On May 8th and 9th, 2013, the Geary County Attorney’s Office, Junction City Police Department, Geary County Sheriff’s Office, Riley County Police Department, Grandview Plaza Police Department, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced that 54 search warrants had been served and 90 people had been arrested as part of Operation ADABAG, dismantling a large [...]
(AP) — A man accused of firing a shot at a security guard at a Wichita store will spend 60 days in a jail work-release program. A Sedgwick County judge on Thursday sentenced 27-year-old Jake L. Jacobs for shooting at a guard who asked him to pay for a drink he had taken inside the [...]
(AP) — Federal regulators have sided with an engineer who was fired for reporting unsafe conditions created by a contractor at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in eastern Kansas. Attorneys said Friday the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered Enercon Services, of Kennesaw, Ga., to reinstate the whistleblower to his job at [...]
(AP) — Kansas lawmakers are close to approving limits on the use of state tax dollars to lobby federal, state or local officials on gun control issues. The Senate approved the measure on a 31-6 vote Friday. The House could consider the measure as early as Monday. House approval would send the bill to Gov. Sam [...]
The first hearing on the IRS scandal is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers plan to grill former acting commissioner Stephen Miller about the IRS policy of targeting conservative political groups. The hearing has ended. Live video from your iPhone using Ustream Free desktop streaming application by Ustream
A Saline County judge has granted a change of venue request in a first degree murder and child abuse trial. Attorneys for Antonio Brown requested the change saying his case was to well known in Saline County for him to get a fair trial. Now the state supreme court will decide where that trial will [...]
(AP) — Kansas State University has gotten the OK to build a new residence hall, renovate two others and replace a dining center. The Kansas Board of Regents voted Wednesday to approve the $70 million project. The new 450-bed facility will open in the fall of 2015 along with a new dining center that will [...]
(AP) – Topeka police say a 12-year-old boy from Fort Riley has died after he was pulled from a Topeka hotel’s pool. The boy, Dalton Register, went under the water while swimming at the pool at Ramada West on Friday. Topeka police said resuscitation measures were tried immediately after he was taken from the pool. [...]
(AP) — Kansas State University scientists are part of a multistate partnership receiving a $9.6 million, five-year grant to find ways for cattle producers to adapt to climate extremes in their grazing operations. Kansas State agronomy professor and team leader Chuck Rice says the project’s goal is to increase the resiliency of beef cattle operations [...]
(AP) — Although a federal judge has approved a consent decree involving the cleanup at the former Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, cleanup at the site is still years away. The judge approved the joint settlement agreement between Salina authorities and the federal government on Wednesday. The approval is another step in an 18-year [...]
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