Update: More information has emerged regarding a fire near the Manhattan Country Club. A brush fire near the Manhattan country club Monday afternoon is described as stubborn by Manhattan Fire Department officials. Firefighters were dispatched shortly after 2:30 to the Country Club located at 1531 North 10th Street for a report of a large outside fire. Upon arrival, crews found a large brush fire that was surrounded by trees, near the center of the golf course. The brush on fire was on the side of a hill, and was in an area used by the Country Club for dumping tree…
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President Barack Obama says the United States is following legal channels on how to bring National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden back to the U.S.
The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look. The court said a federal appeals court needs to subject the University of Texas admission plan to more judicial scrutiny.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks about the Cattle Baron’s Ball with Tonya Bradley, Chair of Committe, and Tinal Long, Committee member, followed by USD 383 Board President Dave Colburn and Associate Supt. Bob Seymour. [mp3-jplayer]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a Kansas doctor and his wife convicted in a moneymaking conspiracy linked to 68 overdose deaths. The court on Monday denied without comment a petition seeking a hearing for Stephen and Linda Schneider, who ran a pain clinic in Haysville. The Schneiders were convicted in 2010 of conspiracy, unlawfully prescribing drugs, health care fraud and money laundering. Stephen Schneider was sentenced to 30 years, and his wife to 33 years. The decision lets stand a federal appeals court ruling that the Schneiders waived their right to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Three Kansas community colleges have created an insurance consortium in response to higher insurance rates and new laws that allow weapons on campus. The Independence Community College board of trustees voted last week to join Coffeyville and Neosho community colleges in the consortium. The three community colleges are all insured by EMC Insurance Company, which told colleges last week that it was raising rates in response to a law that allows some guns on campus. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the three colleges will buy a policy from Wright Speciality, which has a neutral stance on the new…
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) A 13-year-old suburban Kansas City boy is dead after he was hit by a truck while trying to cross Interstate 35 with friends. The Kansas Highway Patrol says Ezkial Crapo, 13, died in the accident Saturday night. Officers say Crapo and two friends had gone to a Wal-Mart and were trying to return to an Overland Park home when he was struck. The boys made it across the northbound lanes and over a concrete median when Crapo was hit by a truck. The driver stopped and is cooperating with authorities.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A convicted child sex predator from central Kansas will soon learn how much he must pay the 9-year-old girl he used to produce pornography. Philip Andra Grigsby, 50, of Marquette, faced a restitution hearing Monday before the same federal judge who sentenced him in May to 260 years in prison. His attorney has already filed a notice of appeal in the case. Grigsby pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexually exploiting a child. He also pleaded guilty to possessing child porn and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The investigation began after Grigsby sent emails…
During their meeting Monday, the Pottawatomie County Commission was given their weekly update on the progress of the new Justice Center in Westmoreland. As progress continues to be made on both the outside, with pavement and sidewalks expected, and on the inside, with finishes within the jail and carpets in the courtrooms, the end date is still some time off. Due to change orders, negotiations and a possibility of weather days, the completion date for the center has been pushed to about the middle of August, according to Trisha Brooke-Fruendt, Construction Manager for SMH Consultants. Brooke-Fruendt also made mention that at…
The Manhattan fire department responded to a couple of interesting calls over the weekend. According to a report issued by the department this (Monday) morning, fire crews responded to a call in which a vehicle struck the front of the Dara’s Fast Lane located at 3270 Kimball Ave. Upon investigation, it was determined that the damaged was limited to the front door, and it was safe for the business to stay open. the damage was estimated at $3-thousand. It was also reported that two engines responded to a report of a vehicle fire at 2001 Poyntz Ave. Upon arrival, they…