McPHERSON, Kan. (AP) A central Kansas prosecutor is investigating possible electioneering at polling places during last week’s voting. The McPherson Sentinel reports four anti-abortion voters’ guides were left in voting booths at a McPherson church and the Lindsborg Safety Center. McPherson County Clerk Cathy Schmidt says the guides appeared to be printed from a website. Kansas law prohibits electioneering, such as wearing or handing out various labels or materials, inside polling places on election day. It’s also banned within 250 feet of a polling place. McPherson County Attorney David Page says electioneering is a serious matter, but proving criminal intent…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Revenue Department has seized eight convenience stores in the southeastern part of the state for what it says are unpaid sales taxes. The agency says the seizures Tuesday of the eight Jump Start stores represent the last in a long series of steps to collect the taxes. The stores are owned by a company called TAS Group LLC. Revenue Department spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda says the business failed to send the state nearly $516,000 in sales taxes collected between October 2011 and July 2012. Agents shut down two stores each in Coffeyville and Independence and one…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The State Library of Kansas is using Facebook to complain about major publishers’ policies regarding e-books at libraries. Library officials contend that six large publishing firms refuse to sell some titles as e-books to libraries, or charge higher rates for popular books. State librarian Jo Budler told The Wichita Eagle the library needed to explain to the public why some popular books are not available as e-books. Some of the e-books not available include “Harry Potter,” and “The Signal and the Noise” by political forecaster Nate Silver. The Facebook page also lists e-books that are available to…
BUHLER, Kan. (AP) A stray dog cared for by residents of a central Kansas town for more than eight years finally has a home. The dog lived all those years near Buhler, eluding numerous efforts to catch her. Residents dubbed her D.D., short for “Ditch Dog.” They also did all they could to care for the dog, setting out food and watching out for her safety. But no one could get close enough to catch the dog. But recently, resident Rachelle Cavanaugh began slowly taming the animal after she noticed it apparently had developed arthritis. After weeks of work, D.D.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A pair of mating bald eagles has returned to downtown Wichita for the third straight winter. The pair was arrived separately last week at their nest in the Twin Lakes area of Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports photographers have chronicled nearly every waking moment of the eagles’ lives during their last two visits. And most of the watchers are hoping this will be the year they pair produces some eaglets. The eagles migrate from the northern Great Lakes to Kansas lakes and rivers. When the state’s lakes freeze, the eagles move to rivers, including the Arkansas River…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) An elderly Hutchinson man has died from injuries he suffered when he was hit by a car as he walked along a street Sunday. Police say Neil J. Kralicek, 77, died Monday at a Wichita hospital. He was hit by a car driven by Valerie S. Avery, 43. Kralicek was airlifted Sunday to the Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita. Avery was not injured. Hutchinson police continue to investigate.
GRANTVILLE, Kan. (AP) Cleanup is under way after a Union Pacific coal train derailed in northeast Kansas. Jefferson County authorities say 23 coal cars derailed just north of Grantville Monday night. Grantville is a few miles east of Topeka and 25 miles west of Lawrence. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig says no one was injured. But one house was damaged when a piece of rail landed inside. He says the piece of rail landed on the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, and a child was sleeping on the top bunk. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A statewide nominating commission is interviewing 20 applicants for a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Among the candidates are Caleb Stegall, who is Gov. Sam Brownback’s chief counsel, and Sedgwick County District Judge Tony Powell, a former member of the Kansas House. The commission is holding interviews Tuesday and Wednesday. The panel will then select three finalists, from whom Brownback will make the appointment. Appellate judges in Kansas do not need confirmation from the state Senate. The applicants are seeking to replace Judge Christel Marquardt, who plans to retire in January. It will be Brownback’s…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to announce a state-federal collaboration to provide Kansas military veterans better access to health care. Brownback’s office declined to provide details ahead of a news conference Tuesday morning at the Statehouse. The Kansas adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, was scheduled to join Brownback for the announcement. Others set to take part include an official of the Veterans Administration and the director of telemedicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Republican strategist Karl Rove heads to Wichita later this month to address the 100th annual convention of the Kansas Livestock Association. Rove is the featured speaker at the association’s banquet on Nov. 28. He’s expected to discuss what this month’s elections mean for the nation, especially the agricultural sector. Rove was deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush. The convention runs Nov. 28-30. Also on the agenda are readings from cowboy entertainer and former veterinarian Baxter Black, and a session on market outlooks with a top official from the beef industry information company CattleFax.