OSAGE CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas high school student’s extra-credit assignment in a government class was meant as an exercise in expressing her views on a hot topic. But U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts says the letter he received from Lindsey Heward complaining about new federal rules for school lunches helped sway opinions in Washington. Heward is a senior at Osage City High School. She wrote to Roberts criticizing the effects of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rules on calorie counts in school lunches. The letter was among a raft of criticism that Roberts says forced the agency to relax the…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka police are still trying to find a man who walked into a Walmart more than a year ago and walked out with more than $250,000. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the brazen theft occurred about 3 a.m. on Nov. 26, 2011, when the store was busy with Black Friday shoppers. The stocky white man with a shaved head simply walked into the manager’s office and walked out with the money. He didn’t threaten or confront anyone. Topeka police Lt. Joe Perry said Tuesday he could not discuss specifics of the investigation. Police did say the man overcame…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police say an elderly man died after he was hit by a car in downtown Wichita. The man, believed to be 80 years old, was not using a crosswalk when he was hit Tuesday evening by a car going about 30 mph. Police say the driver said he didn’t see the victim crossing the street. The man’s name has not been released.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has established a special panel to highlight and promote charitable work by Kansans throughout the state, the nation and the world. Brownback announced creation of the Kansas Humanitarian Commission on Tuesday. The panel will be chaired by Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Ashleigh Black, who will choose the other seven members. Colyer is a plastic surgeon and has volunteered to aid victims of violence in several war zones around the world. Black is the associate director of the Center for Global Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The commission will develop a…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Authorities in southeastern Kansas are investigating a case of a man allegedly trying to stop a freight train as it rolled through Pittsburg. The Morning Sun reports the 27-year-old suspect was booked into the Cherokee County Jail after Friday afternoon’s incident. It wasn’t clear Tuesday if he had been charged. Pittsburg police say callers reported a motorist with a bandanna obscuring his face driving erratically and trying to stop a northbound freight train at a city crossing. The train kept going, but halted at another crossing a few blocks away after the man parked his van on…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Republican leader in the Kansas Senate says he and his colleagues expect to unveil proposed changes in the chamber’s rules by the end of the week. Incoming Senate Vice President Jeff King said Tuesday that members of a GOP leadership committee plan to circulate a draft of their proposals before the annual session begins next week. The Independence Republican said a vote on the proposals should come early next week. While King didn’t say what rules changes would be sought, Republican senators are considering eliminating a leadership panel that makes committee assignments and giving that power…
The paperwork has finally been finished and now the Manhattan High school project is officially wrapped up after Wednesday night’s Manhattan Ogden school board meeting. Representatives from Adolfson & Peterson Constructions were on hand to inform the board that they would be crediting back about $61,000 to the district. The Manhattan High School schedule was also up for the public to weigh in. Two people expressed their option the schedule should remain as is and Doug Messer, Transportation Director for the district, added his take on how each of the schedules would impact the transportation department. According to Messer, options 1 and…
Wednesday brought the fourth person to add their name to the mix for a Manhattan City Commission seat. Usha Reddi, the Manhattan NEA representative, made known to KMAN of her intentions. “I’ve been very active in the community. I know a lot about partnerships, as far as community organizations and I’m very familiar with our legislators. I’ve had to talk about budgets in the past. I’ve been involved in budget cuts and I’ve been involved in negotiations. At the forefront of my mind has alway been what is best for our kids.”
Several thousand Alabama football fans gathered at the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport to welcome home the national champion Crimson Tide.
Two years after a hostage video and photographs of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson raised the possibility that the missing American was being held by terrorists, U.S. officials now see the government of Iran behind the images.