The Riley County Police Department will be paying extra attention to seat belts in the upcoming weeks. Beginning next Monday, the Riley county police department will be working with other Kansas Law Enforcement agencies in addressing the problem of teen deaths in traffic accidents. In particular, the Riley County Police Department will focus its attention in the are of the Riley County High school both before and after school. Officers will be watching closely for seat belt violations, but they will also stop and cite for all oberserved traffic infractions. In 2010, 51 teens lost their lives due to car…
Author: KMAN Staff
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Scott Christopherson scored 29 points as Iowa State knocked off Kansas State 65-61 on Saturday. The win was the seventh in the last nine outings for the Cyclones (21-8, 11-5), who began the streak with an upset of Kansas on Jan. 28. Jordan Henriquez led the Wildcats (19-9, 8-8 Big 12) with 19 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks. Down 59-56 with 3:50 to go, the Wildcats made a strong push to attempt to complete a comeback from a 10-point halftime deficit. Angel Rodriguez made a free throw to tie it at 61, but Christopherson hit his…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has postponed the sentencing hearing for a mechanic who fled to Ecuador after he was charged with stealing aircraft parts. Former Cessna Aircraft Co. mechanic Diego Alejandro Paz Teran was to be sentenced Monday after he admitted selling stolen parts on eBay. Teran returned to the U.S. after charges were filed. Most of the stolen parts were used or taken from a scrap pile. Sentencing was rescheduled for March 5 after a Cessna employee was unable to answer questions about the value of the stolen parts. The loss amount affects the possible sentence. Before…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell will give the annual Dole Lecture in April. The Dole Institute of Politics announced in a news released Monday that Mitchell will give the address April 4 at the institute in Lawrence. Mitchell was a U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from January 2009 to May 2011. Before that, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1980 to 1995. He was Senate majority leader from 1989 to 1995. In 2000 and 2001, he was chairman of an international committee on violence in the Middle East. And in 2006 and 2007,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A spokesman for a northeast Kansas district attorney says his office plans to begin setting up interviews this week with legislators who had private meetings with Gov. Sam Brownback at his official residence. Chief of State Lee McGowan said Monday that Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor’s office has not started interviews because of its caseload. Taylor, a Democrat, is investigating the legality of seven meetings that the Republican governor had in January with GOP members of 13 legislative committees. Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag said the governor remains confident the meetings were legal. Legislators described them as…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Supporters of the arts in Kansas say a proposal to raise additional revenue for the art programs will help but won’t replace state funding. The House last week approved a plan to allow taxpayers to dedicate a portion of their annual returns as a donation for arts programs. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Monday that the check-off is intended to raise money to offset Gov. Sam Brownback’s decision last year to delete $689,000 in funding for the Kansas Arts Commission. Four current check-offs use tax dollars to support programs related to breast cancer, military relief, Meals on Wheels…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An inmate who escaped from the Sedgwick County Jail is still on the loose. Sedgwick County authorities say Sean P. McKenzie ran off Sunday night while taking out the trash. McKenzie is a trustee at the jail who gets extra privileges for doing duties such as taking out the trash and cleaning. McKenzie was in jail for property crimes and is not considered dangerous. He is a white male, 5’11” and 175 pounds. He was last seen wearing a tan jumpsuit.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators have scheduled a short week of work to give themselves a long break after this year’s session hit its official halfway point. The Legislature did not convene Friday and wasn’t scheduled to meet Monday or Tuesday. The time off comes after last week’s “turnaround” deadline, when most bills must pass the chamber in which they were introduced to be considered further. Lawmakers don’t meet most weekends during their annual session. But they still receive their daily salary and expense payments and those days count against the 90 their leaders have scheduled. But with the long…