TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback’s new budget proposal supports plans to build a forensic laboratory for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at Washburn University. The budget unveiled Tuesday by the governor includes using $3.5 million from the Kansas Department of Transportation budget to pay for architectural, engineering and finance planning of the laboratory. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the proposed $40 million lab would be built on land donated by Washburn and financed through bonds issued by the university. While providing KBI with a state-of-the-art facility for DNA testing and other procedures, the laboratory also would allow Washburn to create…
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SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) A $3,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of vandals who damaged at least 31 headstones at three cemeteries in a Kansas City suburb. The Catholic Cemeteries of Northeast Kansas and the city of Shawnee announced the reward Thursday. The vandals hit St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Pleasant View and Shawnee cemeteries sometime between Friday evening and Saturday morning. The city of Shawnee owns Pleasant View and Shawnee cemeteries.
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Officials in Finney County say plans are moving forward to renovate the historic Windsor Hotel in downtown Garden City. The Garden City Telegram reports that Don Harness, president of the Finney County Preservation Alliance, said at a meeting Wednesday that the process of renovating the 93-room hotel continues. Harness also says there will likely be more activity this year. The Windsor was built in 1887. The $12 million renovation includes senior living apartments, retail shops and offices, as well as a restaurant and banquet facilities. The project will use both state and federal historic tax credits,…
WASHINGTON (AP) Kansas Congressman Kevin Yoder is keeping his seat on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee for another two years. The Republican lawmaker is in his second term representing the Kansas 3rd Congressional District, which covers most of the Kansas City metro area. He chaired the Appropriations Committee in the Kansas House before being elected to Congress in 2010. Yoder says he’ll serve on an Appropriations subcommittee on agriculture, giving Kansas a voice in congressional oversight of farm programs and policy. Last month, another Kansas congressman Republican Tim Huelskamp was removed from the House Agriculture Committee by GOP leaders angered…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Attorney General Derek Schmidt are preparing to announce legislative proposals to fight human trafficking in the state. The Republican officials scheduled a news conference Friday morning to outline their plans. Schmidt’s office is the lead entity of the Kansas Human Trafficking Advisory Board, which was created three years ago to study the problems of forced labor and sex trafficking. The board includes law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, victims of human trafficking and others with expertise in the field.
We’re half way through as Cathy recounts her cancer journey. [mp3-jplayer]
On today’s InFocus, Cathy has a busy morning starting off the show with State Representative Sydney Carlin and Greg McClure, the Riley County Extension Agriculture Agent. This is followed up by Susan Peterson, Assistant Director with the Riley County Senior Services Center and Mike Bilderback regarding Project Excell. [mp3-jplayer]
Last minute election filings came in Friday for the USD 383 School Board. According to Elections Supervisor, Jolene Keck, Both Aaron Estabrook and Pat Hudgins, filed for the School Board.
Pottawatomie county had several Friday election filings. Mark Goodenow filed for Westmoreland Mayor, and Jeff Rosell and Angel Alvarado for council member positions in Westmoreland. Terry Force filed for mayor of Wheaton, with council member candidates including Rex Green, Roger Magnett, Cynthia Pedersen and Michael Ridder. In the Louisville city race, Bobby Benton filed for Mayor, and Eugene and David Prockish added their names to council member filings. Three filed for Belvue council member positions including Brad Caudill, Chad Fitgerald, and Matthew Woodward.
The city of Manhattan has apparently won in a civil lawsuit regarding its termination of free water to Manhattan/Ogden’s USD 383. That’s the apparent ruling of the State Court of Appeals. The eight page opinion says the city does not have any continuing obligation to provide free water to the school district, referring to the original deed on the land grant involved, which was conditioned on the use of the property to treat water for Manhattan city residents, a use that has long since ended. The case was filed in December of 2010 and was a challenge by the school…