Author: KMAN Staff
A fire destroyed the unfinished Strasser Village apartment complex early Sunday morning. The Manhattan Fire Department responded to the call at 4th and Leavenworth shortly after 2:30 a.m. and would spend the next seven hours dousing the fire. By the time the blazes were under control, the fire had consumed the entire northeastern portion of the building. Battalion chief Jim Blanck does not believe foul play was involved but at this point the cause of the fire remains undetermined. No injuries have been reported in connection with the fire. Dicks Sporting Goods was forced to close Sunday due to the amount of…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The head of the Topeka branch of the NAACP said Thursday that a foundation dedicated to telling the story of the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case shouldn’t be booted from a National Park site. Last month, the National Park Service announced the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research had until Dec. 1 to move out of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. An audit into the foundation’s finances is expected to be released any time. The Rev. Ben Scott, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal magistrate judge is limiting the public disclosure of some information in a lawsuit challenging a new Kansas law restricting insurance coverage for abortions. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Gale issued a protective order Thursday in the lawsuit filed against the state by the American Civil Liberties Union. He says the parties agreed that since the case relates to the controversial issue of abortion, the release of certain information should be limited to the parties, their attorneys and the court. His order notes that public disclosure of personal and identifying information may invite harassment or other “negative…
DERBY, Kan. (AP) Police in a Wichita suburb are looking for a man driving a gray Ford Crown Victoria that resembles a patrol car and using flashing lights in the grill to stop other vehicles. Derby police tell KWCH-TV the man wears a silver badge and a name tag and has been impersonating an officer. A Derby resident says the man pulled him over Wednesday, but left in a hurry after being asked for his badge number. Police say drivers need to be careful when they’re being pulled over by someone driving an unmarked car. They say Derby has some…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan has completed a two-day tour of western Kansas to gather ideas from rural citizens about potential changes in the tax code. Jordan, a former Republican state senator from Shawnee, is leading a group of advisers preparing a proposal for modifying the Kansas tax code. Gov. Sam Brownback is expected to announce the proposal in the coming weeks, with an eye toward lowering income taxes. The tour Tuesday and Wednesday included stops in Great Bend, Garden City, Colby, Hays and Salina. Jordan says residents expressed a desire for a strong Kansas economy and…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Former president George W. Bush spoke to about 5,000 people at the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting, giving the chamber its first sold-out crowd. The Wichita Eagle reports that Bush on Thursday talked about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the principles that guided his presidency, and some of his policy decisions. Bush also said he regretted using the phrase “Bring it on,” during early fighting in Iraq. But he defended sending troops to Iraq. Before the event, about 40 Occupy Wichita participants gathered to protest both Bush and the chamber. Eight local businesses…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kan., has indicted a 29-year-old Mexican national accusing him of illegally re-entering the U.S. after serving a prison term for a fatal drunken-driving crash. The Lawrence Journal-World reports federal prosecutors allege that Adan Cruz-Santos returned to Douglas County illegally after he was deported in 2010 once he was paroled. He was sentenced in 2005 to five and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and DUI in the death of a 25-year-old nurse from Olathe. He was paroled in 2010 and deported to Mexico because of…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Wichita school district says that beginning Monday it won’t allow students to attend school if they aren’t up to date on their required immunizations. The Wichita Eagle reports that more than 1,000 Wichita students could be pulled out of class Monday and not allowed to return until their immunizations are up-to-date. Kansas schools allow an unvaccinated child to attend school if the child has an annual written statement from a doctor saying that the child’s health would be endangered by undergoing the inoculation or if the parent or guardian has signed a written statement saying the…
COLBY, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Postal Service is investigating the post office in Colby and has placed two of its top employees on paid administrative leave. The Hays Daily News reports that Colby Postmaster Kenton Krehbiel and customer service supervisor Stanley Strange are on paid leave as a result of the internal investigation. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service conducted an investigation at the Colby office and says that it found a violation concerning Postal Service procedures for the external First Class Measurement System. The OIG says results of the investigation have been forwarded to Postal…