KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Residents of a Kansas City, Kansas neighborhood have filed a federal lawsuit over flooding during the summer of 2017 that accuses businesses and local officials of negligence. The lawsuit filed earlier this month by five residents in the U.S. District Court for Kansas accuses the companies of leaving debris in a drainage creek west of the Argentine neighborhood. It also names the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, as a defendant. The Kansas City Star reports that the lawsuit claims the debris clogged the creek, resulted in significant flooding and property damage and…
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Monday’s guest was Dr. Timothy Shaffer, the assistant director of the KSU Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy. He discussed his recent meetings with state legislators for the National Institute for Civil Discourse’s Next Generation program as well as some of his recent work and media consolidations’ effects on discourse.
HUTCHINSON — Kansas park officials are tallying up the economic hit that many of the state’s 28 parks absorbed because of heavy rains and flooding this spring. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Secretary Brad Loveless says losses from damage and closures caused by the rains could be substantial. The agency relies chiefly on entrance permits, campsite and cabin rental fees, and marina concessions to fund state parks. The Hutchinson News reports that the agency’s park fee fund dropped about $100,000 in April and May, mostly due to a loss of entrance and campsite fees. Income from cabin rentals…
TOPEKA — Rep. Jan Meyers, the first Republican woman elected to the U.S. House from Kansas, has died. Meyers died Friday at the age of 90 at a nursing home where she was living. The cause of death was not announced. A native of Nebraska, Meyers lived in Overland Park, Kansas, while representing the state’s 3rd congressional district from 1985 to 1997. Before that, she served in the Kansas Senate from 1972 to 1984. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday ordered flags flown at half-staff at the Capitol complex to honor Meyers. Kelly said in a statement she respected and…
Friday’s guests included Kansas State Research & Extension Family/Consumer Science Agent Meghan Dougherty talking about freezer meal preparation. Riley County Senior Center’s Margaret T. Abbott discussed volunteer opportunities with the meals on wheels program. In the last segment Dave Lewis discussed perception of the change in venue this year for the Country Stampede.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Unemployment in Kansas remained at 3.5 percent in May, unchanged from the month before and up from 3.3. percent in May 2028. The Kansas Department of Labor says 600 jobs were added to the public and private sectors and the average monthly job growth over the last three months is now at 2,100. Senior Labor Economist Tyler Tenbrink says job growth was solid, despite heavy rains that impacted Kansas in May and slowed down construction projects. “Offsetting losses (in construction employment) were gains in state government and retail trade. Overall job growth is picking up after a…
WAMEGO — Wamego High School principal Chad Brecheisen has announced his resignation, following a special USD 320 board meeting Wednesday night. The circumstances regarding the resignation or the settlement were not disclosed. The meeting was the fourth in a series of special meetings dating back to June 9 for personnel matters. The decision was unanimous 6-0. A posting for the Wamego High principal job was posted Thursday morning, with applications being accepted through July 3.
WASHINGTON — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran has broken with most other Republican senators in voting to block President Donald Trump’s administration from selling arms to Saudi Arabia. The Kansas City Star reports that Moran supported two resolutions Thursday disapproving of Trump’s use of emergency authority to make the sales. Moran was among seven Republicans to vote for the two measures. Fellow Kansas Republican Pat Roberts voted against them. One resolution objected to arm sales based on the Saudi regime’s involvement in a civil war in Yemen and evidence of a role in the murder of U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Moran…
SALINA — Salina police are investigating a widespread bank card fraud in the area. Since Sunday, police have received 147 reports of compromised bank cards, all from Sunflower Bank Customers or people who used a Sunflower ATM machine. KSAL reports Salina Detective Sgt. David Villanueva says the reports started Sunday, when four people reported unauthorized cash withdrawals from their bank accounts. He says the thieves have stolen PIN codes and use those to withdraw the cash. The total amount of losses has not been released but investigators say some people lost thousands of dollars. Authorities say withdrawals using the stolen…
Heavy rains and flooding that inundated Kansas in May and early June are slowing down the state’s wheat harvest. The Wichita Eagle reports the wheat harvest usually starts between early and mid-June and wraps up by mid-July. But the Kansas Wheat Commission says only 1% of the state’s wheat crop was harvested as of Sunday. Typically, about 12% of the crop is harvested by this time, and last year 20% was harvested by mid-June. The delay comes after the state got 10.26 inches of rain in May, more than double the 30-year average of 4.12 inches. It was the wettest…