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VALLEY FALLS, Kan. (AP) Three people suffered only minor injuries when a helicopter crashed in northeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the privately-owned helicopter crashed about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in Valley Falls, about 30 miles northeast of Topeka. The three people on board were taken to a Topeka hospital with minor injuries. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig says the helicopter missed several trees before landing on its side on an old railroad bed that has been converted to a walking trail. No one on the ground was injured. Herrig said the Bell Ranger 206 was owned by Hawkeye Aviation…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Participants in the annual winter wheat tour are finding most fields maturing early and potentially record yields on the first day of the trek through northern Kansas. The trade group Kansas Wheat reports an average yield estimate of 53.6 bushels per acre after making 267 field stops on Tuesday. That is the highest estimate in the history of the three-day tour. Estimated yields the first day ranged from 120 bushels per acre to 21 bushels per acre. The tour also found the crop is two to three weeks ahead of schedule. Participants are stomping through fields across…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Senate panel has endorsed a new congressional redistricting map that adjusts the lines of the four Kansas U.S. House seats. The map was advanced Wednesday and could get a full Senate vote later this week. The proposal shifts the boundaries of the districts to reflect changes in the 2010 census. Among the issues resolved in the map is where to put Riley County and the shape of the 4th District, which centers on Wichita and Sedgwick County. Riley County would remain in the 2nd District. The county is home to Manhattan and Kansas State University. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New figures from the Kansas Legislature’s staff project that a compromise plan for cutting taxes will leave the state with a budget shortfall exceeding $700 million by mid-2018. The new figures from the Legislative Research Department circulated Wednesday, two days after the same agency projected that the tax plan would create a budget shortfall of $161 million by July 2018. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the projections from a legislative source. Lawmakers in both parties say they need assurances that the tax plan they pass won’t create a shortfall. The plan, drafted by House and…
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) Some Greensburg residents will mark the fifth anniversary of a tornado that nearly wiped out their town with a play based on the experience. The play, called “Rooted: The Greensburg Odyssey,” is the creation of author Marcia Cebulska of Topeka. It is sponsored by The Cornerstone Theater Company and the William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence. A cast of 22 will present the play at 7 p.m. Saturday in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church in Greensburg. Producer Lois Lessman told The Dodge City Daily Globe the group wanted to perform the play…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A House committee has approved a bill that would allow smoking in Kansas bars. The bill approved Tuesday by the House State and Federal Affairs Committee would allow smoking in any private business that has only patrons and employees who are at least of legal drinking age. Bel Aire Republican Rep. Steve Brunk, chair of the committee, said it’s unlikely the bill will become law this year because it was introduced so late in the legislative session. Brunk, who doesn’t smoke, told The Wichita Eagle he supports the bill. He says it is consistent with state law…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita has lifted a burn ban that’s been in effect since April. The city said in a news release Tuesday that residents can conduct outdoor burning within the city limits according to local and state laws. Residents can also use outdoor fire places, cooking grills and similar items. Open burning in certain areas of the state, including Wichita, was restricted during April to address air pollution in the region. The city said ozone is the top air pollutant for Wichita.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas judge has granted a state board temporary custody of a former abortion provider’s patient files after hundreds of his records turned up in a recycling bin. The State Board of Healing Arts went to court last week for custody of the discarded documents plus others still in the possession of Krishna Rajanna. Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis granted the board’s request Monday. The board revoked Rajanna’s medical license in 2005. A woman later found hundreds of his files dumped in a recycling bin near his home in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City.…