New Mexico’s Angel Fire Resort had a surprise visitor at its lodge this week when a bear found its way inside through a back door that was left open. Surveillance video captured the animal wandering through the lobby and some of the corridors.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The nation’s chief agricultural negotiator plans to meet with Kansas producers to talk about trade issues. Isi Siddiqui is a presidential appointee in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. He planned several stops in Kansas on Thursday to discuss efforts to bring down trade barriers and increase U.S. farm exports. In Johnson County, Siddiqui is to tour Bayer Animal Health Co. and Kansas State University’s research lab. He also plans to tour the Cargill Innovation Center in Wichita and host a roundtable meeting with the Wichita Agribusiness Council.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has granted an extension for motions in the case of a Kansas man facing child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia on Wednesday extended the deadline for pre-trial motions in the case of Michael D. Arnett of Roeland Park. The motions, previously required Aug. 6, are due Oct. 9. Arnett faces federal charges of making, possessing and distributing child pornography. A lawyer for Arnett says he’s pleaded not guilty. Investigators have said Arnett’s computer files also contained online chats about his desire to abduct, kill and eat children and had a photo…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic leaders in the Kansas Legislature are hoping Republicans disillusioned with the results of their party’s primaries will back Democrats in November. House Minority Leader Paul Davis and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley said Wednesday the general election gives voters one more chance to decide how far Gov. Sam Brownback can advance his conservative agenda. Eight moderate GOP incumbents were ousted from the state Senate Tuesday by conservative challengers. Hensley says an unprecedented amount of outside money was spent on the GOP primaries. But he and Davis say despite being the minority party in Kansas, Democrats offer…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) After fireworks ignited several grassfires and destroyed a home during the July Fourth weekend, Hutchinson city officials have had enough. The city council has directed the city staff to prepare an ordinance to ban aerial fireworks and other fireworks that shoot sparks more than 6 feet in any direction. Fire Chief Kim Forbes says he is nearly 100 percent sure that fireworks started a fire that did $500,000 damage to a home on July 5. The department also extinguished 33 grass fires on July 4. Representatives of two fireworks dealers asked the council not to impose the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The drought that has hit Kansas this year has also taken a toll on the Bartlett Arboretum outside Wichita. But arboretum officials have taken the drought as an opportunity to dredge Euphrates Creek, which often floods the arboretum in Belle Plaine when it rains. The creek has only been dredged twice in its 102-year history. The Wichita Eagle reports that dredging the creek will alleviate flooding and will also help the ecosystem and minimize blue-green algae. Owner Robin Macy says the drought is the best time to clear out ponds and creeks. She says the dredging is…
HAYS, Kan. (AP) Hays officials have declared a “water watch” to encourage residents to conserve water. The city said on Tuesday that a water watch means the city’s well fields have deteriorated and peak water consumption is abnormally high. The Hays Daily News reports a water watch is the first level of the city’s water operations plan. Some of the restrictions include no street sweeping or hydrant flushing, reduced watering of ball fields and no new permits for newly seeded or sodded lawns. City Manager Toby Dougherty says the voluntary restrictions are intended to stabilize well field levels and lower…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Construction will begin next week on a new cable median barrier on Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence. The $1.15 million project was prompted by a fatal crossover collision in April 2011 that killed 5-year-old Cainan Shutt near Eudora. Residents along the busy highway between Lawrence and Kansas City had pushed for the cable barriers for years before that accident. The Kansas Department of Transportation said Tuesday that the project will begin next Monday. The Lawrence Journal-World reports workers will install a 2.3-mile stretch just west of the Church Street exit and a 2-mile section on both…
PLAINVILLE, Kan. (AP) Voters in a north-central Kansas school district recalled a school board member over a confrontation with a former school principal. By a vote of 524-284, voters on Tuesday recalled Plainville School Board member Darlene Jones, who served for 33 years. The recall petition accused Jones of verbally assaulting and committing battery on former Plainville High School principal Troy Keiswetter during a confrontation at the high school. Recall organizers said such confrontations should not be allowed on school grounds. The Salina Journal reports Jones denied the claims. Keiswatter left Plainville to work at McClouth High School.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Juror misconduct is being alleged in the trial of a man accused in the death of a Topeka woman and the wounding of her life partner. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports attorneys for Anceo Stovall filed a motion Tuesday saying a Shawnee County juror accessed an online news story about Stovall’s trial while the jury was deliberating. The attorneys say that violated the judge’s instructions and would be a basis for a new trial. The jury in late July could not reach verdicts on the nine of 11 charges against the 27-year-old Stovall, including first-degree murder in the…