TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Voters in two Topeka precincts are being allowed to cast ballots in advance in a limited special election prompted by the distribution of the wrong ballots at one polling place. The Shawnee County elections commissioner’s office is allowing any of the 432 affected voters to cast ballots starting Monday, in person at the office or by mail. Polls also will be open Aug. 28, the date of the special election, at the Light of the World Christian Center, where the ballot mix-up occurred Aug. 7. It’s the polling place for the two precincts, one in the 52nd…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Twelve Topeka-area attorneys have applied for a vacant Shawnee County District Court position created by the announced retirement of a longtime district judge. A local nominating commission plans to interview the candidates Sept. 5 and forward the names of two or three finalists to Gov. Sam Brownback, who will make the appointment. District Judge Daniel Mitchell has announced that he’s retiring at the end of the month. He’s been a judge since October 1985, handling juvenile cases. The attorneys applying for the judgeship are Athena Andaya, James Benfer, Brett Berry, Lee Davidson, Jason Geier, Kimberly Knoll, Joe…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A conservative Democrat in the Kansas House is hoping a recount sought by her primary challenger confirms her narrow victory in their south-central Kansas district. Rep. Jan Pauls, of Hutchinson, won the Aug. 7 primary in the 102nd House District by seven votes over challenger Erich Bishop, also of Hutchinson. The final tally in Pauls’ favor was 427-420. But Bishop asked the Reno County clerk’s office to recount the ballots by hand, and it expected to finish the recount Monday. Pauls’ race was notable because gay rights advocates have targeted her for defeat, and Bishop has been…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) Dodge City is getting a fresh look at its historic past. Author George Laughead Jr. has assembled a new book titled “Images of America: Dodge City,” using photographs from the collection of the Ford County Historical Society. The Dodge City Daily Globe reports that most of the photos in the book have never been published. Laughead says the pictures help portray life in the iconic town between roughly 1890 and 1910. The book is available for pre-ordering on Amazon.com and is scheduled for release on Sept. 10. It’s being published by Arcadia Publishing, a company specializing in…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Members of the state’s all-Republican congressional delegation couldn’t avoid talking politics at the annual conference of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association. U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran were on hand Monday for a panel discussion on energy policy. Three of the state’s four U.S. House members were also there. Congressman Kevin Yoder was absent. He spent Monday apologizing to constituents in his northeastern Kansas district for his nude swim in the Sea of Galilee during a trip to Israel last year. Roberts bemoaned remarks by Missouri Congressman Todd Akin that women’s bodies can prevent…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to visit Emporia and other Kansas communities during a national back-to-school tour. The Emporia Gazette reports that Duncan will be in town Sept. 18 to visit the National Teachers Hall of Fame, where he’ll hold a town hall meeting with teachers and students. Duncan is also planning stops in Topeka and Kansas City, Kan. It would be Duncan’s first visit to Emporia. Teachers Hall of Fame spokeswoman Carol Strickland says Duncan has wanted to visit the hall and Emporia State University since 2009, when the school was chosen as a top…
The Pottawatomie county sheriff’s department announced Monday a fatal roll-over accident that occurred Saturday. Sheriff Greg Riat indicates the aaccident occurred Saturday night shortly after 8:30 east of Neuchatel Road on the Duluth Road in Rural Duluth in the northeast part of the county. Emergency responders who arrived on the scene found the single occupant of the vehicle. Timothy Graf (51) of rural Onaga died at the scene. The vehicle, a 1998 Dodge Pickup had been travelling aast on Duluth Rd, when it left the roadway resting on it’s top in a field to the north of Duluth Road.
Monday’s Riley County Commissioner meeting’s agenda was full of various updates and briefings on important upcoming events. Riley County Historical Museum Director, Cheryl Collins, gave updates on how the museum is doing and mentioned upcoming exhibits. The newest exhibit involves a kinetic three dimensional sculpture that will be on display next month. During the meeting’s press conference, Greg McClure shared information about the Riley County Livestock Association Summer Tour coming up this Sunday. Riley County Police Captain, Tim Hegarty, gave a presentation on vehicle burglaries. This time of the year is the prime time for vehicle burglaries due to new…
An off-agenda item created quite a bit of discussion, and a brief amount of humor, at Monday’s Riley County law board meeting. Board member Loren Pepperd expressed concern about bond amounts in some recent shooting cases, indicating he thought $7,500 as was reported in one recent case, seemed low. In fact he got a few chuckles when he made a suggestion for such cases of sending inmates to Mexico until their court date. Riley County Police director Brad Schoen explained how the bond process is handled, indicating there is a bond schedule police refer to when setting amounts. But Schoen emphasized every case…
K-State tight end Andre McDonald is currently being confined in the Riley County jail on a probation violation. McDonald was arrested at 8:00am on Sunday morning and is serving a five-day sanction for violating his probation with Manhattan Municipal Court. The original charge in his case was a dangerous dog ordinance violation. McDonald is a junior at K-State, and served last season as the Cats’ backup tight end. He caught nine passes for 136 yards and a touchdown in 12 games.