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Manhattan City Commissioners approved the 2011 tax audit during a Tuesday night legislative session at Manhattan City Hall. Mayor Loren Pepperd had a few pointed questions on procedures to the auditors, and was given the answers by auditors and local experts such as Kansas State university’s head of finance department Dr. Eric Higgins. Manhattan Director of Finance Bernie Hayen said this audit was the mostly heavily vetted procedure since he retook office, and appreciated the work done by the auditors and his staff. All items on the consent agenda were passed. A contract negotiation for improvements for the parks and…
LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) Police in northeastern Kansas say they’re not actively seeking suspects in the deaths of two people found inside a home. Officers went to the home in Kansas City suburb of Leawood on Tuesday afternoon after a relative requested a welfare check. Details about the two people have not been released, but investigators say the deaths were not from natural causes.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Kansas drug enforcement unit checking a report of a suspected meth lab found something quite different. The Hutchinson News reports Reno County investigators went to a Hutchinson apartment Tuesday where neighbors complained of a strong odor. But instead of a meth lab, the suspicious contraption turned out to be a fuel cell in simple terms, a device that converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidant into electrical energy. The man who was making the fuel cell was not arrested. But officers on the scene did take in another person suspicion of theft.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The president of the Republic of Colombia travels to Lawrence this month for events at the University of Kansas and the Dole Institute of Politics. The university announced the pending visit by President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday the same day Santos announced the signing of a preliminary agreement with Colombia’s main leftist rebel group to launch peace talks. Santos graduated from KU in 1973 with degrees in economics and business. He’s scheduled to be on campus Sept. 24 to meet with students. He’ll also take part in a public event at the Dole Institute, where he…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An 8 year-old Wichita girl died after being struck by a bullet during a shootout at a mobile home park. Wichita Police Lt. Chris Halloran said officers were called to the shooting at the Oaks Mobile Home Park early Tuesday. They found a woman with a graze wound from a bullet and began searching mobile homes to see if anyone else had been hit. The woman was taken to a hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries. KFDI reports the girl was found dead inside one of the homes. Several people were taken into custody…
ST. PAUL, Kan. (AP) Hunters are divided over the state’s decision to start the duck hunting season in southeast Kansas in mid-November. Duck hunting season traditionally starts the last weekend in October. But some hunters pushed for a later season in southeast Kansas because they say the ducks arrive later. Opponents say the later dates aren’t necessary and waterways where the ducks stop could be frozen over later in the season. The Kansas wildlife commission decided in August the southeast Kansas season will run from Nov. 15 to Jan. 27. The Joplin Globe reports the hunting season in the state’s…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) With the opening of the Kansas State Fair just days away, a federal court is taking up a free-speech case against the fair by an animal-rights group. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking an order to block the fair from forcing it to shield people walking by its booth from easily seeing videos or photos depicting animal slaughter. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten scheduled arguments Tuesday in Wichita. PETA sued the state, the Kansas Fair Board and the fair’s general manager arguing the restrictions violate its free speech rights. The state is being…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A proclamation and special day at the State Fair are on tap as Kansas officials mark the annual Emergency Preparedness Month during September. The national event is designed to raise public awareness about the need to prepare for emergencies, such as tornadoes, floods and droughts. Gov. Sam Brownback will sign a proclamation on Friday during a Statehouse ceremony. Joining him will be Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, state adjutant-general and director of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. Residents are being encouraged to have emergency kits should disaster strike. On Sept. 10 there will be special booths and displays…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A man who jumped from a Wichita overpass onto the street below is badly injured but survived the fall. The Wichita Eagle reported the unidentified man was seen standing on the railing of the overpass about 30 feet above Main Street at 4:15 p.m. Monday. A man who was driving by says he saw the man turn his back from the railing, and a few seconds later he heard the sound of his body hitting the ground. Wichita police say the man was taken to a hospital with significant injuries. His condition was not immediately available. The…