LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A northeastern Kansas woman accused of leaving her 2-month-old son alone in a stroller in a dark alley has told a judge she’s a good mother. Twenty-eight-year-old Elizabeth Michaud made the statement Monday during an appearance in Leavenworth County District Court. The Leavenworth woman is charged with aggravated child endangerment. The Leavenworth Times reports a judge refused to release Michaud on her own recognizance, which would have let her leave jail without paying money. She remains in custody. A Leavenworth resident spotted the stroller and the baby late on the night of May 3 in an alley…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House is preparing to debate a proposed $14 billion state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Tuesday’s debate will focus on spending priorities proposed by the House Appropriations Committee, including more money for social services to meet increased demand. The Senate has already passed its own version of the budget. The Senate plan would spend some $14.4 billion and increase spending for public schools. Legislators are quickly approaching the 90-day limit of the session. Once the House approves a budget, negotiators from the two chambers will begin meeting to work out their…
Arrests Randy Darnell Bodwin, 28, Junction City, Kan., for failure to appear. Bond set at $119. Rolando Santiago Cantu, 39, 605 Laramie St., Apartment 2, for failure to appear. Bond set at $100. Brian James Gasswint, 29, Junction City, Kan., for driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $1,500. Jeffrey Thomas Gasswint, 25, Junction City, Kan., for driving under the influence. Bond set at $500. Benson Joe Neal Jackson, 19, 514 Kearney St., for failure to appear. No bond. Kenny Lee Malone, 27, 1114 Garden Way, Apartment B, fopr theft of property. Bond set…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Will Middlebrooks homered down each of the lines, David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia also went deep, and the Boston Red Sox pounded the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Monday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Middlebrooks, called up last week when Kevin Youkilis went on the disabled list, hit a three-run shot in the first inning and a two-run homer in the eighth, becoming the first player in Red Sox history with at least one extra-base hit in each of his first four major league games. He also hit a grand slam in Boston’s…
HOUSTON (AP) Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne, who oversaw the school’s upcoming departure from the Big 12 and everything from national championships to the end of the storied football rivalry with Texas, is retiring. Byrne will discuss his decision at a Tuesday afternoon news conference in College Station, a school official with knowledge of the decision. The school said only that Byrne would make an announcement “regarding his future” and the person spoke to The Associated Press late Monday on condition of anonymity because details had not been released. The 66-year-old Byrne was hired at Texas A&M in…
By Ryan Lackey KStateSports.com (Original Story) MANHATTAN, Kan. – Backed by a 10-for-16 performance in four games last week, Kansas State sophomore outfielder Jared King has been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. The designation was the second by a Wildcat this season as Jake Brown earned co-player of the week honors on March 12. King picked up the third weekly honor of his career after being named newcomer of the week on two occasions last year. A product of Dublin, Ohio, King saw half of his hits go for extra bases…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal says his chamber’s Redistricting Committee will take a quick vote on a plan for redrawing state Senate districts. O’Neal scheduled a vote on the plan for Monday evening. O’Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, is the committee’s chairman. The House broke at least several decades of tradition last week by not accepting a plan for redrawing the 40 Senate districts that senators had approved. Instead, the House is considering a Senate redistricting plan favored by conservative Republicans and narrowly rejected by the Senate. GOP conservatives, who have a House majority, say the map approved…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House has approved a bill designed to prevent the state from subsidizing abortions even indirectly through tax breaks, but the measure’s future in the Senate appears uncertain. The bill was adopted by an 88-31 vote on Monday in the House. It would prohibit Kansas taxpayers from claiming abortion expenses under a deduction for medical costs when filing their income taxes. It also would deny tax breaks to abortion providers, such as an exemption to the sales tax that nonprofit groups claim when purchasing goods. The measure also prohibits state employees from performing abortions on state…