TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to decide the fate of a bill aimed at keeping Kansas courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes. Brownback had a Friday deadline to sign or veto the bill or let it become law without his signature. His office hasn’t said what he would do. Muslim groups have urged him to veto the measure, arguing it promotes discrimination. Supporters of the measure worry about Shariah law being applied in Kansas courts, although they point out the bill doesn’t specifically mention codes within the Islamic legal…
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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) The Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame has its first Marine inductee. Marine Gen. Charles Krulak was inducted during a ceremony Thursday at the Lewis and Clark Center along with the late Army Gen. Michael S. Davison. Both men were graduates of the Army’s Command and General Staff College during their careers. Krulak became the 31st commandant of the Marine Corps in 1995. He commanded a platoon and two companies during Vietnam. Davison was a commander of Fort Leavenworth and commandant of the Command and General Staff College. He joined the Army in 1939, serving in World…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police say surveillance video shows a man who was killed while riding his bicycle last weekend was hit by two vehicles, instead of one. The Wichita Eagle reports 49-year-old John Fuqua first was hit Saturday night by a white, four-door sedan. About 20 seconds later he was hit by a low-profile SUV as he lay in the curb lane of the street. Police Lt. Joe Schroeder says the SUV slowed almost to a stop before continuing on, but the driver of the sedan didn’t slow at all. Detectives are looking for additional surveillance footage to help…
It was close to this time last year, Manhattan saw major flooding along the Wildcat Creek area. A year later, the area has become more prepared when it comes to flooding by installing river gauages to help monitor water levels, along with websites used to inform people on conditions. During an interview with KMAN, Rob Ott, Manhattan City Engineer, talked about three websites that may be helpful in keeping watch of the gauges. They include the NOAA website at http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=top , the USGS website at http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/new/index.php?m=real&r=ks&w=map and the one Ott advised people to connect to, the Iris website at https://www.irisdispatch.com/users/enroll/dsp_enroll.cfm?org_id=1000. Also during the interview, Ott also talked…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Three federal judges are allowing the Kansas attorney general to participate in a redistricting lawsuit, but only so he can weigh in on fees sought by attorneys after the case ends. Redistricting issues are before the federal court because Kansas lawmakers ended their session without drawing new maps for the state House and Senate, Board of Education and the four U.S. House districts. The judges on Thursday rejected an attempt by two Democrats to block any participation by Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who says he wants to prevent the state from paying unreasonable fees. The judges…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita research center created five years ago to create medical inventions and create hundreds of jobs is being reorganized. The Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research had hoped to turn aircraft materials into medical advances but had little success. CIBOR was a partnership of Via Christi Health and Wichita State University. Officials with those groups announced Wednesday that Rich Sullivan is leaving as the first president and chief executive officer of CIBOR. It will also be relocated to the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State. John Tomblin, NIAR’s director, will now run…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Koch Industries are considering expanding their headquarters in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports the talks are only preliminary, although the company has discussed the idea with Wichita city officials. Koch spokeswoman Melissa Cohlmia says the company is running out of room to fill 200 vacant positions at its north Wichita campus. She says Koch is trying to prepare for any potential growth in the future by reviewing options for building more office space on its Wichita campus. But she stressed that Koch has not made any commitments to expansion and it’s possible nothing will change in the…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Even Harry Truman had problems keeping up with his bills. The late president somehow didn’t pay a paperboy for six months of newspapers delivered to his Independence, Mo., home in 1947. On Wednesday, the paperboy finally got his money. Truman impersonator Niel Johnson presented a check for $56.63 to George Lund, now an 80-year-old resident of a retirement community in Overland Park. Lund says he delivered the papers to Truman’s house for about six months and then quit the route before Truman paid the $7.50 he owed. The bill paid Wednesday included interest accrued since 1947.…