WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a Canadian man found in Michigan last week with a 12-year-old Kansas girl he met on the Internet. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 20-year-old Stewart Kenneth Cody McGill of Bewdley, Ontario, was charged Monday with transporting a minor out of state to have sex. Authorities say McGill traveled to the south-central Kansas town of El Dorado to meet the girl. Her parents reported her missing Thursday afternoon. They were found Friday near Potterville, Mich., southwest of Lansing. The girl told authorities she went with McGill willingly. According to court documents, McGill…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service is reporting that 20 percent of the state’s winter wheat crop had been harvested as of Sunday. The agency said Monday that southeast Kansas is farthest along, with half of its wheat now in the bin. Farmers in south-central Kansas have cut 44 percent of their crop. About 62 percent of the wheat crop has now matured, compared with an average of only 2 percent at this point in the season. Just 4 percent of the wheat has not yet turned color. The new report says 24 percent of the wheat is…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House member has been released from a subpoena issued by a district attorney investigating private meetings of lawmakers with Gov. Sam Brownback. Olathe Republican Scott Schwab says he was released Monday after signing a statement saying he didn’t attend a private dinner in January at Cedar Crest, the governor’s residence. A spokesman for Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor confirmed that Schwab no longer faces the subpoena. Taylor, a Democrat, is investigating seven private meetings the Republican governor had with lawmakers. Brownback invited more than 90 lawmakers, all but one a Republican, grouping them by…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas abortion opponent accused of sending a threatening letter to a Wichita doctor is claiming that her message was “divinely inspired.” Angel Dillard made the assertion in a recent filing in federal court. The Valley Center woman is being sued by the U.S. Justice Department under a law aimed at protecting access to abortion services. Authorities say Dillard wrote to Dr. Mila Means last year warning her to check daily under her car because someone might place an explosive there. At the time, Means was training to offer abortions in Wichita. Dillard contends the lawsuit violates…
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.…
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…