TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Fort Riley soldier who was left mostly paralyzed by a sniper’s bullet in Afghanistan has died of his wounds, less than five weeks after he arrived home in Topeka. Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home in Topeka confirms the death Wednesday of Sergeant Jamie Jarboe, 27. Jarboe was stationed at Fort Riley in 2009 and deployed to Afghanistan in February 2011. He was on foot patrol there last April when a sniper’s bullet penetrated his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. The married father of two had more than 100 surgeries and was due for more after…
Author: KMAN Staff
Free Trash disposal for Pottawatomie County Residents is being offered Saturday, April seventh from 8:30 to 4:30 at the Pottawatomie County Landfill/Transfer Station. . Business and Commercial Haulers are Excluded and all loads must be secured or tarped. Tires, oil, paints, batteries, and household hazardous waste must be separated from other trash. Recyclables and electric waste such as TV’s and computer equipment are accepted. There is a limit of 5 tires per household. Those with more than five tires will be charged. And there’s an extra charge for tires with rims.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has given final approval to a proposed $14.2 billion state budget that’s slightly more generous than one proposed by Gov. Sam Brownback. Senators voted 39-1 Wednesday to send the measure to the House after it was amended to include language from a House committee restricting abortion training at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The bill cuts overall spending by almost 4 percent, or $572 million, during the fiscal year that begins July 1. But it includes funds for social service programs that Brownback didn’t include in his spending recommendations. It includes an additional…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An 18-year-old student from Rose Hill has won this year’s Kansas Junior Duck Stamp contest. The Wichita Eagle reports that Christin Gillman has entered the contest for eight years. This was her last year to enter the contest. For this year’s entry Gillman was of the king eider, a large sea duck. She found out Tuesday that she’d won the contest’s Best of Show award and is now eligible to represent Kansas in the nationals April 20 at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md. Her entry was among 873 entries submitted by Kansas students. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has reconsidered its rejection of a bill cutting income and sales taxes and passed the measure. The Senate approved the bill on a 29-11 vote Wednesday, only two hours after rejecting it on a 20-20 vote. Nine Republicans, including Senate President Steve Morris, of Hugoton, switched their votes. The bill is dramatically different than Brownback’s plan to overhaul the state’s individual income tax code. Senators embraced Brownback’s proposals to cut the state’s top individual income tax rates and eliminate income taxes for 191,000 businesses. But they rejected his proposals to eliminate income tax credits…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has approved a measure that adds protections for victims of stalking and domestic violence. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Kansas Senate this week approved a version of the measure that the House passed earlier. The bill now heads to conference committee. The bill would make violations of protection from stalking and protection from abuse orders a level 6 felony. Such crimes are now misdemeanors. The measure also would allow judges to extend the length of time that protection orders are valid, up to life. Orders are now valid for up to one year, and…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) Flood watches continue for southwest Kansas and western Missouri after a few days of heavy rain that has forced closures of several rural roadways. The National Weather Service said Wednesday that the large, slow-moving storm over north Texas was expected to continue pushing eastward, producing more rain in Missouri and Kansas. Up to 4 inches of rain has been recorded in the Missouri Ozarks and southeast Kansas. The rain is expected to taper off Thursday. The Missouri Department of Transportation reported several roadway sections closed across southwest and south-central Missouri because of high water. Cherokee County, Kan.,…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The former owner of the Kansas City Knights basketball team faces charges of evading federal taxes. Prosecutors in Kansas City, Kan., allege James Clark, Leawood, owes nearly $503,000 in unpaid payroll taxes and penalties from 2002 to 2004. The Kansas City Star reports the charges filed March 9 accuse Clark of withholding taxes from employees of the SWISH Holding Corp., a health care consulting firm, and failing to forward them to the Internal Revenue Service. He’s also accused of trying to secure bank credit in 2004 without notifying the bank that he’d sold SWISH’s assets. Kevin…