WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Passenger numbers are in a holding pattern at the Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita. The airport’s latest passenger figures show the number of passengers at the airport fell four percent in December, compared to the same month of 2011. Passenger numbers for all of 2012 dropped two percent. The Wichita Eagle reports that 115,595 passengers used the airport in December, compared with 120,822 in December 2011. In all of 2012, there were 1.51 million passengers, compared with 1.537 million in 2011. Airport officials say the numbers were down because Allegiant Air and Frontier stopped services to the airport.…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A man convicted of attacking employees of WIBW-TV in Topeka will not be sentenced until February. Ray Anthony Miles, 49, was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for several convictions arising from a confrontation at the station last May. But sentencing was delayed until Feb. 27 after Miles objected to having two convictions from Arkansas included on his criminal history. The convictions for making a terroristic threat and third-degree battery would make him eligible for longer sentences in the Topeka case. Miles attacked the station’s employees after they told him they would not report on a problem he…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas Hospital and a group of physicians say they plan to form a clinical organization, although details are not final. The hospital and KU Physicians announced Thursday they plan to eventually combine to improve their patients’ experience. KU Physicians is an independent group that manages 18 different physician practices. Leaders of the two groups said the consolidation would streamline operations and reduce costs while helping patients. They also hope the effort will improve doctors’ training and help fund medical education. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the details of the consolidation will be worked out…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Six suspects have been charged in the deaths of a 34-year-old Wichita man. Three of the men were charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the death of Shawn M. Lindsey. Three others were charged with kidnapping. Utility workers found Lindsey’s body Jan. 16 in a wooded area. Authorities believe he was killed Jan. 11 but have not discussed a motive of how Lindsey was killed. Bond was set at $1million for Dang Sean, 32, Justin Jones, 37, and Jason Jones, 37, who are all charged with murder. The other suspects, who had bond set at $750,000, are…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas nonprofit group is joining other grassroots organizations in a campaign for what it calls comprehensive immigration reform. Sunflower Community Action says the “Keeping Families Together” campaign will be launched during a community prayer vigil at 7 p.m. Friday at Newman University in Wichita. The group says it plans to call on U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran to support an overhaul of the system and work on a path to citizenship that allows families to stay together. It’s also asking Gov. Sam Brownback to oppose policies it considers hostile to immigrants.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) More than two dozen Kansas legislators are planning a daylong bus trip to the Wichita area and Oklahoma to view examples of education innovation. Members of the House and Senate Education committees will travel Feb. 1 to the Walton Rural Life Center near Wichita and the Francis Tuttle Technology Center in Oklahoma City. The trip is part of efforts by leaders of the two committees to inform new members about all aspects of education, including school finance and curriculum.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican officials in Kansas are interested in lowering corporate income taxes but are struggling to figure out how to mesh such reductions with GOP plans for more cuts in individual income tax rates. Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said Friday that cutting corporate income taxes would boost the economy and that the state needs to consider the issue. But Jordan said the issue also is complicated, and GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposals focus on reducing individual income tax rates again after aggressive reductions last year. State Rep. Marvin Kleeb, an Overland Park Republican who serves on the House…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) This year’s legislative agenda for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism focuses heavily on boats and boating. The department says on its website its legislative initiatives this session include a proposal that would phase out the property tax on boats. The proposal calls for reducing the tax from 30 percent of appraised value to 20 percent in 2014, 10 percent in 2015 and zero in 2016. The agency also wants to bring laws on boating under the influence in line with those for driving motor vehicles, and require people 21 and older to take boater…
It’s the final day of Cathy’s journey with us. [mp3-jplayer]
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with State Legislator Tom Phillips of Manhattan, Riley County Police Director Brad Schoen, and US Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas. [mp3-jplayer]