TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The state will reimburse Kansas counties for some of the costs incurred after a new motor vehicle registration system was installed, but county officials say more needs to be done. The program caused long delays and lines at motor vehicle offices across the state after it was introduced in May. During a legislative hearing Thursday, Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said the state will reimburse counties a total of $561,000 to defray the unexpected expenses. And Gov. Sam Brownback plans to create a task force to examine how to improve the system. Jordan says the problems have eased.…
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TRIBUNE, Kan. (AP) A large hog farm near Tribune in Greeley County is scheduled to begin operations in early October. The business will have 60 barns when it opens but has permits for 120 barns, with each barn housing 1,000 hogs. It is owned by Seaboard Foods. David Eaheart, marketing director for Seaboard, says the company began stocking the barns several weeks ago and will stock the final barn in the first week of October. He says 10 to 12 people will be hired at the farm. He says the Greeley County operation will house hogs before they are sent…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) After 11 years of discussion, Wichita has begun construction on a third terminal at Mid-Continent Airport. The $101.5 million Air Capital Terminal 3, or ACT 3 will be a two-floor, state-of-the-art terminal. Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer and airport officials said at a ceremony Thursday that the new terminal is a key part of plans to improve the city’s economy. The Wichita Eagle reports the terminal is scheduled to be completed by early 2015. It will be funded by airport user fees and a $53 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The terminal will be able to…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The Kansas State Fair is entering its final weekend. Country star Billy Currington will take the stage Saturday night for the final grandstand musical performance. And Sunday’s grandstand entertainment is a truck and tractor pull. Weekend fairgoers also will be treated to an exotic animal petting zoo, milking demonstrations, pig races, horse shows, a chainsaw woodcarver and juggling performances. This year saw admission prices increase for the first time in four years, with a regular adult ticket going from $8 to $10. Fair officials have said expenses have increased.
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) A southeastern Kansas judge has dismissed a first-degree murder charge against a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 18-month-old daughter. KAKE-TV reports a Butler County judge on Thursday threw out the charge against Justin Edwards, of El Dorado. Judge David Ricke ruled the state failed to provide sufficient evidence of the cause of death, but prosecutors may refile the charge if the state can produce the evidence. Edwards and his girlfriend, Alyssa Haag, were both charged with killing Haag’s daughter, Jayla, in March of this year. The baby died at a Wichita hospital. A coroner says…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal appeals court has set the date for arguments on behalf of a Kansas doctor and his wife convicted in a moneymaking conspiracy linked to 68 overdose deaths. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday scheduled a hearing Nov. 7 in the case of Stephen and Linda Schneider, who ran a pain clinic. They were convicted in 2010 of conspiracy, unlawfully prescribing drugs, health care fraud and money laundering. Stephen Schneider was sentenced to 30 years, and his wife to 33 years. New lawyers for the Haysville couple contend the Schneiders’ trial attorneys were…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Division of Emergency Management and other state agencies are holding a conference later this month on school safety and preparedness. About 300 people are expected at the fifth annual Kansas Safe and Prepared Schools Conference, taking place Sept. 24 and 25 in Topeka. The conference is designed for educators, administrators, first responders and emergency management personnel. Topics include natural disasters, suicide prevention, bullying, youth sports concussions and reducing sexual and domestic violence. Lessons from the tornadoes that struck Harveyville, Kan., and Joplin, Mo., are also on the agenda.
A Manhattan man is currently behind bars for failing to register as a sex offender. Police say that Andrew Cole (34), 1838 Anderson Ave, failed to register as a sex offender between May 23rd and September 13th of this year. Cole was released on a $4,000 bond. _________________________________ A Florida man who recently moved to Manhattan has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender after moving to the area. Sean Ballinger (31) of 210 Tuttle Creek Blvd was found during a recent investigation to have failed to register and was charged with one count of…
A long-simmering volcano exploded with a series of powerful eruptions outside one of Guatemala’s most famous tourist attractions on Thursday, prompting evacuation orders for more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities.
Unrest continued near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo Friday morning, as the fallout from a film ridiculing Islam’s prophet raged on.