A Kansas Doctor won’t have to post a bond while appealing the revocation of her medical license over refferals of young patients to the late Dr. George Tiller for late-term abortions. The State Board of Healing Arts wanted to require Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus to post a bond of nearly $93,000 as she pursues a lawsuit in hopes of regaining her license. Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis on Friday rejected the board’s request. The $93,000 represents the board’s costs in pursuing a complaint against Neuhaus over allegations of providing inadequate mental health exams on 11 patients before referring them to…
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Riley County police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian accident that sends one person to the hospital with serious injuries. On Friday evening at approximately 9:15pm a vehicle struck a pedestrian near the 400 block of North 11th street in Manhattan. According to police reports on scene investigation revealed that Black 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by 18 year old Matthew VanHorn of Manhattan was southbound in the 400 block of North 11th Street when it collided with 26 year old Kevin Wallpe also of Manhattan, as he ran west across 11th Street from an alleyway. Mr. Wallpe was transported by Riley County…
The Israeli military says its “Iron Dome” rocket-defense system has shot down an incoming projectile bound for Tel Aviv. Footage from AP shows a plume of smoke emanating from an Iron Dome battery followed by a flash as the rocket is intercepted.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas doctor won’t have to post a bond while appealing the revocation of her medical license over referrals of young patients to the late Dr. George Tiller for late-term abortions. The State Board of Healing Arts wanted to require Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus to post a bond of nearly $93,000 as she pursues a lawsuit in hopes of regaining her license. Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis on Friday rejected the board’s request. The $93,000 represents the board’s costs in pursuing a complaint against Neuhaus over allegations of providing inadequate mental health exams on 11 patients…
David Petraeus told Congress that classified intelligence showed the raid on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a terrorist attack but the administration withheld the suspected role of al-Qaida affiliates to avoid tipping them off.
Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of iconic childhood treats including Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread is winding down its operations after struggling to keep up with rising labor costs and the ever-changing tastes of Americans.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A research attorney for a Kansas Court of Appeals judge has been temporarily suspended from her job pending an internal investigation about tweets she posted during a court hearing in former Attorney General Phill Kline’s ethics case. Sarah Peterson Herr works for Judge Christel Marquardt. Judicial branch spokesman Ron Keefover says Herr was suspended Friday. Herr’s tweets were posted Thursday during a Kansas Supreme Court hearing deciding whether Kline’s law license should be indefinitely suspended for his conduct during investigations of abortion providers. Herr issued a statement saying she apologized for how the tweets reflected on the…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Two western Kansas health care facilities plan to become part of Colorado’s largest health care organization. St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City and St. Rose Ambulatory and Surgery Center in Great Bend will join Centura Health Initiatives, a Denver-based health care group. Centura is jointly operated by Catholic Health Initiatives and Adventist Health System, a mission of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. The Hutchinson News reports St. Catherine and St. Rose currently belong to CHI. The change will integrate all of CHI’s facilities in Colorado and Kansas into one regional group. Directors of the Kansas organizations…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas State University researchers were part of a successful international effort to map the complete genome of the domestic pig. The university says in a news release that knowing the complete list of DNA and genes for domestic pigs could eventually help improve the pigs’ health. It also could provide insight into human health, because pigs and humans share similar physiologies. The Kansas State researchers involved were Yongming Sang, a research assistant professor of anatomy and physiology, and Frank Blecha, associate dean for the College of Veterinary Medicine.
DIGHTON, Kan. (AP) Residents of Lane County no longer have to be members of private clubs to buy mixed drinks in public. Lane County residents voted 476-401 last week to allow liquor-by-the-drink in public places without the requirement that an establishment makes a certain amount of its money from food sales. The Hutchison News reports that before the vote, mixed drinks were allowed only in members-only clubs. Before the vote, Lane County was one of 18 Kansas counties that did not allow liquor-by-the-drink. The Kansas Department of Revenue says 25 other counties allow liquor-by-the-drink without the requirement that some portion…