A District of Columbia police officer who worked as a motorcycle escort for the White House and other officials has been moved to administrative duty after he allegedly made threatening comments about Michelle Obama A District of Columbia police officer who
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A truck overturned in Western Kentucky, covering a highway with watermelons. Nobody was hurt in the accident.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney insisted on Friday that he had “no role whatsoever in the management” of a private equity firm after early 1999, and demanded that President Barack Obama apologize.
STRONG CITY, Kan. (AP) U.S Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is making a two-day visit to Kansas. During his first stop Friday night at Strong City in east-central Kansas, he and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will dedicate a new $6 million visitor’s center at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. From there Salazar will head to Manhattan’s Flint Hills Discovery Center. Gov. Sam Brownback will join him Saturday in announcing that the Kansas River is being designated as the newest addition to the National Water Trails system. The national designation will provide money for highway signage directing people to…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 37-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of shooting his roommate to death. The Wichita Eagle reports that Michael Williams was sentenced Friday. He was convicted earlier of first-degree murder in the death of Sean Putnam, a former police officer who was shot in the head in December 2010. Williams will be eligible for parole in 25 years. His defense attorney, Steve Mank, argued before the sentencing that Williams should have a new trial because police did not disclose information that Putnam had been a suspect in alleged sexual assaults.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) After years of financial struggles, Wichita’s Indian Center is out of debt and optimistic about the future. Officials at the Mid-America All-Indian Center say they have control of the center’s finances after debts forced the center to close in 2005. The center is sponsoring its second American Indian Festival this weekend, which highlights the diverse tribes in the Wichita region. The center opened in 1976. It briefly closed in 2005, with the city taking over its operations because of financial issues and missing artifacts. The center took out a $175,000 loan from the city and paid it…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A group of Wichita residents plans to ask city officials to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. The group called Wichitans for Healthy Teeth said Thursday they have collected more than 2,500 signatures on petitions supporting fluoridation, which they say improves dental health. Dr. Sara Meng, a Wichita dentist, says the effort is supported by nearly 500 Wichita dentists and health providers and about 50 state and local organizations. The group plans to gather at least 6,300 signatures before presenting petitions to the City Council. The Wichita Eagle reports Wichita is the fourth-largest city in the…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A judge has dismissed three of eight claims in a lawsuit claiming an elderly resident was sexually assaulted at a Lawrence retirement center. The family of 87-year-old Jean Allen alleges in the lawsuit that she was assaulted at the Brandon Woods at Alvamar in 2010 and that the staff concealed the crime. Allen died in November 2010. No one was charged with the alleged assault. Brandon Woods officials have denied the allegations. A Douglas County judge recently dismissed claims that the retirement center violated the Kansas Consumer Protection Act and breached its fiduciary duty, and a battery…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka police say a resident shot and killed a man who was trying to break into his home. Police found a man dead after being called to the home Thursday evening. A man at the home told police that the suspect had tried to break into his house. The resident wasn’t injured. Witnesses told police they saw other men fleeing from the scene. Police say they are looking for at least one other suspect.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A detachment from the Kansas National Guard deploys soon for a year in Afghanistan where the soldiers will assist with medical air evacuations. About 20 soldiers from Detachment 2, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment will be deploying to Afghanistan, working with the Iowa National Guard unit. A ceremony sending the soldiers off is scheduled for Sunday at the Kansas Regional Training Center in Salina. The soldiers will head to Fort Hood, Texas, to complete their mobilization process. The Black Hawk helicopter unit will provide medical evacuation support, transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefield to hospitals…