TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) About 200 people turned up in Topeka to tell officials from the U.S. State Department what they think about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would move oil to the Texas coast from Canada. Gov. Sam Brownback and several other Kansas politicians said at the opening of the meeting Monday they support the $7 billion pipeline, which Brownback called “a good thing for America, and a good thing for Kansas.” Rabbi Moti Rieber, coordinator of Kansas Interfaith Power Light, said he’s opposed to the 1,700-mile pipeline, which he considers a “direct threat” to the Kansas environment. Several…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Cessna Aircraft Co. has unveiled a new light business jet it plans to build at one of its Kansas facilities. The Citation M2 announced Monday aims to fill the market gap between the company’s Citation Mustang and the Citation CJ planes. The $4.2 million aircraft has room for two crew members and six passengers. It can go faster and farther than the Mustang with a cruise speed of 400 knots and a range of 1,300 nautical miles. Cessna President Scott Ernest says no decision has been made about whether the plane will be built at Cessna’s Wichita…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A legislative oversight committee is scheduled to get the results of a new audit of state programs aimed at determining if there are disincentives in Kansas policies that keep couples from marrying. The audit was conducted by the Legislative Division of Post Audit staff looking at various state benefit programs. The results will be presented Tuesday at a meeting in Topeka. Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration has put an emphasis on finding ways the state can change its policies to encourage couples to choose marriage. The administration, including the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, has said increasing…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas has asked a federal judge to reject a request to block enforcement of a new law restricting insurance coverage for abortions. Those arguments come in a court filing Monday responding to the American Civil Liberties Union’s challenge of a magistrate’s findings. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Gale recommended the court deny the preliminary injunction because ACLU failed to present sufficient evidence its members will suffer irreparable harm. Kansas argued the ACLU had ample time to assemble evidentiary support and failed to do so. It also contended the group presented no facts supporting its claim the statute was…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is hosting his latest in a series of summits aimed at reviving the Kansas economy and creating jobs. The next discussion focusing on animal agriculture takes place Wednesday in Garden City. Previous discussions have covered aviation, health care, service sectors and the military. Wednesday’s agenda includes competing in a global economy, technology, developing the workforce, food safety, animal welfare and health and the state’s historic advantages in animal production. The event will be broadcast live over the Internet at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/animalagsummit .
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) A Dodge City man will go to trial on charges that he accidentally killed a 17-year-old high school student during a fight. Fabian Colorado was bound over for trial Monday in the death of Diego Enriquez-Enriquez. He died after being injured during a May 14 birthday party. Prosecutors say Colorado punched Enriquez-Enriquez, who fell and hit his head on a cement floor. The Dodge City Daily Globe reports that Colorado will enter a plea to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery charges at a later hearing.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The children of a slain Kansas woman are suing their father and a man who has been convicted of killing their mother. The lawsuit filed Monday by the children of Patricia Kimmi of rural Horton alleges that their father, Eugene Kimmi, conspired with two people to kill her. Kimmi was last seen alive on Nov. 6, 2009. Her remains were found six months later on a farm near Sabetha. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the lawsuit claims Eugene Kimmi conspired with Roger Hollister and his wife, Rebecca Hollister, to cause Patricia Kimmi’s death. Roger Hollister was sentenced…
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) The death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai is being mourned in Kansas, where she attended college. Maathai, a native of Kenya, died Sunday of cancer. The 71-year-old won the Nobel in 2004. She founded the Green Belt Movement, which mobilized poor women to plant trees to give them more access to resources. She was arrested and beaten by Kenyan authorities for her activism. Maathai was a 1964 graduate of at Mount St. Scholastica, which merged with St. Benedict’s in 1971 to form Benedictine College in Atchison. She returned to Benedictine four years ago to deliver…
FORT RILEY, Kan. — Irwin Army Community Hospital is seeking to identify and treat Soldiers and civilians potentially exposed to the rabies virus while deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan after March 2010. A Fort Drum Solider, who recently returned from Afghanistan, died Aug. 31 from rabies after being bitten by a feral dog while deployed. Irwin Army Community Hospital is working closely with Public Health nurses and brigade commanders whose groups recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan to identify and treat Soldiers and civilians who may have been exposed to the virus. All Active, Reserve, those recently discharged from military…
What to do about the sales tax continues to be a predominant topic at area meetings, with the matter coming up yet again Monday at the intergovernmental meeting in Manhattan. USD 383 officials have indicated an interest in the matter, especially in the area of economic development . Manhattan City manager Ron Fehr explained Tuesday night’s city commission work session would include discussion on the matter. Riley county’s portion would go toward roads and bridges, which USD 383 School Board President Doug Messer noted also serves the school district. 464 people have already gotten their flu shots through the Riley…