UPDATE: More Riley County Firefighters were needed early Saturday morning as hot spots were triggered from an overnight blaze. As KMAN previously reported a call came in around 10:15 Friday night from Mike Kalmer, who resides in the 7800 block of Powy’s Lane, about eight miles west of Riley, saying that his home was on fire. Fire fighters from Riley arrived first to find flames coming out of the roof of the residence. They, along with help from five other stations, worked to put out the blaze until about 5 am. At about 6 am, a call came that the fire had…
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Though an Amber Alert has been issued in Georgia, the Kansas Highway Patrol is already informing Kansas residents to be on the look out via their Twitter account as the “subjects [may] possibly travel through Kansas”. Thursday, Ben Cleary , 9, and Henry Cleary, 7, were reported missing from Roswell, Georgia. Ben has brown eyes, brown medium hair and was last seen wearing a light blue winter vest. Henry has green eyes, brown medium hair and last seen also wearing a light blue winter vest. It is reported that the boys were last seen with Daniel Cleary, 46. They are believed to…
The Senate’s top Democrat and Republican say they’re entering last-minute talks with the White House aimed at avoiding the fiscal cliff.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County sheriff’s deputies continue investigating the Dec. 16 killings of two Topeka police officers even though the assailant was shot to death the following day. Sheriff Herman Jones has asked the county commission for overtime expenses for the investigation into the deaths of police Officer Jeff Atherly and Cpl. David Gogian. The two were shot to death while checking possible drug activity outside a Topeka supermarket. Their killer, 22-year-old David Tiscareno, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers Dec. 17. Jones told The Topeka Capital-Journal that his office still had some people to interview. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Incoming Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle has appointed three new aides, filling her last staff vacancies. The Wichita Republican announced Thursday that Harrison Hems will be her legislative director. Hems will leave the Kansas Department of Transportation, where he’s been a liaison to Congress. Wagle appointed Jan Johnston as executive assistant. Johnston most recently worked in the Kansas House as an aide to Republicans Clay Aurand of Belleville and Elaine Bowers of Concordia. The new Senate president’s personal secretary will be Margaret Cianciarulo. She’s been Wagle’s secretary during legislative sessions since 2001. Wagle already has named former…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The sixth annual gathering of Kansas natural resources professionals takes place next month in Wichita. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism says the Kansas Natural Resource Conference is set for Jan. 24-25. This year’s conference will focus partly on invasive species such as the emerald ash borer, which has been destroying trees in Kansas and several other states. Other session topics will include aquatics, forestry, pasture and wetlands. The Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Society of American Foresters, Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams are among the conference sponsors.
LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) A suburban Kansas City woman studying music theater at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music has won a stalking protection order against her parents. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that 21-year-old Aubrey Ireland of Leawood has convinced a Cincinnati judge that her parents have been harassing her. She says they often showed up unannounced at her school and told her department head she had mental issues that could force them to go to court to have her treated. Her parents admitted they installed monitoring software on their daughter’s laptop and cellphone. Aubrey said it was like she…
LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) A Liberal police officer has been dismissed after an outstanding warrant for him was discovered. Robert A. Buchanan was accused in late 2009 of not returning a laptop computer to his employer, the western Oklahoma oil-services company Schlumberger. The Hutchinson News reports that an arrest warrant was filed in January 2010 in Beckham County, Okla. It stated that there was an anticipated charge or charges of embezzlement. The warrant came to light in Hays on Dec. 18 when a vehicle hit a Liberal police car that Buchanan and another officer were using to transport a prisoner. A…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson Correctional Facility officials suspect there was a “suicide pact” among three inmates who attempted to simultaneously hang themselves in their cells. Prison spokesman Dirk Moss said Thursday that the investigation into the Oct. 30 suicide attempts is “mostly complete.” He says the inmates were each in individual cells in the segregation unit, and some of them were adjoining. The Hutchinson News reports that the inmates used bedding, “primarily sheets,” in the hanging attempt. The inmates were taken to the internal prison clinic for treatment, and two were transferred to a Wichita hospital due to the extent…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A judge has determined there’s enough evidence to try a Hutchinson man with attacking an officer. The Hutchinson News reports that 21-year-old Christopher Robert White now is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 7 on two counts of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer. During Thursday’s preliminary hearing in Reno county, police testified that White was riding his bicycle in the middle of a street in June, screaming and acting bizarrely. One of the officers testified that White then rode at him full speed, dove off of the bike and tackled him. The officer sustained a concussion,…