WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Investigators are checking whether a classic car had mechanical problems before it slammed into a northwest Wichita house, killing the driver. KAKE-TV reports police on Friday identified the driver as Murvall “Gene” Dick, 84. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Thursday afternoon. Dick was at the wheel of a 1941 Packard convertible when it veered off a residential street and crashed into a home. A friend who was following in another classic car told police he saw the Packard accelerate suddenly before it went out of control. No one else was injured.
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Terminally ill actress Valerie Harper reunites with her co-stars from ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ to tape an episode of Betty White’s hit comedy, “Hot in Cleveland.”
Eric Murdock filed a whistleblower lawsuit Friday against Rutgers. He says he was dismissed from his position when he brought the video showing coach Mike Rice’s abuse to the attention of university officials.
The Kansas State Wildcats Baseball team knew what was at stake Friday Night as they began their three-game weekend series with Texas Tech at Tointon Family Stadium especially knowing they could have easily swept last weekend’s road series at Baylor but wound up losing two games they had led. For much of this opening game on Friday night it looked like the result would be the same. Down to their last out and last strike, Austin Fisher knocked a two-run single to right field to give K-State a dramatic 6-5 come from behind victory over Texas Tech before a season…
Faced with complaints and legal challenges, the FAA delays closing airport control towers at 149 small airports.The first round of closures had been scheduled for Sunday.
Manhattan Regioanl Airport received good news Friday, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it will delay the closing of 149 airport control towers until June 15, 2013. The first 24 closures had been scheduled for Sunday, April 7, 2013. Other Air Traffic Control facilities in Kansas that are on the final closure list include: Philip Billard Municipal in Topeka; Hutchinson Municipal in Hutchinson; New Century Air Center in Olathe; and Johnson County Executive in Olathe.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed 11 bills into law Friday afternoon, bringing the total number of bills signed by the governor during the 2013 Legislative Session to 46. The bills are as follows: SB 21 amends several firearms-related statutes including authorizing official recognition of any valid concealed carry permit from another state for individuals traveling through or visiting Kansas. SB 24 amends certain risk-based capital (RBC) provisions in the Insurance Code to update the specified effective date of risk-based capital instructions and increase an RBC factor associated with a trend test calculation for life and health insurance companies. The new…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators are preparing for final votes on a sweeping anti-abortion bill that blocks tax breaks for providers and outlaws abortions solely because of the baby’s sex. Senate leaders scheduled a vote for Friday on the measure. If senators approve it, as expected, it would go to the House, where passage would send the bill to Gov. Sam Brownback. The final version reconciles differences between the House and Senate. The bill also prohibits abortion providers from being involved in public school sex education classes and spells out in more detail what information doctors must provide to patients…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) It appears more likely that a Kansas Bureau of Investigation forensics laboratory will be built at Washburn University after some lawmakers who had opposed it said they now support the project. The House Appropriations Committee twice rejected pleas for $3.5 million in planning and design money for the lab. On Thursday, some of those lawmakers announced their support. Rep. Mark Hutton, a Republican from Wichita, says Washburn had answered many of his questions, including that the state would own the building once bonds are paid off. And the $3.5 million will be repaid to the transportation department…
LUCAS, Kan. (AP) The winner of a city council seat in a small north central Kansas town probably won’t ever serve in office, at least until he becomes a U.S. citizen. Adam Baker is a British immigrant living in Lucas, a town of about 500 people in Russell County. He has applied for U.S. citizenship but has been waiting for two years to receive it. Baker won a city council seat in Tuesday’s election after 62 people wrote in his name, giving him three more votes than the incumbent. Baker says he told people before the election about his citizenship…