WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt plans to tour the state this week to announce a new anti-gang initiative. The Wichita Eagle reports Schmidt will start his tour at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Kansas City, Kan., followed by stops at 11:30 a.m. in Topeka and 4 p.m. in Wichita. On Thursday he’ll be in southwest Kansas, with stops in Dodge City at 9 a.m., Garden City at 11:30 a.m. and Liberal at 3 p.m. Schmidt will conclude the tour Friday with a 9 a.m. presentation at the Kansas Highway Patrol auditorium in Salina. All of the attorney general’s…
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Transportation was one of the topics of Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting. Dustin Trego, the county’s Management Assistant of Operations, said the number of people riding the bus has increased. With that increase revenues from the program are up. For anyone interested in the program you can call 1- 877-728 -0433, or visit www.pottcounty.org for more information.
Comedian Phyllis Diller, known for her trademark cackle and bizzare looks, dies at 95 in Los Angeles.
In a historic change, Augusta National invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become the first female members since the club was founded in 1932.
Missouri Rep. Todd Akin apologized Monday for his televised comments that women’s bodies are able to prevent pregnancies in “a legitimate rape” situation, but he refused to heed calls to abandon his bid for the Senate.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Kansas man who called police last year to report committing a sexual act on a 3-month-old child has now pleaded guilty to the crime. The Hutchinson News reports that 25-year-old Michael Sherman faces up to life in prison following the plea Monday to aggravated criminal sodomy of a child. He could receive parole after 25 years, under Kansas law. Sherman’s lawyer and Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder both say there was no plea agreement in the case. Sherman had been scheduled to go on trial Tuesday. Sherman was arrested at his Hutchinson home last December…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Relatives of a man who committed suicide at the Sedgwick County Jail have filed a wrongful death claim against Sheriff Robert Hinshaw. The family of Jonathan Haehn is seeking $250,000 in damages in the wrongful death claim, which is the first step toward filing a lawsuit. Haehn hanged himself with a bedsheet on May 24. The family claims they warned jail staff that Haehn was bipolar and an alcoholic and was a risk for suicide. Hinshaw told The Wichita Eagle that the county has denied the claim because a screening on Haehn didn’t show him being at…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) The state wildlife department will set dates for this year’s duck season this week, which has become a contentious issue in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism commission will meet Thursday in Great Bend. The Wichita Eagle reports duck hunters say the birds arrive later in southeast Kansas than in other parts of the state, where the season opens in late October. The department is suggesting opening the season Nov. 3. But commissioners Don Budd, of Kansas City, and Robert Wilson, of Pittsburg, think it should open one or two weeks later.…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A conservative congressman representing Kansas has apologized for any offense caused by his naked swim in the Sea of Galilee last summer. Politico reported Sunday that freshman U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder was among 20 lawmakers and staff who swam at the holy site during a fact-finding trip to Israel last August. Yoder was the only one not wearing clothes. Yoder told The Kansas City Star he is “incredibly remorseful” and apologized for any embarrassment he has caused. He said it was dark and that he was only in the water for about 10 seconds. Politico says…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed Shawnee County’s elections commissioner to a magistrate judgeship in northeast Kansas previously held by her husband. Brownback named Elizabeth Ensley Deiter to the bench in the 22nd Judicial District, which covers Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, and Nemaha counties. Her husband, Steve, stepped down from the job in June. Magistrate judges do not have to be attorneys. They can handle misdemeanor criminal cases and first appearances and preliminary hearings in felony criminal cases, as well as traffic infractions, juvenile cases and limited civil cases. They also can perform marriages. Elizabeth Ensley Deiter has served…