SALINA, Kan. (AP) A 42-year-old central Kansas man has been sentenced to nearly 19 years in prison for killing his wife and attempting to kill his sister-in-law. The Salina Journal reported that Judge Rene Young heard emotional statements from the victims’ families and friends Friday before imposing the maximum sentence against Michael Andrew Paulson. Paulson was convicted in July of second-degree murder in the 2010 stabbing death of Valerie Paulson. He also was found guilty of attempted second-degree murder for injuring his sister-in-law, Jessie Putman. Prosecutors said Paulson was facing the prospect of divorce and hid with a knife in…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo says conservative victories in the state are a model for the rest of the nation. Pompeo and other members of the state’s all-Republican congressional delegation appeared Friday at a joint meeting of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce. Campaign money from the two business groups helped conservative Republicans defeat moderate members of the GOP in last month’s Kansas primaries. Pompeo says the nation faces a clear choice in the November elections, much as Kansas faced in the Republican primary. Several other members of the delegation agreed with…
Several drivers had to be pulled from their vehicles around Phoenix by fire crews.The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings Friday for parts of Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix.
Republicans are fueling their attacks on President Barack Obama Friday with the latest job numbers, which show that fewer than 100,000 jobs were created last month.
Hours after a horrific collision between a Tractor Trailer rig and an SUV which sent two drivers to the hospital, Interstate 70 in Wabunsee and Shawnee Counties fully reopened to traffic late Friday night. As of 11:50 p.m. the Kansas Department of Transportation announced in a press release that all lanes of the interstate had reopened after the completion cleanup of fuel that had spilled onto the roadway following the crash. According to KDOT, the accident happened around 7 p.m. near Mile Marker 342 at Maple Hill. All lanes of the interstate were shut down as a result and traffic…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The private organization formed during controversy last year over state funding for the arts has raised nearly $105,000 in its first year, but made no allocations to local arts groups. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports documents submitted to the IRS show the Kansas Arts Foundation had 2011 revenue of $104,900. The foundation was formed before Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed legislation last year that allocated $700,000 in state aid to the Kansas Arts Commission, making Kansas the only state in the country without a state-funded arts organization. The records show the foundation had $16,800 in operating expenses, with almost…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) An Overland Park woman pleaded guilty to participating in a national tax fraud scheme that brought conspirators more than $3.5 million. Seventy-one-year-old Shirley J. Oyer, owner of ABC Seamless Siding in Kansas City, pleaded guilty Thursday to writing false claims for tax refunds. The government says the scheme started in Kansas City and spread across the country. Fourteen conspirators are accused of seeking more than $96 million in fraudulent returns, and received more than $3.5 million. Prosecutors say Oyer promoted the scheme and recruited at least a dozen people to participate. Her plea agreement calls for…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The treats, rides and entertainment are back, as the Kansas State Fair opens its 100th annual fair. The fair begins on Friday in Hutchinson. For the first time in four years, admission prices have gone up, with a regular adult ticket going from $8 to $10. Fair general manager Denny Stoecklein says the fair doesn’t get outside support and needed to raise prices because expenses have increased. He noted the state is nearly $1.5 million behind in payments it is supposed to make to maintain the fairgrounds and its building. KWCH reports the Fair Board has tried…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the state has joined 13 other states supporting a lawsuit over Maryland’s restrictions on concealed-carry permits. Schmidt said Thursday that he added Kansas to a friend-of-the-court brief filed in an appeals court case being heard in Virginia. The court is reviewing a Maryland district court ruling that struck down a requirement that residents must give a reason for needing a concealed-carry permit. Schmidt says the government does not have the right to ask citizens why they want a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Kansas is one of 39 states with…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler says he won’t run again for the leadership position after this year’s elections. Chances that Emler could persuade fellow Republicans to keep him as majority leader diminished after August’s primaries. Conservatives unseated eight other moderate GOP incumbents, including Senate President Steve Morris, of Hugoton. Republican senators and senators-elect are to meet Dec. 3 to pick their leadership for the next four years. Emler became majority leader in January 2011 after Derek Schmidt took office as attorney general. Emler says he had always planned to hold the job only two years. The…