-year-old boy is accused of causing a puncture wound when he stabbed the other boy’s shoulder with the awl during a technology class at South Middle School. The boy’s wound was bandaged by the school nurse. An awl is a pointed spike that can be used for such things as poking holes into leather. Siemsen told The Salina Journal that the incident was not preceded by…