LYNDON, Kan. (AP) The father of a capital murder defendant in Kansas has testified that his son was depressed and not eating enough in the weeks before his son’s estranged wife and two teenage daughters were shot to death. Attorneys for 48-year-old James Kraig Kahler called his father, Wayne Kahler, as a witness Monday as the trial began its second week in Osage County District Court. The younger Kahler, a former city utilities director in Weatherford, Texas, and Columbia, Mo., is charged with four slayings, including that of his wife’s grandmother. The slayings occurred the week after Thanksgiving 2009 in…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri are asking a federal judge to require Kansas to pay the group quarterly with federal funds for non-abortion services. Planned Parenthood has filed suit to block a provision of the state budget aimed at preventing the organization from receiving any of the state’s share of federal family planning dollars. Monday’s filing in Wichita asks U.S. District J. Thomas Marten to require the state to make payments to the group as it has previously. The brief was filed in response to a request by the state that it pay Planned…
A different sort of mission faces Staff Sergeant Gerald Peckham, most recently of Fort Riley, who is participating in the “Road 2 Recovery” Bicycle Ride. The ride involves wounded warriors as participants and was put together last year. This next ride begins at 9-11’s Ground Zero and ends at the Pentagon. Peckham tells KMAN he is raising money toward the effort, with all participation paid for out of his own pocket. He says even a dollar donation would help. Peckham talks about the importance of remembering 9-11–which is connected with this next event. Peckham adds 9-11 has led to a lot of wounded warriors, whose lives have…
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Over one thousand fans turned out for the K-State football kickoff at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The public got a chance to see an hour of light workouts, and Coach Snyder and team captains Collin Klein, Arthur Brown, Alex Hrebec, Clyde Aufner, David Garrett, Tysyn Hartman, and Emmanuel Lamur spoke to the crowd. Players and coaches then signed autographs for the crowd. K-State’s first game is just 12 days away against Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, September 3rd at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Kickoff will be at 6:10pm and Powercat Gameday begins at 2:00 on SportsRadio 1350 KMAN.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Jon Lester curbed the Kansas City Royals on three hits for six-plus innings and Jason Varitek tripled for the first time in more than four years as the Boston Red Sox won 6-1 on Sunday. Carl Crawford and Darnell McDonald hit solo home runs for the Red Sox. Lester (13-7) has allowed two runs and six hits in 13 innings in his past two starts to beat Kansas City and Tampa Bay. He is 5-1 with a 1.30 ERA in seven career starts against the Royals. Varitek’s two-out triple rolled to the right-center fence,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin spent Sunday’s practice riding a stationary bike and doing work with a trainer on the sideline, his right hand heavily bandaged after he reportedly got into an altercation with running back Thomas Jones. Head coach Todd Haley would not address the situation that occurred last week, calling it “family business.” Neither player was available to comment following practice. Jones took part in the full workout in the Chiefs’ first practice since breaking training camp in St. Joseph, Mo. They’re trying to get back on track after losing their…