OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Even Harry Truman had problems keeping up with his bills. The late president somehow didn’t pay a paperboy for six months of newspapers delivered to his Independence, Mo., home in 1947. On Wednesday, the paperboy finally got his money. Truman impersonator Niel Johnson presented a check for $56.63 to George Lund, now an 80-year-old resident of a retirement community in Overland Park. Lund says he delivered the papers to Truman’s house for about six months and then quit the route before Truman paid the $7.50 he owed. The bill paid Wednesday included interest accrued since 1947.…
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A vandal decided to take a ride while doing damage at the Hutchinson Municipal Airport. Airport officials say someone used a mower early Wednesday to drive over 19 taxiway lights, a runway threshold light and three signs that direct pilots to runways. Airport manager Pieter Miller says he’s never seen as much damage at the airport. He estimated the replacement cost for the lights is about $3,000. Miller says an airport employee left the keys in the mower, which sits outside near a shop. The Hutchinson News reports most of the lights and signs were replaced by…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The art museum at Wichita State University will use a $250,000 grant to repair a massive mosaic by Spanish artist Joan Miro. The money comes from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The mosaic, which measures 28 feet by 52 feet, was installed in 1978 across the south facade of the Ulrich Museum of Art. The outdoor mural, called Bird People, depicts several surrealist birds. The studio in France that created the mural based on a Miro painting affixed about 1 million pieces of Venetian glass and marble to…
GARNETT, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback plans to speak at a Memorial Day service outside the small, eastern Kansas town of Garnett. Brownback’s office says the ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at the Garnett Cemetery. The event is sponsored by the local posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Garnett is located about 50 miles south of Lawrence in Anderson County.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Visitors to state parks and lakes in Kansas now have a mobile app to help them find their way around. The state Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has launched a free app called the Kansas State Parks Pocket Ranger. The program has interactive GPS and mapping technology for trails, waypoints and landmarks at state parks. It also has features to assist with locating visitors in case of an emergency. The app is available at www.pocketranger.com and on iTunes.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Families of former cadets suing a Kansas military school for alleged abuse are fighting the academy’s effort to bar distribution of a video showing a student with two broken legs. St. John’s Military School in Salina sought a protective order last week after The Associated Press requested comment on the cellphone video clip. But in a response filed Wednesday in federal court, the families said the issue is moot because The AP has already distributed a story containing the video. The school contends that it’s trying to protect students’ privacy rights. The plaintiffs countered that St. John’s…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Big 12 player of the year Josh Ludy hit two home runs and drove in six runs to lead top-seeded Baylor to an 11-1 victory against Kansas State in the conference tournament. Ludy connected for a two-run shot in the fourth inning and a three-run home run in the fifth, both to left field. He then drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth on Wednesday. The game ended because of the mercy rule after seven innings. Nathan Orf doubled, singled twice and drove in two runs for Baylor (43-12), which will face No. 4 seed Oklahoma…
NEW YORK (AP) Alex Rodriguez gave Will Smith a rude welcome to the major leagues Wednesday night, hitting two homers off the rookie to back another strong start for Andy Pettitte and lead the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 8-3. A-Rod snapped a 52 at-bat homereless drought and drove in three runs for New York. Curtis Granderson also connected off Smith and the Yankees scored three times in the fifth with help from some inept relief pitching from Luis Mendoza. Derek Jeter had three hits to tie Paul Waner for 15th with 3,152. Before the Jeter…
Big band music wafted through the air Wednesday night at the Premier of the Movie Memorial Day. The red carpet affair started at the K-State campus Dog Tags Memorial, and then moved on into McCain Theater for the main movie event. Memorial Day director Sam Fischer says the initial idea for the movie came from a footlocker full of World War II memoribilia found in a house that was about to be demolished. The stories from the man who left the locker were never going to be told. The movie features Oscar nominated James Cromwell, and his son John Cromwell. James Cromwell plays a grandfather whose…
Tobias Schlingensiepen (D) – community leader and pastor of Topeka’s First Congregational Church – announced Tuesday he is forming a committee to run for the United States House of Representatives in Kansas’s 2nd Congressional District. “After talking with many people around the 2nd Congressional District and thoughtful deliberation with my wife and children, I have decided to form a committee to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2nd District.” “We have important business here in Kansas and throughout our nation that requires a spirit of hard work and compromise that is currently absent in Washington. I have heard over…