TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to sign legislation making additional cuts to Kansas income taxes over the next five years. The Republican governor scheduled a signing ceremony Thursday in Overland Park, with another ceremony later in the day in Wichita. The changes in income tax rates include an adjustment in the standard deduction for personal income taxes. The legislation also addresses the state sales tax, which had been scheduled to drop in July from 6.3 percent to 5.7 percent. Lawmakers voted instead to trim the rate slightly to 6.15 percent, which will raise an estimated $777 million…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has rejected claims by a former Kansas City, Kan., police detective that he was punished for refusing to conceal a motorist’s beating by federal agents. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten issued a summary judgment Wednesday for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, the sheriff and an undersheriff in the 2011 lawsuit brought by Max Seifert. Seifert alleged he suffered retaliation for investigating Drug Enforcement Administration agents involved in a 2003 road-rage incident that left a man with permanent brain damage. Marten ruled Seifert failed to prove that his testimony in that case led…
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) The charred home of a former Kansas lawman convicted of killing his wife and setting fire to their house could be demolished before the end of the month. Jurors in the south-central Kansas community of Kingman found Brett Seacat guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder, arson and child endangerment in the 2011 death of Vashti Seacat. She was found dead with a gunshot wound to her neck inside the burned-out home. KWCH-TV reports Kingman officials planned to accept bids Thursday to demolish the condemned house. A neighbor, Burel Nicks Jr., says he plans to throw a block party…
Iranians are heading to the polls to choose a new President on Friday. A total of six candidates are running, while 50 million Iranians are eligible to vote.
The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history continues to burn through miles of tinder-dry woods for a third day. The Black Forest Fire northeast of Colorado Springs is only 5 percent contained.
President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels, after the White House disclosed that the United States has conclusive evidence President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapons against opposition forces.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Melissa Darroch, Condition Management RN with Irwin Army Community Hospital, and Ronald Gerace, Sanitarian at Irwin, followed by Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Scott Huelshoff and Flint HIlls Christian Administrator Tim McDonald. [mp3-jplayer]
State police say at least one person was killed and dozens were injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Louisiana.
The local sheriff says a wildfire burning northeast of Colorado Springs has destroyed at least 360 homes, making it the most destructive in state history.
Students from the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine visited Sunset Zoo Wednesday to complete annual physicals on on a Colobus monkey troop. The visit is part of a program that allows fourth-year veterinary students to gain hands-on training to care for a variety of zoo animals. Dr. James W. Carpenter, Professor of Zoological Medicine, Dr. David Eshar, Assistant Professor of Zoological Medicine and their interns led the students during physicals. The students observed the animals weight, overall appearance, administering vaccinations and obtaining blood samples. Through the physicals, the students were able to identify potential health issues before they created…