BELLEVILLE, Kan. (AP) A 2-year-old Belleville boy has died after being run over by a payloader tractor near Scandia in north-central Kansas. The Salina Journal reports Cayden Michael Dunstan was with his father, who was strapping down large hay bales that had been loaded onto a semitrailer. The Republic County Sheriff’s Office says the tractor was being backed away from the trailer when Cayden ran into its path and was run over just after 7 p.m. Saturday. Cayden’s parents took him to a hospital in Belleville, where he died as a LifeWatch helicopter waited to fly him to a hospital…
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MULVANE, Kan. (AP) The first slot machines have started arriving at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane as the state-owned facility gets closer to its anticipated January opening. The Wichita Eagle reports the casino will receive 1,310 of the machines, which will arrive in truckloads of 50 to 70 this week. The slot machines were under heavy surveillance Wednesday as they arrived at the casino, which is still under construction. General manager Scott Cooper says cameras will monitor installation and remain focused on the machines around the clock to make sure nobody tampers with them. A spokesman for Peninsula Gaming,…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence police have told a group of protesters they won’t be allowed to continue camping overnight at a city park because their permit to stay there has expired. The Lawrence Journal-World reports nearly two dozen Occupy Lawrence protesters plan to remain in South Park after hours regardless of what officials told them. Roughly 50 protesters participated in the group’s nightly discussion, or general assembly, Wednesday after Police Chief Tarik Khatib said his department would start enforcing a law that prohibits camping at city parks. The parks are closed from 11:30 p.m. to 6 a.m., and the director…
CBS News is confirming the death of former Libyan dictator Moormar Ghadaffi. More information available at the link below. WARNING: Graphic photos contained within the story. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/20/501364/main20123114.shtml?tag=cbsContentWrap;cbsContent Reuters news is reporting that former Libyan dictator Moormar Ghadaffi was killed earlier today as rebels overran his hometown of Sirte. Earlier reports said that Ghadaffi had been captured by rebels and taken away in an ambulance after sustaining injuries to his hands. Keep up with this developing story by listening to News/Talk 1350 KMAN or click on the CBS News tab on the home page for hourly updates.
With October being Breast Cancer month, the Manhattan Ogden School Board showed their support during their regular meeting on Wednesday night by wearing pink. Board Member Leah Fliter also told her own story about dealing with cancer. The board then moved on to the special recognition portion of the meeting. Dave Fiser was recognized as being the President of the Manhattan High School Alumni Association. Fiser was the president for 8 years and there are 536 present members of the association. Markeydi Ewing, first grade teacher at Lee Elementary, received a commendation from President Obama. Shelley Aistrup, Principal at Northview Elementary, was awarded 2011 Honor Administrator by the North…
On Wednesday afternoon motions were made to admit two key pieces of evidence for the trial of Luis Aguirre at Riley County District Court. Aguirre is charged with capital murder in the deaths of 18-year old Tanya Maldonado and her 15-month old son, Juan Luis Maldonado in October of 2009. The motions involved email correspondence between the defendant and Tanya Maldonado, and statements from friends and family of the victim the prosecution believed to be pertinent to the trial. Judge Meryl Wilson admitted the emails into evidence, and stated that they were “important and relevant” to the case. Judge Wilson denied…
Wamego will be taking its show on the road, but will be staying close to home. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page showed a video that was co-sponsored by Kansas Municipal Utilities. The video’s focus is the importance of locally owned utilities, with control and management by people that care. Page said the video will be shown at different public forums as a way to communicate the value of local utilities to the community. To continue the utility conversation, Page said the staff is getting ready to do a thorough review of the Power Plants equipment based…
The Kansas Arts Foundation President, and the Chair of the Kansas Arts Commission, Linda Weis of Manhattan, spoke with KMAN earlier this week and wanted to clear up a bit of confusion regarding the two entities. The Foundation is a public charity and the Commission is a state agency. The Foundation and the Commission spoke with state legislators recently on the topic of funding. Meanwhile, Weis reminds us a proposal was originally made by the Governor and sent to legislators, that the work of the Arts Commission would go to the Kansas State Historical Society, a state agency, and eligible…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A judge has ordered Kansas to restore federal family planning funds to a Dodge City clinic that claims it suffered “collateral damage” from a new state law aimed at defunding Planned Parenthood. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten granted the request Tuesday from Dodge City Family Planning Clinic, which has no ties to Planned Parenthood. The judge had blocked the law’s enforcement in August and ordered Kansas to keep funding Planned Parenthood. The new law requires Kansas to allocate federal family planning funds first to public health departments and hospitals, effectively leaving no money for specialty clinics.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Nearly two dozen agencies and hundreds of people will converge on Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport for a mock disaster drill Thursday. The Wichita Airport Authority says the full-scale disaster exercise is required every three years by the Federal Aviation Administration. The scenario for Thursday morning’s drill involves a large commercial aircraft with 78 passengers and crew colliding with a small, general aviation plane on a runway. Both planes break apart and stop in a field about 2,000 feet off the runway. About 300 people, including volunteers, will take part in responding to the simulated disaster which authorities point…