KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six has joined a law firm in Kansas City, Mo., as a partner. The firm of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP announced Wednesday that Six will work in its commercial litigation, public client and personal injury practices. Six is a former district court judge in Douglas County, Kan. He was appointed attorney general in January 2008 by then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius after Paul Morrison resigned amid a sex scandal. Last year, Six was the Democratic nominee for a full term as attorney general but lost to Republican Derek Schmidt. President Barack Obama nominated…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) A New Cambria man is no longer facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a woman in February. Prosecutors said Wednesday that the evidence did not support a murder charge against 40-year-old Steven Edward Charles Couch Jr. He had been accused of murdering 39-year-old Carol Sue Williams on Feb. 17 in a home they shared. She died of a gunshot wound to the head. The Salina Journal reports that Couch is still charged with criminal threat and possession of marijuana. Joyce Larson, Couch’s sister, said her brother has contended from the beginning that Williams’ wound…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas Department of Corrections employee no longer faces a misdemeanor sexual battery charge involving a female inmate at a prison in Topeka. Shawnee County District Court records show that the misdemeanor charge of sexual battery against 31-year-old Andrew J. Grubb of Topeka was dismissed on Tuesday. Grubb had been accused of touching a female inmate at the Topeka Correctional Facility without her consent. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Topeka prison was the subject of controversy in 2009 and 2010 over allegations of sexual contact between female inmates and male employees. It is the only…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas attorney general is investigating a nonprofit organization that has a state contract to serve mental health patients across the state. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that about $1 million in Medicaid funding might have been embezzled from Kansas Health Solutions. The organization is a subsidiary of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers, which includes 27 mental health clinics with a provider network in all 105 counties. A spokesman for Attorney General Derek Schmidt confirmed that the office has accepted the case for review. The organization’s former chief financial officer and executive director both left the…
IOLA, Kan. (AP) A 19-year-old volunteer firefighter from Iola is suspected of setting a series of arson fires in a southeast Kansas county. Allen County Undersheriff Bryan Murphy says the firefighter was arrested Tuesday while working at a grass fire. He could face 21 counts of arson in fires around Carlyle and Geneva townships. The Iola Register reports that 28 arson fires have been investigated in Allen County in the past month. Murphy said investigators believe only one person is responsible for most of the fires but they haven’t ruled out that others may have been involved. One of the…
Arrests have been made in Junction City in connection with several recent damage to property cases. Arrested Wednesday were Wayne King, 20, and Dean Murrietta Jr, 24, both soldiers stationed at Ft. Riley. The Junction City Police Department worked eighteen complaints involving damage to property, and one complaint of arson where a vehicle was set on fire early last Friday. The damage to property complaints involved three Junction City businesses having windows broken and 15 vehicles having one or more windows broken out of the vehicle. The vehicle that was set on fire was a total loss with a value of…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Recycling at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility is going to the dogs. For about a year, inmates at the prison have been dismantling mattresses and recycling materials from the beds to raise money. Now, inmates are using foam and material from the mattresses to make dog beds. Those beds are being donated to animal shelters and sold in a veterinary clinic to help the prison’s dog training programs. The Hutchinson News reports the dog bed program started about three months ago. So far, a few inmates have made 150 beds. Warden Sam Cline said he was pleased that…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Chiefs have put Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry on injured reserve and signed veteran Reshard Langford to provide depth in the defensive backfield. Berry tore the ACL in his left knee during the first quarter of Sunday’s season-opening loss to Buffalo. Coach Todd Haley said earlier in the week he expected Berry to miss the rest of the season. Langford went to training camp with the Chiefs after playing in six games the past two seasons, mostly on special teams. He was among the players cut to reach the 53-man roster limit.…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Twenty-eight former NFL players have filed a class-action federal lawsuit against the NFL Players Association, seeking at least $5 million in damages. They’re alleging current players interfered with negotiations on the new collective bargaining agreement and kept money from the retirees. Attorney Shawn Stuckey said Wednesday the group includes 25 Pro Football Hall of Famers and a player from every decade since the 1940s. Former Minnesota defensive end Carl Eller, an outspoken proponent of better retiree benefits, leads the list. The suit filed in Minneapolis also names NFLPA DeMaurice Smith, New England quarterback Tom Brady and former…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Mike Moustakas had three hits and drove in two runs and Luke Hochevar pitched six solid innings to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 Wednesday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have won four straight, matching the longest winning streak of the season, while the Twins have lost 19 of 23 and are in last place in the AL Central after winning the division the past two years Moustakas drove in runs in the second and fourth inning with singles. He doubled and scored in the two-run sixth inning Hochevar (11-11)…