HARPER, Kan. (AP) Construction is under way in south-central Kansas of what’s expected to be the state’s largest wind farm. State officials joined representatives of BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas Power on Wednesday to mark the start of work on the Flat Ridge 2 wind farm in Harper County. Gov. Sam Brownback said in a news release the project is important for the nation’s energy production and revitalizing rural Kansas. The $800 million wind farm is located on a 66,000-acre site about 40 miles southwest of Wichita.
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Around 11:45 P.M. on April 4th, Riley County Police responded to the Westloop McDonald’s for a report of an armed robbery. Dressed in all black, wearing a hoodie and black ski mask, the suspect was armed with a black pistol. The suspect ordered the night manager to the office, where he took an undetermined amount of coins and currency. The suspect then exited the store and fled northbound. The suspect is approximately 6’0”, dark skinned with a thin mustache and thin build. Riley County Police encourages anyone with information regarding the robbery to please call Det. Runyan at 537-2112…
The regular business meeting for the USD 383 school board started off on the usual topic, construction. Trisha Brooke-Fruendt, program manager, went through a bid for hardware for the remaining schools and facilities , the Woodrow Wilson Elementary restroom and gym ceiling design and change orders for Woodrow Wilson, Manhattan High School East and West. The board then recognized Mari Jo Massanet, a senior at Manhattan High School, as the Centennial League Player of the Year and Scott Mall, the Manhattan High School Girls Basketball Coach, as the Centennial League Coach of the Year. The board also had the…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Prosecutors have begun showing jurors text messages outlining a Kansas man’s obsession with a slain cheerleader whose badly burned body was found at the asphalt plant where he worked. The evidence came during the fifth day of testimony in the capital murder trial of Adam Longoria,38. The Great Bend man is accused in the August 2010 death of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt. Analyst Stephanie Smith of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday discussed the texts as they were projected on a screen in the courtroom. The texting began the morning after Longoria met the girl at…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Division of Motor Vehicles remains unable to issue new driver’s licenses or non-driver identification cards because of persistent computer problems. Spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda says Wednesday that problems with a vendor’s server brought down the system at all 111 driver’s license offices statewide. She says the state will continue to issue 15-day extension slips for licenses and ID cards set to expire between March 30 and April 6. The offices receive about 13,000 visitors a week. The division is in the midst of a $40 million computer upgrade that will integrate driver’s license records with vehicle…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 111-year-old agency in Topeka that provides residential and outpatient care for at-risk girls is fighting back after losing almost one-third of its budget in the last two years. Florence Crittenton lost Medicaid funding as the number of clients it helped declined. And United Way of Greater Topeka stopped funding the organization. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the agency has responded by adding four new programs it hopes will bring in more revenue, while also improving community service. Crittenton was once known primarily as a sanctuary for pregnant teenagers. It now offers an outpatient therapy clinic, an exercise…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A former school janitor who is serving a life sentence for the 1974 killing of a 13-year-old Johnson County girl is asking a judge to reverse his conviction. John Henry Horton was in court Tuesday to ask a judge to throw out his conviction for the killing of Lizabeth Wilson. She disappeared while walking to her Prairie Village from a swimming pool. Her remains were found six months later in a Lenexa field. The Kansas Supreme Court last year ordered the hearing so the Johnson County Court can determine if “prejudicial error” was committed during his second…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Garden City officials are ready for a second round in a fight with the U.S. Census Bureau over the western Kansas city’s population. The city first challenged the federal agency after it said in 2011 that the city had 26,658 residents. Last week, the Census Bureau added seven people to the population count. That prompted the Garden City Commission to decide Tuesday to file a second challenge. City officials believe the population is between 28,000 to 30,300 residents. They contend the bureau didn’t count six areas of the city in its 2010 count. The Garden City…