MULVANE, Kan. (AP) Two people are dead and a third is hospitalized with serious injuries following a head-on collision in south-central Kansas. The crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. Monday on Kansas 15 near Mulvane, about 17 miles south of Wichita. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a northbound pickup truck entered the southbound lane and struck an oncoming pickup. Both drivers were killed. The patrol identified the driver of the northbound vehicle as 30-year-old Kyle Staab, of Arkansas City. The southbound driver was identified as 33-year-old Kristy Roszel, of Wichita. The patrol says both drivers were wearing seat belts. A 27-year-old…
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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) An Olathe teacher who barely graduated from high school has been named the best automotive teacher in the country. Ed Hensley teaches an automotive repair program run by the Olathe School District that has students from 19 area high schools. The Kansas City Star reported Monday that Hensley learned this month that he was named national instructor of the year by the National Institute for Automotive Excellence. The 54-year-old Hensley says his teaching is motivated by his own high school experience. He says he was an indifferent student and had few plans when he graduated. And that…
SATANTA, Kan. (AP) Rain is a reason to party in the small southwest Kansas town of Satanta. The Haskell County town postponed its fireworks celebration on July Fourth because of a two-year drought. After 2 inches of rain fell last Friday, the fireworks will be lit this Saturday, during a party celebrating the town’s 100th anniversary. Satanta marks Oct. 22, 1912 as its founding because it was the day the first train arrived after steel tracks for the railroad were completed. The Hutchinson Daily News reports Saturday’s party is the culmination of a year of celebrations.
GOVE, Kan. (AP) Meetings are planned for Tuesday to discuss the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to reduce hours at northwest Kansas postal offices. The meetings will be held Tuesday afternoon in Healy and later that day in Gove. The postal service wants to reduce service at Gove from eight hours to four. Gove, with 65 residents, is the smallest county seat in Kansas. The Hays Daily News reports residents plan to attend the meeting, but many believe the decision is already made and reducing the hours is better than closing the post office. The postal service plans to reduce hours…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Organizers of a southeast Kansas art festival are looking for artists from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma to participate in a large exhibit planned for downtown Pittsburg. SEK Art Fest 2012 says the exhibit will run from May to September and have the theme “Mining Memories” to celebrate the region’s mining heritage. The Joplin Globe reports artists can submit proposals for how they would decorate large fiberglass coal buckets. the designs must answer the question, “What makes southeast Kansas great?” A panel that includes some local artists will select the designs that will be used in the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Several Kansas food companies have been working to boost their export opportunities. The Kansas Department of Agriculture says in a release Friday that five Kansas food companies participated in a forum this month in Chicago where to develop business with representatives from 30 countries. The Kansas companies participated in sessions on free trade agreements, foreign market pricing and consumer preferences worldwide. The companies that participated in the Food Export Midwest Marketing Forum in Chicago were CopperLeaf Gourmet of Lawrence, New Beginnings Food Company of Kansas City, Pantry Shelf of Hutchinson, Rabbit Creek Products of Louisburg and Sticky…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka police say they discourage people who are confronted by burglars from taking matters into their own hands, despite recent incidents in which local residents did just that. During a 48-hour stretch earlier this month, two suspected burglars were arrested by police. The Topeka Capital Journal reports one of the men was brought to the ground by a victim and two neighbors, while the other eluded a pursuing victim but was nabbed by police. Police Capt. Brian Desch says the department doesn’t have a policy regarding victims who run down intruders, but he said for every story…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Former Fort Riley soldier Joshua Priest has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution for taking part in a sham marriage. Priest admitted this summer that he married a Jamaican woman so he could collect additional benefits from the military and so the woman could become a legal immigrant.
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