OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A Kansas company will pay $5,000 in fines for not properly maintaining an apartment swimming pool where a 6-year-old boy drowned. Noah Davis drowned June 29 in a pool at Four Winds apartments in Overland Park. Police say his family could not see him at the bottom of the pool because the water was too murky. On Tuesday, the management company that operates the pool pleaded guilty to 10 violations, including failure to maintain the water clarity. PASSCO Four Winds was fined a total of $5,000. The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/PQ0oug ) that Noah, who…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two candidates in a Republican primary for a Kansas House seat from Topeka say they won’t pursue any court challenges now that an unusual special election has settled the contest. Shawnee County officials on Wednesday certified the results from Tuesday’s special election, which was limited to a single Topeka polling place where some voters got the wrong ballots in the Aug. 7 primary. The only race still in doubt from the mix-up was for the Republican nomination in the 52nd House District. The final results show Topeka physician Shanti Gandhi defeating retired Navy and State Department officer…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Investigators are trying to determine what caused a two-alarm fire at a recycling plant in Kansas City, Kan. The fire early Wednesday at the Deffenbaugh Recycling Co. plant did an estimated $1.5 million in damage. Fire department spokesman Craig Duke says the fire occurred in a steel building that was a sorting and processing center at the plant. Crews had to use heavy equipment to cut a path through the material so firefighters could get to fire. No injuries were reported.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration will sponsor meetings in 12 cities next month on its plans to overhaul the state’s Medicaid program. Administration officials say the meetings are designed to educate Medicaid participants and health care providers about the coming changes. The $2.9 billion-a-year program covers medical services for the poor, disabled and elderly. Brownback plans to turn management of the entire Medicaid program over to three private insurance companies beginning in January. The first meetings will be held Sept. 24 in Manhattan, Pittsburg, Colby and Dodge City. Other sessions will be held Sept. 25 in Atchison,…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Washington woman who is serving a 26-year sentence for hitting and killing two highway workers in Kansas says she did not receive a fair trial. An attorney representing 53-year-old Ramona I. Morgan of Chewelah, Wash., argued Wednesday that jury instructions and other factors in Morgan’s 2008 trial in Douglas County created a prejudice against her. She is suing the state of Kansas, alleging she is wrongfully imprisoned. Morgan was convicted of two counts of reckless second-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery. Prosecutors allege Morgan was driving recklessly through a construction zone on U.S. Highway…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina company says it will lay off 22 employees because of a drop in demand for fluorescent lamps. Philips Lighting announced Wednesday that the employees who will lose their jobs in November help make fluorescent lamps. Philips Lighting spokesman Silvie Casanova says Philips will employ just under 400 people in Salina after the layoffs. She says the plant also is not filling open positions. The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/Pyo4at ) the city and state have given Philips hundreds of thousands of dollars to expand and bring jobs to Salina. Plant manager Dan Mendicina says the jobs…
While a preliminary hearing had been scheduled Wednesday morning in a first degree murder case in Riley County District Court, only a brief hearing was held. The hearing dealt with the attorney who will be representing Daniel Parker, who is charged with the first degree murder of Fredrick Beverly, 21. The incident occured on New Year’s Day and Riley County Police refer to it as a “drive by” style shooting. In a previous hearing, the first degree felony of murder charge was expanded. The allegation that it could have been first degree premeditated murder was also filed, meaning the level of murder…
Isaac began a slow, drenching move inland from the Gulf of Mexico, stranding some people in homes and cars as the storm spun into a newly fortified New Orleans exactly seven years after Katrina.
Computer troubles at United Airlines leave passengers unable to use ticket agents or the carrier’s Web site for hours. The problem is fixed, but since merging with Continental, the airline has experienced a range of technical problems.
Isaac began a slow, drenching move inland from the Gulf of Mexico, stranding some people in homes and cars as the storm spun into a newly fortified New Orleans exactly seven years after Katrina.