TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas Court of Appeals judges and three district court judges have been appointed to hear a disciplinary case against former Attorney General Phill Kline. The judges appointed Monday will sit with two state Supreme Court justices to review the case. The high court’s five other justices removed themselves last month, citing their previous knowledge of the allegations. A complaint accuses Kline and former subordinates of misleading other officials to further investigations of abortion providers. Kline strongly disputes the allegations Supreme Court Justice Dan Biles, one of the two remaining to hear the case, named the replacements.…
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TECUMSEH, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County authorities say the death of a Tecumseh couple last week likely was a murder-suicide. The county sheriff’s office says in a news release that an investigation indicated 57-year-old Andrew Jackson Jr. shot his estranged wife, 52-year-old Carolyn R. Jackson, and then shot himself. Their bodies were found in their home last Tuesday. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the couple was separated and going through a divorce. They had been married 30 years and had three adult children. The sheriff is waiting for reports from the county coroner before making a final ruling.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Law enforcement officials want to install police-controlled surveillance cameras in downtown Lawrence. City commissioners will consider Tuesday whether to allow Lawrence police and the Douglas County Sheriff to use $46,800 in grants to buy two hd wireless security camera systems for downtown. Lawrence police chief Tarik Khatib says video systems help enhance public safety. He says temporary cameras proved valuable during the spring celebration of the Kansas Jayhawks’ run through the Final Four, and they would help during parades or if a child was missing downtown. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the application for grant money from the…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Hutchinson man who’s suffering from Lyme Disease wants to raise awareness about the tick-borne illness in Kansas. Andy Green was bitten by a tick in 2009 while in Arkansas. The bite developed into a red circular rash, which he assumed it was a spider bite. But Green had actually been bitten by a tick carrying the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease. The bite has left him in constant pain, disabled, and unable to work. And Green and his family say finding doctors well-versed in Lyme has been a challenge. The Hutchinson News reports that Kansas health…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A soldier from Overland Park will be honored before his funeral on Wednesday. Twenty-three-year-old Pfc. Cale Miller died May 24 when he was trapped inside a vehicle when it was hit by a roadside bomb. Miller’s body is scheduled to arrive Monday morning at the Olathe airport. City officials have encouraged residents to line the street along the route of the processional for Miller. He was a 2007 Olathe Northwest graduate. His funeral is scheduled for Wednesday. Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered that flags across Kansas fly at half-staff on that day. Miller deployed with the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A legal challenge filed against the state of Kansas over the funding of public schools has reached Shawnee County District Court. Attorneys are scheduled to present opening arguments Monday before a three-judge panel. The trial is scheduled to last as long as three weeks. The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by attorneys representing 54 school districts claiming the state is reneging on its promise to maintain suitable levels of funding for education. It is the second time this decade that the Kansas school finance formula has been under judicial scrutiny. The last dispute resulted in legislators increasing…
1.) Between midnight and 2 a.m. Saturday, Casey Dassel, 21, reports someone forced entry into her home and stole various items from her residence. Stolen was miscellaneous jewelry, clothes, purses, shoes, $100 cash, two iPod touches, two MacBook Pros, and one Sony camera. The estimated loss is around $5000. 2.) What was originally seen as just a theft from a local business has now turned into an aggravated burglary. As reported before on KMAN, the department store, Dillards, had reported to the Riley County Police department about the theft of 20 polo shirts estimated at $1400. The accused was caught by Dillards employees and told not…
A string of intentionally set fires around the area of Denison is now being viewed as aggravated arson. The first fire was set around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Fire was set to a range stove at 1803 College Heights St. # 8. The apartment is owned by McCullough Development and was empty at the time of the incident. The next incident occurred in the parking lot of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1015 Denison Ave. Austin Burgeron’s , 23, 2001 Ford Ranger sustained small amounts of damage from a fire set in the bed. Just down at 1021 Dension Ave., a 2000 Chevy Cavalier had also sustained…
A pair of Big 12 teams plus TCU remain alive in the NCAA baseball regionals, and all three are battling back after losing their postseason opener. Each has a chance to advance to the super regionals on Monday night. – #4 national seed Baylor was tripped up on Friday night by Oral Roberts, 4-2, but has won three straight elimination games in Waco. The Bears beat UT Arlington 11-6 on Saturday, got their revenge against the Golden Eagles 5-2 on Sunday afternoon, and then defeated Dallas Baptist 9-2 on Sunday night. Baylor must beat the Patriots again in the regional finals again on Monday night at…
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Jacksonville Jaguars first-round draft pick receiver Justin Blackmon is due in court after he was arrested on an aggravated DUI charge this weekend in Oklahoma. Payne County sheriff Sgt. Brandon Ingham says the 22-year-old former Oklahoma State star is scheduled to go before a judge Monday afternoon. Authorities say Blackmon was arrested early Sunday morning after a breathalyzer test showed he had had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. The Jaguars selected Blackmon with the fifth pick in this year’s NFL draft in the hopes that he could upgrade the league’s worst…