WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Salina man who escaped from prison while awaiting sentencing for killing his girlfriend’s 14-month-old son is back in custody. Antonio Brown, 29, called the U.S. Marshals office in Wichita Wednesday night to surrender, ending a search that began when he walked away from the Saline County jail Monday. U.S. Marshals say Brown apparently arrived in Wichita Tuesday and turned himself in because he had no place else to go. Brown pleaded no contest in January to first-degree murder and child abuse in the beating death. Authorities say he walked out of a jail holding cell after…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The family of a Chinese exchange student who was critically injured while attending Emporia State University is seeking help to pay for her rehabilitation. Twenty-three-year-old education student Yali Huang was flown to a Wichita hospital in November after being struck by a Jeep while walking across a street. After coming out of a 10-week coma, she’s ready to be moved to a rehabilitation facility. But her exchange student insurance doesn’t cover that type of care, and she’s not ready to travel to a facility closer to her home Shenzhen, a city in southern China. University students plan…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee is preparing to hear testimony on legislation to restrict where strip clubs can operate and what activities go on inside. The measure before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee on Thursday comes two years after the last attempt to regulate strip clubs. That bill died in the state Senate. The so-called Community Defense Act would establish where adult businesses can be located, ban lap dances and regulate dancing onstage in various levels of undress. Supporters say the measure targets businesses that hurt communities. Opponents argue the restrictions could cost Kansas as many…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Administration has rejected bids from two potential buyers for a historic home west of the Statehouse. Interim Secretary Mark McGivern said Wednesday the department now plans to sell the Hiram Price Dillon house at a public auction. A date hasn’t been set. The state has owned the 12,000-square-foot house since 1998, when a church nearby traded the property for a parking lot. Dillon was a prominent attorney and built the home in 1913. McGivern said neither of the offers submitted earlier this month represented a fair market value. A Topeka development firm bid…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A former Internal Revenue Service agent in Kansas had pleaded guilty to theft of public money in a deal with prosecutors that may spare her any prison time. Becky L. Book, 49, of Pittsburg admitted Thursday to receiving more than $26,000 in salary and mileage payments for meetings with taxpayers that never took place. Prosecutors allege Book claimed she worked 744 hours between March 2010 and April 2011 but actually took those hours off as unauthorized personal time. The government agreed as part of its plea deal to recommend a sentence of probation, although it is…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site is offering financial help to teachers who want to bring students to the former Topeka school. Transportation grants are available to schools within 75 miles of the historic site, which tells the story of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared segregated schools unconstitutional. The grants also cover travel costs to other Topeka sites that explore similar issues. Those include the Kansas State Capitol, which features a mural of the fiery abolitionist John Brown. Other sites that fall under the grant include the Kansas Museum of History and…
On today’s InFocus, Tom talks with Major Turner with Fort Riley, followed by Tim McDonald, Flint Hills Christian School Administrator. [mp3-jplayer]
A Carnival official says a snapped towline has delayed the disabled Triumph’s expected arrival in Mobile. Terry Thornton said about 3:25 p.m. Central time that the cruise ship was seven to 10 hours from port.
Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa.
Due to the importance of some of the senate bills currently going through the legislative process in Topeka, and the effect they could have on Kansas counties, Riley County Counselor, Clancy Holeman has frequently been updating the county commissioners on the status of these bills. During Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting, Holeman shared updates on Senate Bill 109, which is the most concerning to the commission. Under this bill, public funds would not be able to be used directly, or indirectly, for lobbying. Holeman said, “lobbying is defined as ‘promoting or opposing in any manor, action or non action by…