WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police say they are seeing changes in the way the city’s gangs operate. Police say members of what were once rival gangs are sometimes joining forces. In the past, gang members were usually severely punished if they associated with members of other gangs. Police call them hybrid gangs. Wichita detective Chad Beard says the hybrid gangs will sometimes form to accomplish a specific task, whether it’s a crime or just going to movies together. Then they usually disband. The Wichita Eagle reports hybrid gangs have been around for a decade but they are becoming more common.…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas City, Mo., residents died when a vehicle fleeing from police crashed and caught fire in Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says five other people were thrown from the vehicle in the accident early Sunday in Kansas City, Kan. The patrol identified the dead as Alexis Medina and Karla Robledo, both 18. The patrol says Medina was driving the sport utility vehicle. The five other teens, ranging in age from 15 to 19, were taken to hospitals. The chase began when Roeland Park police tried to stop the vehicle early Sunday because it was being…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Barton County authorities have stopped searching for a parole violator last seen in central Kansas. The Barton County Sheriff’s Department called off the search Sunday afternoon for Michael Aaron Jayne, who is wanted for a parole violation in Oregon. Undersheriff Larry Holliday told The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/Op79kI ) that federal authorities confirmed Jayne was out of the area. The 30-year-old Jayne reportedly led officers on a chase in Rooks County on Thursday night. A pickup stolen from Rooks County on Thursday was discovered near Cheyenne Bottoms on Friday. Another vehicle was reported stolen Friday evening from…
GODDARD, Kan. (AP) The body of a man who was missing at Lake Afton has been recovered. KFDI reports Sedgwick County authorities recovered the body about 6 a.m. Monday at the lake in south-central Kansas. The man’s identity has not been released. Further details were not immediately available. Sedgwick County authorities say witnesses saw the man go under the water and not resurface on Saturday evening. Dive teams from the Wichita and Sedgwick County fire departments searched the lake for several hours Saturday and most of Sunday.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials will be in England this week promoting the state’s aviation industry. Sen. Jerry Moran, Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George will be discussing Kansas aviation at the Famborough International Airshow near London. Leaders of Wichita’s Spirit AeroSystems, Hawker Beechcraft, Cessna Aircraft, Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier also will be there. Brownback says the Kansas delegation is working to promote current companies and recruit more companies to Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports Wichita builds and delivers more than 40 percent of the world’s general aviation airplanes.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Reno County health officials have proposed increasing several inspection and permit fees to make up for a state grant that was lost in a line-item veto from Gov. Sam Brownback. The Reno County Commission has tentatively approved the fee hikes, and formally takes up the issue in August. The Hutchinson News reports that the increased fees will be for such services as inspections of rural home water and wastewater systems and inspecting private water wells or septic system installations. Under the proposal, several inspection fees would increase, including for private wells, which would increase from $60 to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A group that publicizes Kansas history is planning a three-day celebration in Topeka next month to mark the 150th anniversary of the formation of the first unit of black soldiers to go into battle during the Civil War. The Kansas Fever Committee plans to have events starting Aug. 3. The site will be Cushinberry Park, near the national historic site dedicated to the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Brown v. Board decision in 1954 declaring segregated schools unconstitutional. The celebration will honor the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers, which formed in 1862 and went into its first battle in…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas professor is conducting class at a popular Lawrence brewery to discuss just what constitutes extreme weather. Nathaniel Brunsell, an associate professor of geography and atmospheric science, will lead the discussion Tuesday at Free State Brewery in Lawrence. The event is prompted by recent weeks of extreme heat conditions across Kansas and the Midwest. The event is sponsored by the university’s Natural History Museum and is patterned after science cafes in other cities where experts have held discussions with the public about relevant science topics in informal settings. The discussion will focus on the…
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a non-partisan Candidate Forum on Monday, July 23rd from 5:30 – 9:00pm at the Manhattan Arts Center. The forum is free to attend and open to the public. All candidates in the races listed below have been invited to attend, however, only candidates involved in a campaign for the primary election on August 7th will have the opportunity to answer questions from the moderator and public. These primary races include County Commission Districts 2 & 3, 51st House District and 22nd Senate District. “It is important for all voters to…
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named former Manhattan High standout Zach Nelson an academic all-American. Nelson spent the past two years at Cowley College in Ark City. He carried a 3.64 GPA and tied for second on the Tigers with 30 three points shots made this season & had a 3.9 points per game scoring average. Nelson will continue his college career at Friends University in Wichita. In his high school days, Nelson led Manhattan to the 2010 6A state tournament.