On Friday morning senior Army officials on Fort Riley met to discuss the impacts of force draw down, and sequestration. Fort Riley Senior Commander Brigadier General Donald MacWillie says the fiscal environment has limited the post’s flexibility in discretionary spending, but he is certain Fort Riley will continue to be able to keep in fighting shape. General MacWillie says every operation on post has been scrutinized to maximize efficiency. Training will be done towards mission specific objectives, and utilize the on post simulator facilities more than field time. General MacWillie stressed that actual field time would still be used to condition the…
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A bill before a Kansas Senate committee would require police to obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS to a suspect’s vehicle. The House already passed the bill, which complies with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Kyle Smith, deputy director the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, testified Thursday that Kansas law needs to be updated because it currently doesn’t address GPS search warrants. The Wichita Eagle reports an amendment to the bill would require customers to provide identification information to retailers when buying prepaid cellphones or SIM cards. Police could get that information from the Kansas Bureau of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A House committee is considering a proposal to eliminate a program that helps poor Kansans save money for college. The program allows up to 1,200 state residents each year to receive up to a $600 yearly state match for contributions to the Kansas’ 529 college savings plan. The program is open only to households at 200 percent or below the federal poverty level, or with incomes roughly below $47,100 a year for a family of four. Rep. Pete DeGraaf, a Republican from Mulvane, questioned whether encouraging the poor to save for college is a proper function of…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina man who briefly escaped from jail says he wants to withdraw his no contest plea in the death of his girlfriend’s son. Antonio M. Brown Sr., 29, was to be sentenced Thursday for the death of 14-month-old Clayden Lee Urbanek in October 2011. The original sentencing for first-degree murder and child abuse was delayed after Brown escaped from the Saline County jail in February. He turned himself in two days later in Wichita. The Salina Journal reports Brown’s attorney said his client wanted to withdraw his plea. His attorneys had already filed a motion seeking…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Emergency crews are searching a pond in south Wichita for a man who apparently jumped in while running from police. Wichita police Lt. Chris Halloran says officers tried to stop the man’s car for traffic violations about 2 a.m. Friday but he drove off. Eventually the car crashed through a chain link fence and the driver got out. Police believe he jumped into the pond. There has been no sign of the man since then. Two other people in the car during the chase were taken into custody.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee is preparing to consider new state regulations on strip clubs, adult bookstores and other sexually oriented businesses. The legislation was on Friday’s agenda of the Federal and State Affairs Committee. It would ban total nudity and alcohol within such businesses, bar semi-nude employees from intentionally touching patrons and require dancers to remain 6 feet away from customers. Supporters call the measure the Community Defense Act. They argue it would impose reasonable regulations to combat crime and other problems associated with adult businesses. Critics say Kansas communities already do a good job of regulating…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A judge has scheduled a new trial for a Kansas veteran accused of possessing explosives after an appeals court tossed out key evidence from his first trial. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Thursday scheduled a May 7 trial for Alfred Dutton. The Army and Marine veteran from Eureka is charged with unlawful possession of unregistered destructive devices. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month the judge at Dutton’s first trial should have suppressed evidence taken from a storage unit where authorities found five jars of homemade napalm with fuses attached. The appeals…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) The deaths of three dogs at a southwest Kansas animal shelter have caused a ruckus on social media over policies governing when animals should be put down. The Garden City Telegram reports the Garden City Animal Shelter euthanized the dogs Feb. 26 because they were aggressive. The dogs included at least one that had been scheduled to be transferred to another shelter. Police say a veterinarian recommended the dogs be put down because of their aggressive behavior. One was a female terrier due to give birth any day. The others were a young adult female shepherd…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with State Senator Tom Hawk of Manhattan, followed by Lynda Bachelor, Project Coordinator with School of Leadership studies at K-state, Courtney Weers and Allie Henry, Program Coordinators with Academic Mentoring, and Alexandria Anderson, Program Coordinator with Hands on Kansas State. [mp3-jplayer]
A Manhattan man was caught with drugs, which led to two separate arrests. According to Riley County Police, Justin Wessling,25, was discovered to be in possession by his parole officer, who requested assistance from RCPD. Wessling was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. This bond was set at $2,500. Because he was in possession, Wessling, therefore, violated his parole as well, leading to two additional charges with a bond of $3,500. — A local Manhattan business was the victim of a theft on Thursday. According to Riley County Police, Heather Allen, 25, an employee of Insight Eyecare, located in…