SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) A diamond that was dropped into a Salvation Army red kettle in Kansas has sold for more than $6,000. An unknown out-of-state buyer paid $6,325 Tuesday in an eBay auction. The diamond, which was set in a ring donated by a Kansas City jeweler, drew 86 bids during a weeklong auction. It has a cut that is no longer used and is thought to have been cut more than 100 years ago. The Salvation Army in Kansas City, Kan., said the proceeds would be used in Wyandotte County.
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson Mayor Ron Sellers found out what it’s like to be a crime fighter and a crime victim on the same night. Sellers called police early Tuesday when he saw suspicious people in his neighborhood. Police responding to his calls recovered property from several burglaries in a car the thieves left behind when they fled. Some of the stolen items came from Sellers’ home. The mayor said he didn’t realize his house had been broken into while he and his wife slept. Sellers told the Hutchinson News that the thieves took two computers from his home. Police…
NEWTON, Kan. (AP) A scam artist claiming to be a down-on-his luck military man is trying to scam some Kansas churches. The man claims his truck broke down while he was on his way home from his mother-in-law’s funeral. The Newton Kansan reports that he says he attended the church a few times and asks that money be sent to Walmart or any place with wire transfers. Jason Reynolds, Harvey County sheriff’s department chaplain and minister, says the man gets belligerent and threatens to go AWOL if he can’t get the money. Reynolds says at least five churches in Newton…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee has endorsed Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s proposal to require some potential Kansas voters to prove their U.S. citizenship ahead of this year’s presidential election. The Elections Committee approved a bill to impose the proof-of-citizenship requirement starting June 15 for people registering to vote in Kansas for the first time. The state enacted the rule last year, but it isn’t scheduled to take effect until Jan. 1, 2013. The committee’s endorsement of the bill allows a debate in the House. Kobach has said he wants to impose the proof-of-citizenship rule ahead of schedule…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Opponents to Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal for cutting Kansas income tax rates say during a Statehouse event that Republican’s plan is misguided and would punish working families. Brownback and his supporters were planning a news conference of their own on Wednesday, touting support for tax cuts. Both events were held ahead of the first of three planned days of hearings over the proposal by the House Taxation Committee. The governor proposes to collapse the state’s three income tax brackets into two and eliminate a number of credits and exemptions, a move he says makes the Kansas tax…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House gave first round approval Wednesday to a bill that redraws its members’ districts to shift power within the chamber from rural communities to the Kansas City metropolitan area. House members advanced the bill on a voice vote, setting up final action Thursday. The bill is expected to pass with bipartisan support, and both House Speaker Mike O’Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, and Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat, praised the measure. Lawmakers must adjust the boundaries of their districts and the state’s four congressional districts to account for changes in population over the past…
The coming expansion to Caterpiller in Wamego is also having a bit of a boon to the city’s housing market Wamego City Manager Merl Page presented a request Tuesday night to city commissioners from Road Runner Developers, LLC for Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRB’s) not to exceed $6 million. Road Runner Developers Charlie Bush said he’s been meeting with Caterpiller Work Tools people, and because of their planned expansion and the addition of 120 new employees, company officials were concerned about residential housing. According to Bush, the company’s goal is to provide quality housing at a price competitive with the surrounding…
The city of Junction City has rescinded the boil water advisory for water customers on the west side of Spring Valley Road, north of Wildcat Lane and South of Buddy Drive in Olivia Farms development. The city rescinded the advisory because laboratory testing and evaluation of other factors and conditions indicated that the water is safe for drinking and other uses. The city issued the advisory Monday because of the possibility of contamination of the system due to a break in a water main, which resulted in a loss of pressure in the distribution system for customers in the designated area.
USD 323 officials are close to a decision on the replacement for Dennis Post at the Rock Creek Junior/Senior High School. Post will be retiring at the end of the school year, and USD 323 Superintendent Darrell Stufflebeam wished him the best. “Dennis has been a fantastic asset to our district, we hate to see him go,” Stufflebeam told KMAN News. “I’ve tried to convince him to do the after retirement-KPERs thing.” Stufflebeam says he has consulted a patron comittee who interviewed canidates and will discuss and give a recommendation to the board during a meeting Wednesday night.
A preliminary hearing was held Wednesday in Riley County district court for a Manhattan man, who faces a charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Rodney Richardson, 55, was taken into custody December 2011 in Tulsa on a warrant listing the aggravated indecent liberties charge. Riley County police at the time indicated the case involved an 11 year-old-girl who was known to Richardson, with the incident allegedly occurring in August 2011. The court took the matter under advisement with a ruling expected Friday.