Author: KMAN Staff

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police say a 27-year-old man accused of firing a shot inside a store had been confronted by an employee over a can of soda. No one was injured in Monday morning’s incident at a Burlington Coat Factory store. But the shot sent some of the estimated 20 employees and customers running outside, while others hid in a break room. Wichita Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz says a security guard asked the man if he was going to pay for a can of soda he was drinking. Stolz says the suspect pulled out a pistol and fired…

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The latest government report shows crop conditions worsening in Kansas. Pasture and range conditions are declining. Stock water supplies are dwindling. Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service released its weekly snapshot Monday a dismal report that put numbers to the unfolding agricultural disaster. About 70 percent of the corn and soybeans were rated in poor to very poor condition. Sorghum was not far behind with 66 percent of that crop also in poor to very poor condition. Meanwhile, about 12 percent of the state’s corn crop has been harvested. The situation is also grim for cattlemen. About 90 percent…

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Between the hours of 5 and 8 pm on Monday, people were given the opportunity to wander in and out, examining the possibilities of what the new Manhattan Regional Airport Terminal Expansion and Remodel might look like. Spread out around the room were 14 boards that showed floor plans, three design concepts and the parking lot expansion. Mead & Hunt representatives were stationed to go over any and all questions that community members posed while also listening to comments. On the front table, questionnaires were available for those who wanted to leave comments and suggestions for things that may not…

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SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina priest has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery after being accused of inappropriately touching an adult male. The Salina Journal reports the Rev. Allen Scheer, of Sacred Heart Cathedral, was accused in April of inappropriately touching a man. Scheer had been scheduled for trial Wednesday on a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery before the plea. A statement on the website of the Catholic Diocese of Salina said Scheer pleaded no contest Friday to the lesser charge of misdemeanor battery. The diocese also says Scheer was sentenced to six months’ probation. Bishop Edward Weisenburger said in…

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