HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A new survey shows many school districts are offsetting state cuts by slashing jobs and increasing taxes. The Hutchinson News surveyed a quarter of the state’s 286 school superintendents. The paper reported that many superintendents felt the cuts in state aid shifted a greater share of the cost of schools from the state to local property taxes. House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, criticized schools for not spending down their reserve funds further as this year’s legislation allowed. But the district said there are good reasons to maintain healthy reserve funds. They noted that they’ve been hit with…
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NEWTON, Kan. (AP) Authorities have again delayed the first-degree murder trial of a Kansas man accused of killing a 19-month-old boy. Twenty-seven-year-old Chad Carr, of North Newton, had been scheduled to go on trial Monday in Harvey County in the March 2010 death of Vincent Hill, his girlfriend’s son. The Harvey County Attorney’s Office gave no reason for the delay and said a new trial date hasn’t been set. Authorities say the boy suffered blunt-force wounds and a brain injury, most likely caused by suffocation. The Wichita Eagle reported that two previous trial dates, in January and March, also were…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The mother of a baby who went missing from her Kansas City home two weeks ago says she was drunk when the girl disappeared. Deborah Bradley told NBC’s “Today” show Monday that the night her baby, Lisa Irwin, disappeared she had bought wine and consumed “enough to be drunk.” Bradley says police asked her if she killed Lisa, who was 10 months old when she disappeared Oct. 4. She says she doesn’t “think alcohol changes a person enough to do something like that.” She says she fears being arrested because then the search for Lisa will…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former slave who later became the first black graduate of Southwestern College in Winfield no longer lies anonymously at a Wichita cemetery. The Rev. Elijah Pilgrim Geiger now has a tombstone at Maple Grove Cemetery recognizing his achievements as a minister and a scholar. Geiger lived from 1864 to 1943 and had been buried in an unmarked grave. The Wichita Eagle reports Geiger graduated from Southwestern in 1899 and went on to become a Wichita minister. Wichita vice mayor Lavonta Williams on Sunday read a proclamation recognizing Oct. 16 as Elijah P. Geiger Day during a…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A body found Saturday in a wooded area in Miami County has been identified as 20-year-old Olathe resident Samuel J. Hargrove. Hargrove was reported missing Thursday after last being seen in a green Buick LaSabre, and his body was found about 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Police say there were no signs of criminal activity. They had issued an alert for him early Saturday after concerns were raised about his well-being. Investigators from the Olathe Police Department and Miami County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the discovery of Hargrove’s body.
Following their come from behind 41-34 win over Texas Tech Saturday night in Lubbock, the Kansas State Wildcats debut in the first BCS standings at #11. The Wildcats also moved up to #12 in the Associated Press Sportswriters poll, a jump of six spots but the coaches in the USA Today Poll were not as impressed as they moved up just two slots to #16. Kansas State, off to its first 6-0 start since the 2000 season and on its longest winning streak since the Big 12 Championship season of 2003 when the Wildcats won seven in a row, will…
More details in the weekend shooting of a Fort Riley soldier. Riley County Police Captain Kurt Moldrup tells KMAN Trever Olson, 19, suffered a gunshot wound to his upper right arm while playing Russian Roulette with friends around 11:30 Saturday night. The incident occurred in the 700 block of Dondee Drive. Moldrup says charges of aggravated battery are being considered due to the reckless manner in which the group was using a firearm, though none had been filed as of Monday morning. Alcohol is believed to have been involved. Olson was transported by Riley County EMS to Mercy Regional Health Center, where…
Click to view video wrap-up from www.thegamedaynetwork.com It was a wild game in Lubbock, but the Cats came through with their first win at Texas Tech since 1997 with a 41-34 victory to move to 6-0 on the season. Despite giving up almost 400 yards and 28 points in the first half the Cats find a way to win behind 2 blocked FGs, a huge kick off return for a TD, and a renewed defensive effort in the second half to hold the potent Tech offense out of the end zone in the final 2 quarters. Collin Klein again led…