TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback tours southeast Kansas to see the effects of intense summer heat and drought. On Tuesday, the Republican governor was in central Kansas where he met with officials near Salina to discuss water available in the Smoky Hill River and Kanopolis Reservoir for municipal and agricultural use. Brownback is heading on Wednesday to Allen and Neosho counties in southeastern Kansas to see the damaged caused by lack of rain and temperatures above 100 degrees. Brownback will be joined by Tracy Streeter, director of the Kansas Water Office, and Dale Rodman, state agriculture director. The U.S.…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Topeka Zoo is cancelling a summer event that was planned for later this month and in mid-August. The “Chillin’ at the Zoo” events scheduled for July 20 and Aug. 17 were to include live jazz, beer and wine for adults. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that zoo director Brendan Wiley says he met recently with the state Department of Revenue to review recent changes in alcoholic beverage controls. Wiley says he wants to make sure the zoo has the correct permits in place before hosting the event and will plan the event for next year. He says the…
On Wednesday, July 18, the vacant seat of the 21st Judicial District has been filled. Governor Sam Brownback announced the appointment of Clay Center attorney John F. Bosch. Bosch will be taking over the seat left when Judge Paul E. Miller went into retirement. Bosch was one of three names submitted to the Governor by the 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission.
The Pottawatomie County Fair is set to begin in two weeks, and there will be a number of events for fairgoers to enjoy. The fair will officially begin on August 1st and last through the fifth, but there are a few pre-fair events taking place such as the Fiber Arts judging taking place at Rock Creek High School on July 27th. 4-H representative Judy White gives us an idea of other events slated to take place at the fair. “We’ll have the Honky Tonk Renovators band who will come and perform for us,” White says. “Our annual parade will also take place…
There’s a new ordinance in Chicago, a city increasingly known as a food lovers paradise, aimed at the peaceful coexistence of restaurants and food trucks that park nearby on the street. Not everyone agrees with the proposed new rules.
The Syrian National Council held a news conference Tuesday in New York to discuss efforts in pushing the United Nations to fulfill their duty to protect civilians in Syria.
A number of Cereal Malt beverage ordinances for the City of Manhattan are slated to be updated, and the process got going at last night’s Manhattan City Commission meeting. Outdated ordinances include one requiring establishments allowing dancing to obtain a dance license, and no dance license has been issued since 1998. What really stole the show was an item on the consent agenda which was discussed previously, the ordinance dealing with regulations on driveways. The ordinance was tabled after much discussion as well as a fair amount of public comment, and should be hammered out in the near future.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Joel C. Hernandez, then 22, waited in a small room at the Douglas County Courthouse on May 20, 2010. Minutes earlier, Douglas County District Judge Michael Malone sentenced Hernandez, a student at Haskell Indian Nations University, to six months in jail after Hernandez admitted driving drunk and killing bicyclist Rachel Leek, 20. “You’re going to live with her death for the rest of your life,” Malone told Hernandez. It was an emotional scene during sentencing. Hernandez gave a tearful apology for hitting Leek’s bicycle early on Oct. 16, 2009. Deputies led Hernandez to the room where he’d…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Officials say the first phase of an electric transmission line from Kansas to Nebraska is up and running, and construction of the second phase is ahead of schedule. A spokesman for ITC Holdings says 90 miles of the high-voltage line from Spearville to near Hays was energized June 29 and is operating smoothly. That line ties into Midwest Energy’s system at Post Rock. The Hutchinson Daily News reports construction on Phase II, an 85-mile segment from Post Rock to the Nebraska border, is on schedule to be finished before the end of the year more than six…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A judge has ruled that DNA testing will be allowed on potential evidence in the killing of an 18-year-old Topeka woman. District Judge Cheryl Kingfisher approved a request from prosecutors for DNA testing in the first-degree murder case against 21-year-old Dustin Leftwich. Leftwich has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and murdering Brenna Morgart, whose body was found in a field near Topeka on May 25. Prosecutors say Leftwich intentionally hit Morgart with his vehicle. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Kingfisher said the DNA test results could change the case from a first-degree murder case to a capital murder…