WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Six men have been arrested in connection with an early morning brawl at a Sedgwick County lake that sent three people to the hospital with serious injuries. The Wichita Eagle reports the arrested men range in age from 18 to 25 years old. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says more than a dozen people took part in the brawl that started after 2 a.m. Tuesday at a campground on the southeast side of Lake Afton. Six people were hurt, including three of them seriously. Two men were taken to Via Christi Hospital and a woman was taken…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A second former Kansas City, Kan., police officer has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing electronics from houses where his special unit served search warrants. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says 34-year-old Jeffrey M. Bell was sentenced Tuesday to eight months behind bars for violating a federal civil rights law. He and two other members of the Police Department’s Selective Crime Occurrence Reduction Enforcement Unit were charged after a sting operation in January 2011. Thirty-two-year-old Darrell M. Forrest was sentenced last month to 12 months and a day in prison, and 34-year-old Dustin Sillings is to…
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) A southwestern Kansas family has lost a beloved pet, but it should be easy to spot. After all, how many 130-pound tortoises could be on the loose in the area at one time? Tony Lowery tells KWCH-TV that Leona an African sulcata tortoise and her male partner Puck broke out of their enclosure near Greensburg about a week ago. Puck turned up quickly, but Leona remains on the run. The tortoises were about the size of hockey pucks when the family got them nearly 20 years ago. The African sulcata is one of the largest species of…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) An eastern Kansas woman has been found guilty of trying to kill her newborn son by putting him in a bag and leaving it in the trash. KVOE-AM reports a jury deliberated about six hours Monday before convicting 26-year-old Emporia resident Christina Devine of attempted first-degree murder. Devine was charged after maintenance workers at an apartment complex found the 7-pound, 10-ounce baby alive in the trash in October 2010. Authorities said Devine’s route to the apartment complex took her past several places where she could have left her son, including Emporia’s police and fire stations. Devine will…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Nearly half of all Kansas counties have declared burn bans until further notice because of hot and dry conditions. The Kansas adjunct general’s office on Monday said 45 of the state’s 105 counties have bans in place, while one other has instituted a “strong restrictions” ban, meaning burning is allowed only if a fire department has deemed the site safe for burning. Counties with burn bans include Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Decatur, Edwards, Ellsworth, Ford, Franklin, Graham, Grant, Greenwood, Gove, Hodgeman, Johnson, Lane, Lincoln and Logan. Others are Marshall, Meade, Miami, Mitchell, Morton,…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The latest government report is painting a deteriorating portrait of the Kansas corn crop. Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 31 percent of the Kansas corn crop was in poor to very poor condition. It rated 43 percent as fair while 24 was considered in good and 2 percent in excellent condition. The agency noted that average weekly temperatures in Kansas were 7 to 15 degrees above normal. On top of the heat, just five of the 53 weather reporting stations had more than one-half inch of rain this past week. More than 90 percent of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will lead a delegation of state and local officials heading overseas to promote aircraft built in the state. The Republican governor will be joined by Commerce Secretary Pat George and representatives from the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition in attending the Farnborough International Airshow in England from July 9 through July 15. The delegation will be seeking to expand export markets for Kansas aircraft. The state exports more than $2 billion in aircraft, accounting for more than 18 percent of all exports coming from Kansas. Brownback says officials will be promoting the Kansas…
Representatives from the Kansas Department of Transportation briefed Pottawatomie County commissioners Monday on the Manhattan Metropolitan Planning Organization. Stephanie Watts, MPO transportation coordinator for KDOT, spent much of her time explaining the basic function of the organization. “It’s an organization that has various jurisdictions,” Watts said. “Whether it’s the county or the city, they come together to form this unified vision of what the transportation network should look like for this region.” The MPO’s region is expected to be clarified by the end of the calendar year. “At a minimum it has to be the city of Manhattan, part of Riley…
1. A Manhattan child told police he was threatened by a man with a knife on Monday morning. A 6 year old boy told riley county police sometime between 745 and 8 monday morning a male suspect brandished a knife and threatened him. Police say the incident allegedly occurred somewhere around the 4-thousand block of tuttle creek boulevard, and there is a possibility of 3 other children being victims as well. The incident has not been verfied by an adult witness. Police say the investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made at this time. 2. A house in…
Friday’s crash of the state’s new motor vehicle system is making it hard for employees in the Riley County Treasurer’s office and those in other motor vehicle offices across the state. The system installed by 3M Motor Vehicle Systems is used in other states including Iowa, Montana, and soon in Connecticut, but Kansas is the first state to report major issues. “Our system made us unable to print (on Friday),” Riley County Treasurer Eileen King says. “Well if we can’t print a decal to put on someone’s tag then we can’t do business.” The malfunctioning of the system has caused the state to…