WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A storm dropped between 1 and 3 inches of snow across central and eastern Kansas, causing cars to slide off the roads in the season’s first measurable snowfall for many areas. Dozens of accidents were reported by 7 a.m. Monday in the Wichita area, after 2 inches fell overnight. The National Weather Service says 3 inches were reported in parts of Sumner, Butler and Cowley counties. Kansas Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kimberly Qualls said highways in northeast Kansas were completely snowpacked, except where they were treated in the Topeka and Kansas City regions. The weather service said…
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Roads were slick Monday morning as over two inches of snow fell overnight in Northeast Kansas. Several accidents were reported due to the slick roads Monday morning, although none appeared to involve serious injuries. Riley County Police indicated a roll-over on the 12th Street Bridge shortly after 10:30 a.m., with one person being transported to Mercy Regional Health center with non-threatening injuries. However RCPD Lt. Josh Kyle adds there were no reports of traffic blockages, traffic control needed or traffic issues as a result of that accident. RCPD reports most of the accidents Monday morning involved property damage only, with multiple assists…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The state’s highest court has upheld the capital murder and aggravated kidnapping convictions of a Wichita man paid to kill a pregnant 14-year-old girl. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Theodore Burnett is not entitled to a new trial in the 2006 death of Chelsea Brooks. The Wichita teen was nine months pregnant when the father of the baby paid Burnett $200 in cash and $150 in crack cocaine to kill her. Brooks disappeared on June 9, 2006. Her body was found six days later in a shallow grave in Butler County. Everett Gentry testified Elgin…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An influential anti-abortion legislator is blocking the push for a ban on abortion in the Kansas Constitution, highlighting a split among abortion opponents over tactics and frustrating the group advocating the “personhood” proposal Friday. Chairman Lance Kinzer said he doesn’t plan to have a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the proposed constitutional amendment, which is sponsored by 25 other House members. Kinzer is the leading supporter of a bill to add new requirements for abortion providers into state law and ensure that the state doesn’t provide even indirect financing of abortions through income tax credits or deductions.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) House Republican leaders are proposing a plan to cut Kansas income taxes, removing one key objection to an earlier proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback. The plan outlined Friday calls for reducing the rates in all three individual income tax brackets, with emphasis placed on the lowest bracket. However, unlike Brownback’s plan that eliminated the earned income tax credit for the poorest households, the House plan cuts the rate from 18 percent to 9 percent. Under the plan, all incomes would pay less in taxes. House Tax Chairman Richard Carlson of St. Marys said the plan is less…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) The Salina business community has received some advice from the man who was the inspiration for the film “Catch Me If You Can.” Frank Abagnale gained his expertise as one of the world’s most famous con men of the 1960s. The Salina Journal reported he spoke Thursday at a business security seminar and to the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce. He says the best way to punish an embezzler is to file an IRS Form 1099 rather than a police report. He says the police and courts may well prosecute the crime, and the embezzler may be…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators are modifying a proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration to establish a fund to cover the state’s share of federally declared disasters. Brownback wants to use $12 million from taxes collected each year on insurance premiums to establish what would be a rainy day fund for disasters that cause extensive damage to infrastructure and property. The measure is aimed at avoiding the situation they faced in 2011 when lawmakers adjourned the session and failed to finance $27 million in payments that the state owed for its share of disaster-related expenses, the bulk of which was…