TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Several Kansas legislators say Gov. Sam Brownback raised issues such as tax cuts and water policy in private meetings with them at his official residence. But their accounts of the meetings differed Monday. Some Republican legislators who attended one or more of the gatherings with the GOP governor described them as purely social events. But several lawmakers interviewed by The Associated Press said Brownback made remarks about substantive issues. Brownback had seven meetings in January for Republicans on 13 legislative committees. He planned gathering planned Monday evening for a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Shawnee County District Attorney…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee is signing off on a proposal to redraw the chamber’s 125 districts to reflect changes in the 2010 census. The reapportionment committee took less than 10 minutes on Monday to approve the map, endorsing it on a bipartisan, voice vote. There were no amendments offered to the plan, which would collapse three current House districts and create three new ones in the Kansas City metropolitan area. One district each would be lost in southeast, southwest and central Kansas, reflecting the population gains over the past decade in Johnson and Wyandotte counties. House Speaker…
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) A Junction City woman has taken a $55 parking ticket all the way to the Kansas Court of Appeals and won. Mary Somrak got the ticket for parking over the line in her parking space at a townhome complex. Somrak said she fought the ticket through three courts and almost two years because she didn’t think it was right for the city to write tickets in a private parking lot at 2 a.m. especially when the car she parked too close to was her own second car. The Wichita Eagle reports Somrak also fought the ticket…
Two people were injured in a Sunday evening accident on I-70 in Geary county. Justin Raybon, 22, of Junction City and Tanya Ringquist, 33, of Salina were taken to the Geary Community Hospital, following the accident at milepost 295.5 westbound, reported just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday. A hospital spokeswoman indicates she has no information on Raybon and Ringquist was treated and released. The Kansas highway patrol reports Raybon was driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am eastbound on I-70, with a 2012 Ford Focus driven by Ringquist which was westbound. Raybon’s Grand Am crossed the median and struck Ringquist’s vehicle. The…
A traffic stop for speeding yielded the Riley County Police a drug bust Sunday night. RCPD Lieutenant Josh Kyle says an officer stopped a vehicle driven by 29-year-old Paul Terzi, address unknown, in the 4400 block of K-18 around 9:00 p.m. Sunday. An investigation of the vehicle led to the arrests of both Terzi and Joshua Ortega, 20, of Manhattan, who was a passenger in the vehicle. Ortega faces charges of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, felony possession of marijuana, paraphernalia, and no Kansas Drug tax stamp. Terzi was charged with possession of marijuana, felony possession of marijuana, and no…
The Rock Creek wrestling team competed in the Onaga Winter Duals over the weekend. The field featured six schools – Burlington, Horton, Marion, Onaga, Pleasant Ridge, and Rock Creek. The Mustangs went 4-1 as a team: Round 1: Rock Creek 53 Horton 12 Round 2: Rock Creek 44 Marion 19 Round 3: Rock Creek 45 Pleasant Ridge 22 Round 4: Rock Creek 30 Onaga 28 Round 5: Burlington 37 Rock Creek 34 Individually, six Mustang wrestlers won their weight division or finished runner-up: 106-Shilo Schaake (Winner) 113-Randall Thomas (Runner-up) 138-Sam Wilson (Runner-up) 170-Trevor Sutton (Winner) 182-Justin Ward (Runner-up) 195-Jesse Correll…
Incumbent Pottawatomie county commissioner Stan Hartwich has filed to run for re-election to his third district position. Hartwich is the only one to have filed at this point for the third district slot. He is currently in his second term as commissioner. Incumbent Pat Weixelman announced his intentions to run for re-election to the second district seat two weeks ago.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl in older brother Peyton’s house, at that. Just as Manning did four years ago when the Giants ruined New England’s perfect season, he guided them 88 yards to the decisive touchdown, which the Patriots didn’t contest as Ahmad Bradshaw ran 6 yards with 57 seconds left. Patriots coach Bill Belichick reasoned the Giants would run the clock down…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) San Francisco’s Jim Harbaugh has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award for leading the 49ers back to the playoffs. In his first season as an NFL head coach, Harbaugh guided the 49ers to a 13-3 mark and the NFC West championship game. They beat New Orleans in the first round of the playoffs before losing the conference title game to the Giants. A former NFL quarterback and successful coach at Stanford, Harbaugh earned 45 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. He easily outdistanced Green…