Hundreds of protesters chanting “Death to America” stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Sanna, Yemen on Thursday. The protesters burned the U.S. flag.
Author: KMAN Staff
A former professor to Ambassador Chris Stevens says the diplomat never took the cushy assignments in his foreign service career. Stevens was killed in an attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The trial of a Topeka man accused of assaulting employees at a TV station has been delayed after his attorney requested more time to prepare. Forty-eight-year-old Ray Anthony Miles had been scheduled to go on trial Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the new date is Nov. 5. Miles is accused of forcing his way into WIBW-TV in Topeka on May 23 after the station manager said nobody was there to do a story about his problems. Station employees say Miles punched, kicked and stabbed them before they overpowered him and took the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Former Kansas Congressman and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman plans to speak in Wichita later this month during an annual gathering of the Kansas Democratic Party. DemoFest is scheduled for Sept. 29. Organizers expect at least several hundred party activists from across the state to attend. Glickman served as the nation’s top agriculture official from March 1995 to January 2001, under Democratic President Bill Clinton. Before that, Glickman served 18 years in the U.S. House, representing the 4th Congressional District of south-central Kansas. He lost his seat in 1994 to Republican Todd Tiahrt. After serving as agriculture…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new report shows the relentless drought did little to dent retail sales of pricey farm machinery around the country last month. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers said Tuesday sales of farm tractors were up nearly 15 percent in August from the same month a year ago. Retailers reported selling slightly more than 14,000 tractors nationwide. Sales of combines were up a little more than 7 percent, with 1,099 sold in August. So far in 2012, sales of farm tractors were up 8.3 percent over the first eight months of last year. But sales of combines were…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials say the state will not participate in a federal program that matches local contributions with federal money to build recreation trails. The decision makes Kansas one of only two states to reject the program, which is designed to encourage construction of bike, walking and ATV paths. The trails program requires states to spend a specific amount on recreational trails. Florida is the only other state to opt out. State transportation officials say staying out of the program gives the state more flexibility in how it spends federal money on transportation projects. The Wichita Eagle reports…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The once-troubled Topeka Zoo has earned its national accreditation for the next five years. City manager Jim Colson told the city council Tuesday that the zoo was accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The city in 2009 asked the commission to investigate the zoo after several animal deaths and the zoo’s failure to comply with federal rules. The commission considered revoking the zoo’s accreditation in 2010 but delayed the decision. Inspectors examined the zoo’s operations again in January 2011, leading to the decision to restore the zoo’s full accreditation. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports AZA accreditation…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) A former Dodge City police officer has been found guilty for the second time in the death of his ex-girlfriend. A Ford County jury on Tuesday found Christopher Tahah guilty of first-degree murder in the 2007 shooting death of Erin Jones in Dodge City. The 25-year-old mother of two was killed in her home by a shot fired from outside. Tahah was first convicted in 2008 of first-degree murder in Jones’ death. The Kansas Supreme Court threw out the conviction last year, saying the jury should have been allowed to consider lesser charges, including involuntary manslaughter.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The federal government has indicted seven men who allegedly cheated investors out of $132 million with false promises and phony reports about companies that leased drilling rigs and related businesses. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Wichita announced the indictment Wednesday. The defendants are charged with mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, among other counts. Charges were filed against Michael McNaul, formerly of Hutchinson; Dale Lucas of Wichita; Russell Kilgariff of Preston; Lloyd Nunns of Hutchinson; Greggory Krause of Hutchinson; Steven Tallman of Owasso, Okla.; and Fredie Hembree of Hutchinson. Defense attorneys for three of the men…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A worker who suffered at fatal fall at Spirit AeroSystems has been identified as a 26-year-old Wichita man. KWCH-TV reports the Sedgwick County sheriff’s office identified the employee Wednesday as Matt Lyons, who worked at the aircraft plant for more than five years. Authorities said Lyons suffered a fractured skull Monday afternoon when he fell about 12 feet onto concrete. He later died at Wesley Medical Center. Spirit AeroSystems officials said they would work with Kansas agencies and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigating the accident.