HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Reno County commissioners have made public shooting illegal along much of the Arkansas River in the county. Tuesday’s vote came after a stray bullet believed to be fired from along the river went through a window and landed near a mother and her baby last month near Nickerson. No one was injured. The county will ban shooting within the banks of the Arkansas River or from public or private property when the target is within the river banks. A violation would be a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and/or a fine up to…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County Sheriff Richard Barta will resign next week, after a 44-year law enforcement career. Barta, who has been sheriff for 12 years, had planned to stay on the job until next January. But he announced Tuesday that he will retire on April 20. He said he was retiring to help his current undersheriff, Herman Jones, who has announced that he would run for sheriff this year. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports federal law would require either Barta or Jones to vacate their positions to allow Jones to legally run in the election. The Republican precinct committee will…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) An employee in a manufacturing plant in the Fairfax area of Kansas City, Kan., died after he was hit by a falling piece of equipment. The Kansas City Star reports emergency crews were called to the Harlan Corp. Tuesday afternoon. They found a man in his early 60s pinned underneath equipment he had been assembling. The man, whose name was not released, was declared dead at the scene. Harlan makes tractors used for towing aircraft.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts will be meeting Wednesday with aviation industry leaders in Wichita. The Kansas Republican is holding an off-the-record discussion with general aviation manufacturers at the Double Tree Hotel in Wichita. Roberts planned to talk to reporters at 11:30 a.m. following the closed discussion. He will later address the Aero Club. The roundtable discussion is similar to others Roberts has been holding with community leaders on health care and agriculture throughout Kansas.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Four Kansas Democrats seeking the nomination in the state’s 4th Congressional District are scheduled to debate Wednesday morning at Wichita State University. Esau Freeman, Kent Rowe, Robert Tillman and John Willoughby are vying in the Democratic primary to run for the U.S. House seat now held by Republican Mike Pompeo. The debate is scheduled from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. in Lindquist Hall on the Wichita State University campus.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Danny Duffy pitched six sharp innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-0 in a rain-shortened game on Tuesday night. Mike Moustakas hit an RBI double in the fourth and Mitch Maier added a solo homer in the seventh for Kansas City, which lost 1-0 at Oakland on Monday night. The start of the game was delayed 43 minutes by rain, and a steady drizzle continued throughout the night. A second delay was called after Eric Hosmer struck out in the top of the eighth during a downpour. The bat slipped out of…
WACO, Texas (AP) Quincy Miller has decided to stay at Baylor to play his sophomore season. Miller, one of the Big 12’s top freshmen last season, announced his decision Tuesday. His announcement came a day after Perry Jones III said he was bypassing his final two seasons of eligibility with the Bears for early entry into the NBA draft after his sophomore season. Jones last year skipped the chance to be Baylor’s first one-and-done player. Miller had considered doing that this time. Miller averaged 10.6 points and 4.9 rebounds while starting 35 of 37 games as Baylor advanced to…
“Unsung heroes in the lab” were referred to by the Secretary of the U-S Department of Agriculture Tuesday afternoon, during the building dedication for the USDA research facilities. The new facilities include a wind erosion building and wheat and sorghum milling laboratory in Manhattan. Vilsack made his way to the facility in Manhattan on its 150th anniversary, which just happened to coincide with the Landon lecture earlier in the day. Vilsack had one complaint though. The Agriculture Secretary told those involved they are too humble when it comes to telling folks about the great work they are doing. Vilsack further indicated…
In the years to come, Manhattan Regional Airport will likely be undergoing quite a few changes. These improvements were the topic of discussion at last night’s Manhattan City Commission work session. Airport Director Peter Van Kuren was on hand to present the Commission with an overview of the changes, as well as different avenues of funding to get the projects completed. In addition to federal funding, another method of funding proposed was parking fees. Among the improvements are major changes to the terminal, runway improvements, and parking additions.