MISSION, Kan. (AP) Police in northeast Kansas are trying to determine if the shooting of a 6-year-old girl by a 14-year-old cousin was accidental. The girl was wounded Tuesday morning while she and the boy were in the lobby of a chiropractor’s office in Mission, a suburb of Kansas City. Mission Police Capt. David Moloy says the girl was alert when she was taken to a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound in her leg. Moloy says the teenager ran from the scene. He was taken into custody without incident about an hour later, less than a block away.…
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WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama has canceled his scheduled visit Friday to the University of Kansas in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. The White House issued a brief statement Tuesday saying the president’s schedule had changed. He will go to Boston on Thursday to attend an interfaith memorial dedicated to victims of the blasts. It’s unclear whether the White House will reschedule the Kansas visit. The purpose of Obama’s trip to Kansas had not been disclosed, though state Democratic leaders were asked to find a venue on the Lawrence campus that could hold between 3,000 and 6,000 people.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) The executive director of a mental health center that serves three northeast Kansas counties says the center is dealing with increased demand while receiving less funding. Keith Rickard told the Leavenworth County Commission Monday that the Guidance Center sees about 5,000 patients a year, compared with about 2,800 decade ago. The center serves Leavenworth, Jefferson and Atchison counties. He said the center made $400,000 less in 2012 than in 2011. And if the state cuts an estimated $10 million from its community mental health center grants this year, the center will lose about $183,000 in grants. The…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Relay official says it’s unlikely extra security will be hired to work the track and field showcase this week in Lawrence. Meet director Milan Donley says Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon makes relay officials aware that anything can happen at any time. But he says he doesn’t think extra security will be added. The Lawrence Journal-World reports spectators entering any event at Memorial Stadium on the university campus have had their backpacks and belongings searched since the Sept. 11 attacks. The weather, not security concerns, will move two popular events from downtown Lawrence to…
MULLINVILLE, Kan. (AP) Getting elected to the city council got a man fired from his city job in a small south-central Kansas town. Rob Roberts, 68, was one of five people elected to the Mullinville City Council April 2. One April 8, city officials fired Roberts from his job as the city’s maintenance man. The Hutchinson News reports Kansas law prohibits city council members from holding city jobs. Roberts acknowledges that the city attorney warned him in February that he could not continue as a city employee if he won a council seat. But he says he was told he was…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials involved in drafting new science standards for public schools are trying to reassure the State Board of Education that retraining teachers and buying new classroom materials won’t be unusually expensive. The issue arose during the board’s meeting Tuesday when members reviewed a final draft of the proposed standards. The science guidelines were developed by 26 states, including Kansas, and the National Research Council. The Kansas board doesn’t plan to decide until at least June whether to adopt the standards as the state’s own. Board members Deena Horst of Salina and Jim McNiece of Wichita both…
ABILENE, Kan. (AP) George Washington’s personal copy of the early laws of the United States written in 1789 goes on display next week in Kansas. Washington’s copy of the Acts of Congress will be available for viewing April 23 through May 3 at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene. The documents are on a nationwide tour of all 13 presidential libraries, under a partnership of the National Archives and the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. The papers are considered some of the most significant works in Washington’s personal collection, which includes the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and…
DALLAS (AP) American Airlines flights across the country are grounded because of computer problems. American asked the Federal Aviation Administration to halt its flights until 5 p.m. EDT, or 4 p.m. CDT. Flights on regional affiliate American Eagle heading to Dallas, Chicago or New York’s LaGuardia Airport have been stopped until 3:30 p.m. EDT. Some passengers are stuck on planes while others can’t make reservations. Director Peter Van Kuren tells KMAN the Manhattan Regional airport is impacted. The 11:15a.m. to Dallas and 12:45p.m. to Chicago are sitting at MHK’s Apron until the system wide outage is fixed. Estimated time for…
Two 1st Infantry Division Soldiers who recently returned from Afghanistan defeated 76 of their fellow Rangers to earn a top 15 spot at the recent 30th Annual Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition. The event was held at Fort Benning, Georgia. Lieutenants Christopher Siok and Samuel Gulland, both assigned to 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, finished the competition in 13th place. The “Black Lion” duo was the top division-level finisher. The Best Ranger Competition is a U.S. Army event supported by the National Ranger Association. Events conducted during what’s been described as a grueling…
USD 378 Riley County Schools has announced the hiring of Antoinette Root as the Riley County High School principal. For the last 10 years Ms. Root has served as the Transition Coordinator & Classroom teacher for Reno County Youth Services & Hutchinson High School, as well as being an Adjunct Instructor at Hutchinson Community College teaching Geography, Fitness for Life and Personal & Community Health. Since 1998 Ms. Root has been involved in administrative duties & teaching at juvenile service centers and college/university levels in South Dakota and Texas. A total of 31 potential candidates applied and were prescreened through the use…