TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A regulatory board in Kansas is working on an agreement with a former abortion provider over the custody of patient records still in his possession after hundreds of others were found in a Kansas City-area recycling bin. Kelli Stevens, general counsel for the State Board of Healing Arts, told The Associated Press on Thursday that records still held by Krishna Rajanna have been moved to a secure location, which Stevens declined to disclose. Rajanna did not immediately return a telephone message left at his Overland Park home. He confirmed last month that he deposited hundreds of records…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police say expensive jewelry seems to be the main target of thieves that have hit several homes in northeast Sedgwick County. Eight burglaries have been reported in the area in the last three months. Investigators say they are looking at a few cases in Sumner, Reno, and Butler counties that could possibly be related. KAKE-TV reports that in one case, the thieves made off with nearly $100,000 in jewelry. A suspect was arrested in two of the home burglaries where jewelry was stolen in southwest Sedgwick county, but investigators say it’s too soon to tell if he…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas Medical Center has eliminated about 80 of its 3,900 jobs. The cuts came after a university-wide analysis of staffing needs. The Kansas City Star reports the medical center cuts affected only administrative positions, not teaching staff. No employees at the University of Kansas Hospital were involved. Barbara Atkinson, an executive with the medical center, wrote in a recent newsletter to employees that the job cuts were designed in part to free money for raises to employees, who have not received a pay increase for four years.
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) Army officials are adjusting the hours of operations for access to gates at Fort Riley in northeastern Kansas. Starting Friday the gates at 12th Street adjacent to Junction City will no longer be open 24 hours a day. The new hours will be weekdays from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. and closed on weekends and federal holidays. The gate for visitors entering through the town of Ogden will also change its hours, returning to 24-hour operations including weekends and federal holidays.
HARPER, Kan. (AP) Construction is under way in south-central Kansas of what’s expected to be the state’s largest wind farm. State officials joined representatives of BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas Power on Wednesday to mark the start of work on the Flat Ridge 2 wind farm in Harper County. Gov. Sam Brownback said in a news release the project is important for the nation’s energy production and revitalizing rural Kansas. The $800 million wind farm is located on a 66,000-acre site about 40 miles southwest of Wichita.
Around 11:45 P.M. on April 4th, Riley County Police responded to the Westloop McDonald’s for a report of an armed robbery. Dressed in all black, wearing a hoodie and black ski mask, the suspect was armed with a black pistol. The suspect ordered the night manager to the office, where he took an undetermined amount of coins and currency. The suspect then exited the store and fled northbound. The suspect is approximately 6’0”, dark skinned with a thin mustache and thin build. Riley County Police encourages anyone with information regarding the robbery to please call Det. Runyan at 537-2112…
The regular business meeting for the USD 383 school board started off on the usual topic, construction. Trisha Brooke-Fruendt, program manager, went through a bid for hardware for the remaining schools and facilities , the Woodrow Wilson Elementary restroom and gym ceiling design and change orders for Woodrow Wilson, Manhattan High School East and West. The board then recognized Mari Jo Massanet, a senior at Manhattan High School, as the Centennial League Player of the Year and Scott Mall, the Manhattan High School Girls Basketball Coach, as the Centennial League Coach of the Year. The board also had the…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Prosecutors have begun showing jurors text messages outlining a Kansas man’s obsession with a slain cheerleader whose badly burned body was found at the asphalt plant where he worked. The evidence came during the fifth day of testimony in the capital murder trial of Adam Longoria,38. The Great Bend man is accused in the August 2010 death of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt. Analyst Stephanie Smith of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday discussed the texts as they were projected on a screen in the courtroom. The texting began the morning after Longoria met the girl at…