WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita residents and businesses might be required to pay a $1,000 fine a month if they use too much water. The city staff made that recommendation as part of a water conservation proposal unveiled Wednesday. The fine would be imposed on those who use 310 percent more than their average winter water usage. Public Works official Ben Nelson says surveys and meetings found that water rates and indoor and business water use were residents’ top priorities, while outdoor use was the lowest priority. This recommendation will go before the Wichita City Council June 4. Wichita is working…
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MAIZE, Kan. (AP) A teacher at a suburban Wichita high school was arrested after the district reported he had made criminal threats against the school. The 39-year-old teacher at Maize High School reportedly made the comments during a soccer game Tuesday night. The school’s principal, Chris Botts, said in an email sent to school parents Wednesday the comments suggested possible violence toward the school. He says the school was searched and there was no indication the threat was valid. Sedgwick County jail records show the teacher was booked on charges of criminal threat and was held on $250,000 bond. Maize…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas City, Kan., man has been indicted on charges of threatening the city’s police chief and other law enforcement officers. Federal court records show John D. Hudson, 42, was arrested Thursday, one day after being indicted on four counts of retaliating against a witness. Prosecutors allege Hudson told someone in 2012 the police officers were “rats” who would be “eliminated” for giving information to FBI agents. The FBI at the time was investigating unspecified criminal civil rights violations. The indictment also accuses Hudson of saying in March 2013 that he would “start taking them out…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Seven people have been released from an Emporia hospital after an ammonia leak at the city’s Tyson Foods plant. KVOE-AM reports reports that emergency workers were sent to the plant Thursday morning. Officials said the level of ammonia that was leaking was well below what’s considered lethal. Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson says the leak temporarily disrupted production in part of the processing plant before it was found and stopped. About six weeks ago, Tyson Foods agreed to pay a nearly $4 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, largely because of ammonia…
We talk “Medical” on today’s InFocus as Cari Merrill with American Red cross stops in along with Marcia Locke and Rob Denell with Johnson Cancer Research Center. This is followed up by Robbin Cole, Executive Director at Pawnee Mental Health. *A correction needs to be made for Marcia Locke, during the interview she referenced June 7. It is really on the 14. [mp3-jplayer]
The murder of a British soldier on the streets of London appears to be the work of Islamic radicals. Police arrest two more suspects. British Prime Minister says the attack will “bring us together.”
President Barack Obama announced a renewed push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, including lifting a moratorium on prisoner transfers to Yemen.
K-State finally got a game of baseball in at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, and the Wildcats took advantage with a 4-3 win over Texas Tech. The Big 12 tournament was delayed a day because of the tragedy in nearby Moore, Oklahoma, and bad weather delayed the action on Thursday for nearly three hours. The Wildcats did just enough to get to Tech ace Trey Masek, who suffered a loss for just the second time this season, and held off the Red Raiders thanks to a stellar effort from the K-State bullpen. K-State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom…
Arthur Brown has signed a four-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens. Brown was a second round draft pick of the Ravens, and is the highest Baltimore draft pick to sign with the team. According to the Ravens team site, Brown will miss the next four to six weeks after undergoing sports hernia surgery. He did take part in rookie minicamp earlier this month. The Ravens will likely look to Brown to replace former middle linebacker Ray Lewis who retired after the 2012 NFL season. Meshak Williams, who went undrafted, was already added to the Baltimore roster this month after impressing…
Kansas State Women’s Basketball Coach Deb Patterson has been elected Treasurer on the Executive Committee of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The announcement was made on Thursday. Below is the complete release from Kansas State Athletics Communications. MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head women’s basketball coach Deb Patterson has been elected to serve on the executive committee as the treasurer for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) in an announcement by the organization on Thursday. Patterson started her initial appointment with the WBCA Board of Directors prior to the start of the 2011-12 season, as she was appointed to fill…