HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Three snowy white baby owls rescued and raised at the Hutchinson Zoo are back in the wild. A Reno County resident found the owls three months ago when cutting down a tree. At the time, they were so small that zoo staff didn’t know what kind of owls they were. After being raised at the zoo’s rehabilitation center, the last of the three owls was released Wednesday. Zoo director Jana Durham says the three were among 10 owls rehabilitated at the zoo this year. She says she’s not sure why the zoo rehabilitated so many owls this…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The unofficial winner of the GOP primary for the 52nd House District is objecting to a special vote scheduled after hundreds of voters were given incorrect ballots at a Topeka polling place. Shanti Gandhi on Wednesday sent a letter to Secretary of State Kris Kobach objecting to the vote scheduled Aug. 28 for more than 400 voters at the Light of the World Christian Church. An election judge unintentionally distributed the incorrect ballots on Aug. 7. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports unofficial results gave Gandhi 1,476 votes, compared with 1,431 for Dick Jones and 1,114 for Scott Hesse.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former Topeka Correctional Facility officer who had sex with inmates has been ordered to pay $750,000 to one of the inmates. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Rogers ordered the fine against former guard Nathan Van Dyke. Under a plea agreement in 2010, Van Dyke was found guilty on two counts of improper sexual conduct with female prison inmates. He received probation. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Van Dyke didn’t respond to a lawsuit filed against him by John Kurtz, an attorney representing former inmate Rebecca Fleetwood. Court records indicate Rogers signed an order Monday entering the civil…
BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) Law enforcement officers chased a semitrailer truck through four counties before the driver finally stopped. No one was injured in the low-speed chase, which lasted nearly two hours Wednesday evening. The chase began in Franklin County, where the sheriff’s office got a call around 8 p.m. about a semitrailer driving erratically after leaving Douglas County on U.S. Highway 59. The Lawrence Journal-World reports spike strips were laid down as the truck entered Osage County and again as the truck entered Coffey County. The truck eventually stopped in Coffey County around 10 p.m. Franklin County Sheriff’s Office spokesman…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The 27-year-old man accused of firing a shot at a security guard at a Wichita store is charged with four counts of aggravated assault. Jake Jacobs was charged Wednesday, two days after he shot at the guard and pointed his gun at three other people at a Burlington Coat Factory store. The guard and customers were not injured. Jacobs is being held on $100,000 bond. His attorney, Mark Schoenhofer, filed a request to have the bond reduced so Jacobs can be treated for a broken jaw and teeth he suffered when he was arrested The Wichita Eagle reports…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) The body of a 66-year-old Overland Park man who was reported missing last week has been found in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says David Lee Dotson was found dead Wednesday afternoon in a car in rural Bates County, Mo. A Silver Alert was issued for Dotson last Thursday after he left his home and didn’t return. A man who noticed the car parked for several days found the body in a field outside Amsterdam, Mo., about 40 miles south of Overland Park. Overland Park police said foul play is not suspected. His family said Dotson…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas organization that works to help companies do more business abroad has a new name and a new location. The Kansas World Trade Center is now calling itself the Kansas Global Trade Services. The change was required after the group discontinued its membership earlier this year with the World Trade Association. CEO Karyn Page says the new name better reflects the organization’s mission. Among the changes is the creation of a professional network tied to the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration to increase Kansas exports. The group also moved its Wichita office to the Old Town…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is inviting state employees to pack a lunch for a picnic in their honor Friday on the Statehouse grounds. The governor is even promising to hand out free cookies and ice cream to the first 1,000 state workers who attend the event on the Capitol’s south lawn. His office also plans to have a blues and jazz band play. Brownback says Cabinet secretaries and agency directors will join him in handing out the goodies. He is encouraging workers to bring sack lunches. The picnic begins at 11:30 a.m. A noon ceremony will honor…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas prosecutor is taking a few more days to wrap up his investigation of private meetings between Gov. Sam Brownback and state legislators at the governor’s official residence. An assistant says Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor expects to report his findings next week. Initially, the report was expected by Friday night. Brownback held seven dinner meetings in January at Cedar Crest with members of 13 legislative committees, most of them fellow Republicans. Taylor, a Democrat, has been investigating whether the gatherings violated the state’s open meeting laws. Many legislators have described the dinners as social…
Riley County police are investigating a report of a missing Kansas State student who had been listed on the K-State football team roster up until recently. Kristi Harvill reported her son, Samuel Harvill, 20, had not been seen since 1:30 Wednesday afternoon. Harvill made the report late Thursday morning, with the announcement reaching KMAN a few hours later. As of 4:00 pm on Friday, there is still no word as to the whereabouts of Harvill. The RCPD is currently attempting to contact Harvill to check his welfare. Medical issues are reportedly involved. Harvill may be in a Silver 2005 Dodge R15 Pick-up…