A report came in of a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian in Ogden at about 5:30 am. Riley County Police stated there were very minor injuries involved in this incident and no one was transported.
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KMAN has learned from multiple sources that former K-State Wide Receiver Andre Coleman is close to being hired by Head Coach Bill Snyder as the next Wide Receivers Coach for the Wildcats. Coleman has spent the last four seasons at Youngstown State working the last two as Wide Receivers Coach under Head Coach Eric Wolford also a former Wildcat. Coleman has also served as Tight Ends Coach and has worked with kickoff and punt returners according to YSU’s official website. Coleman starred at K-State from 1991-93 and was part of the Wildcats first-ever bowl win against Wyoming in the 1993…
LA police say officers guarding a target in an ex-officer Christopher Dorner’s manifesto shot and wounded several people in Torrance who were in a pickup. People in that neighborhood say it’s unfortunate that one man has so many people afraid.
The White House’s nominee for CIA chief says he does not regret advising against a 1998 strike targeting Osama bin Laden a few months before the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Legislation intended to give Kansas prosecutors a new tool for curbing criminal gang activity has cleared the state Senate on a vote of 37-0. The vote Thursday sent the measure to the House. Attorney General Derek Schmidt has described the proposal as an anti-racketeering law that would let prosecutors go after gangs for alleged patterns of criminal activity as well as single criminal acts. The bill defines racketeering as an activity to collect unlawful debts, such as loans or gambling losses. It also includes activities to gain control of property or illegal businesses such as human trafficking…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has approved legislation increasing the penalties child sex trafficking and providing help for victims of human trafficking. Attorney General Derek Schmidt had sought the legislation. Thursday’s 38-0 vote in the Senate sends the bill to the House. The bill creates the crime of felony commercial sexual exploitation of a child, punishable by a minimum sentence of 25 years if the victim is less than 14 years old. It also establishes programs to help victims of human trafficking through the attorney general, Department of Children and Families and the Department of Labor. The bill also…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) The student government association at another public university in Kansas has gone on record opposing concealed carry of firearms on campus. The Student Senate at Pittsburg State University adopted that position on a vote of 22-16 Wednesday night. The university’s administration had already stated its opposition to concealed carry. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports the vote followed an informal survey that showed 53 percent of students at the southeastern Kansas university in favor of allowing concealed carry, with 44 percent opposed. All other student government organizations at Kansas regents institutions have approved resolutions opposing concealed weapons on…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is meeting resistance to his tax plan because it promises to reduce individual income taxes in the future while raising new revenues over the next few years to plug holes in the state budget. And the resistance is coming from Brownback’s fellow Republicans. Some GOP lawmakers worried Thursday about getting tagged as tax increasers a year after Kansas enacted massive income tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Brownback says he’s trying to position Kansas to phase out individual income taxes. But to stabilize the budget, Brownback is pushing changes in sales and income tax…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two granddaughters of the founder of a Topeka anti-gay church have left the group and apologized for any hurt they caused others. Megan Phelps-Roper and her sister, Grace Phelps-Roper, are the granddaughters of Fred Phelps, whose Westboro Baptist Church is known for protesting at funerals for service members and gay people and at other events. They are the daughters of Shirley Phelps-Roper, a prominent spokeswoman for the group. The Kansas City Star reports the two left the church last November but posted a statement on social media Wednesday explaining their decision. They say they still love their…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A proposal in the Kansas House would allow University of Kansas medical students to receive privately funded abortion training. The provision is part of a bill introduced Wednesday that would more strictly regulate abortions in Kansas. A similar bill died in the Senate last session because of concerns that it would jeopardize accreditation of the medical school’s obstetrics and gynecology program. Rep. Lance Kinzer of Olathe says the new bill would require the medical center to use private dollars to pay medical residents for abortion training. That would mean no state dollars are used for abortion training.…