WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Leadership Center wants to work with a state organization tackling a tough civic issue. It is offering leadership training it says is worth up to $1 million for the selected group. Preferred candidates would be focused on what the center calls public challenges such as education, rural economic development, health care or other civic concerns. Its Academy of Team Leadership would train up to 400 people in groups of 50 on the issue chosen for the initiative. The immersive training could run from two to four years. The group says it came up with the…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas health officials have scheduled a discussion on Twitter to answer questions for state residents about getting prepared for the upcoming flu season. Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Robert Moser says the event Friday is designed to answer questions about the flu, vaccinations and steps that can be taken to prevent getting sick. Residents can participate in the hour-long discussion by logging on to www.twitter.com/KDHE and using #KSflu. Tweeters can follow the conversation by submitting questions of 140 words or less, then refreshing the page to see the question appear and the response. The agency…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Bond was set at $1 million for a Wichita man charged with strangling a woman over the weekend. Fifty-year-old Eldridge Sherill was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the Saturday strangling death of 46-year-old Dana Arnold of Valley Center. Sherill’s bond was set at $1 million. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sherrill for Oct. 1.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Spring and summer storms in Kansas have led to more than $1 billion in insurance claims this year. The Kansas Department of Insurance reported Wednesday that the 197,000 claims have been filed for property and crop damage. The numbers do not include losses from flooding. That easily beats the state record of $700 million paid in 1992 for 365,500 claims. The Wichita Eagle reports that about $18 million of the claims were for crop damage, with the rest of property damage. More than half of the damage was from wind and hail storms in east and south-central…
HOISINGTON, Kan. (AP) The Barton County Sheriff’s Office is looking for those responsible for damaging nearly three dozen tombstones in a cemetery near Hoisington. Authorities believe the damage to the headstones, many from the late 1800s or early 1900s, happened last weekend. The Hutchinson News reports that a group of volunteers from the Hoisington area plan to work together to clean up the Methodist Cemetery, which is northeast of Hoisington. Tom Van Brimmer, who helped maintain the cemetery for several years, said volunteers started cleanup efforts Wednesday night.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Motor home owners from six states are gathered in Hutchinson this week for a festival to celebrate the mobile lifestyle. About 500 motor coaches from Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas are in Hutchinson for the 38th annual Six-State Rally Heartland Motor Coach Festival. The event, which concludes Saturday, includes entertainment, a demolition derby, seminars, socials and a chance to check out other peoples’ motor homes. The Hutchinson News reports the festival is a regional event that is part of a national organization called Family Motor Coach Association.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback says he wants to define a strategy for boosting the state’s share of U.S. animal agriculture production. Brownback said during an economic development summit in Garden City on Wednesday that he wants investment in the state’s beef, dairy and pork industries to grow by hundreds of millions of dollars. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Brownback also said that reforming the state’s regulatory and legal framework for the agriculture industry could attract new investment to Kansas. Brownback, a Republican, also said recent expansion of dairy farms in western Kansas could be replicated by redevelopment of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s campaign treasurer faces a potential $5,000 fine from the state ethics commission over mistakes in finance reports from last year’s campaign. Kobach said Thursday that his campaign treasurer, state Rep. Tom Arpke of Salina, is not responsible for the mistakes and actually helped find them. Arpke did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment. The ethics commission has set an Oct. 26 hearing on whether Arpke should be fined. Kansas law makes a campaign treasurer responsible for mistakes on reports. Commission Executive Director Carol Williams said Kobach’s campaign omitted $35,000…
(AP) Interim Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas says he is confident Missouri will stay in the Big 12. Missouri is the latest Big 12 school in the spotlight, considering whether to stay in the conference or move to another league. It has been reported that Missouri was eyeing a move to the Southeastern Conference when it looked as if Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech could be heading to the Pac-12. The Big 12 has already lost Texas A&M to the SEC. Last week, Oklahoma President David Boren said all nine remaining schools had agreed to grant their top-tier…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A nationwide enforcement operation targeting criminal immigrants has rounded up eight people in Kansas and more than 2,900 convicted illegal immigrants across the country, including arrests in KMAN’s listening area. Arrests were made in Manhattan, Junction City, Kansas City, Lenexa, Overland Park, and Topeka. Two arrests were made in Manhattan and one in Junction city. All three were Mexican males. Names were not available due to privacy and legal factors. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday the “Cross Check” operation included the arrest of a 31-year-old Ethiopian national in Shawnee who was convicted of sexual battery. The…