WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police in Wichita are looking for two suspects in a particularly brazen jewelry theft caught on surveillance video. KAKE-TV reports two men wheeled a dolly into the Towne West mall just after security guards unlocked the building around 7 a.m. Thursday. Police say the men headed for a jewelry store kiosk and stole a safe the size of a small refrigerator from inside a locked cabinet. They loaded the safe onto the dolly and wheeled it back out of the mall. Investigators say the safe contained several thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry. Nobody saw the suspects inside…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Christel Marquardt plans to retire in January after more than 17 years on the state’s second-highest court. Marquardt turned 77 last month. Kansas law prohibits Court of Appeals judges from asking voters to retain them once they turn 75. The court said Thursday that Marquardt will step down Jan. 2, just before her current four-year term expires. Marquardt waited until she was in her 30s and her four children were old enough for school to enter law school and start a career as a lawyer in the 1970s. Gov. Bill Graves appointed…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the state needs to decide soon what health benefits it would offer under federal health care reform. During a meeting with health care officials on Wednesday, Praeger says if Kansas doesn’t pick its own plan for a health insurance exchange, the federal government will make the decision for the state. Under the federal Affordable Care Act, states have until Sept. 30 to decide what benefits will be included in a health insurance exchange. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Praeger says she will submit recommendations to Gov. Sam Brownback, who has to decide…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two people who were injured when a fleeing car struck their vehicle are suing a Capitol Police officer and the state of Kansas. Scott E. Bennett, of Topeka, and Shelby Montgomery, of Berryton, have filed separate lawsuits against the state and Capitol Police Patrick R. Saleh. Both are seeking more than $75,000 in damages. Topeka police says Robert R. Horton was driving a stolen car while fleeing police when he hit a truck carrying Bennett and Montgomery in August 2010. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Bennett and Montgomery were both hospitalized. Horton was sentenced to Norton Correctional Facility…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas health officials and policymakers are holding a daylong meeting in Topeka on ways to stem the state’s rising obesity rate. Thursday’s meeting was convened by the Governor’s Council on Fitness. Gov. Sam Brownback, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Secretary of Health and Environment Robert Moser are among those taking part. Colyer and Moser are both physicians. Business leaders and officials of local governments are among the more than 200 people invited to the summit. Topics include the effects of obesity on the Kansas economy. Online: Kansas Department of Health and Environment: http://www.kdheks.gov
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas military school is again asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by families of 11 former cadets alleging physical abuse. Lawyers for St. John’s Military School in Salina filed a motion Wednesday seeking dismissal of the lawsuit or an order putting the dispute into arbitration. The move is largely procedural since U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum denied a similar motion in June. The school says it renewed the request because four new cadets have since been added to the case and it wanted to preserve all legal issues for a potential appeal. St. John’s…
Assistant Public Works Director, Leon Hobson, shared two bids during Thursday’s Riley County Commissioner Meeting. The first was for HVAC units at LEC. AES Lawn Parts, out of Lenexa, submitted a bid of $372,426.90 which the commission approved. The second bid for Benefit Districts Overlays was also approved. The bid came from Shilling Construction Company Incorporated here in Manhattan. Another item approved at the meeting was the Lakeside Heights Sewer Benefit District. Assistant County Counselor, Craig Cox, came before commissioners to explain the process of getting everything finalized. The first step was for commissioners to approve the request, and the…
By: Kimberly K. Qualls NE Kansas Public Affairs Manager Kansas Dept. of Transportation K-State fans heading to Manhattan for Saturday’s (September 8) Home Football Game, please take note of the following construction projects and traffic impacts that may impact your game day commute. Drivers should expect significant delays through the active project work zones and should allow plenty of extra time for game day commutes. I-70 · From Topeka west to Manhattan: Eastbound I-70 over five bridges including MacVicar Avenue, MoPac Railroad (between 10th Street & Adams Street interchanges), Washington Street and Deer Creek/Carnahan Avenue (in downtown Topeka)…
A Lenexa man faces a $15,000 bond following his arrest Wednesday afternoon on probation violation charges. Joshua Davis, 21, was taken into custody by Kansas State police shortly after three in the afternoon. The probation violations reportedly relate to cases in Pottawatomie county. Details about original charges were not available. ### Riley county police are investigating a report of aggravated sexual battery and lewd and lascivious behavior. The report comes from an 18-year-old woman who tells police the incident occurred between eight and 10 in the morning Wednesday, in the south central area of Manhattan. The suspect was allegedly not…
Thursdsay, at the intersection of Casement and Allen road a two car accident occurred. Dawn Goscha (41) and her 10 year old daughter were traveling south on Casement in her tan mini van when Tanner Cannizzo (18) who was traveling east on Allen in his silver truck failed to stop at the stop sign and collided with Goscha’s vehicle. Goscha was the only injury, but she declined treatment. Cannizzo was cited with a failure to stop at a stop sign.