TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler remains hospitalized because of high blood pressure. Emler’s office confirmed Friday that he would not return to the Statehouse for the day’s business. It said he remains at an area hospital, but declined to identify which one, citing his need for privacy and rest. The [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – State labor officials say the Kansas economy continues to show growth this spring as evidenced by a decline in the April unemployment rate. The Kansas Department of Labor says the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.1 percent in April, down from 6.2 percent in March. The rate was 6.7 percent in [...]
SALINA, Kan. (AP) – A 21-year-old Salina man accused of robbing a former business while wearing a wolf mask and holding a meat cleaver has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars. Joel Chenault was sentenced Monday in Saline County District Court to 40 months. He also was sentenced to six months for [...]
ALBION, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska’s hearings on the new proposed route for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline from Canada are drawing big crowds. The Columbus Telegram reports that more than 160 people attended Wednesday’s meeting in Albion, Nebraska. Pipeline opponents objected to the original route through the Sandhills and the Ogallala aquifer, a massive groundwater supply. [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a bill aimed at bolstering the long-term financial health of the state’s pension system by using gambling dollars to pay for retirement benefits. The House approved the measure Thursday on a 74-42 vote, hours after the Senate passed it, 35-2. The legislation is [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – An agreement among Kansas legislators on cutting income taxes appears to be unraveling. Senate President Steve Morris, a moderate Hugoton Republican, said Thursday he doesn’t like the plan because he sees it as too aggressive. Morris says he believes it could lead to future budget problems. Conservative Republicans in the Kansas [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Federal prosecutors have charged a former Topeka doctor who continued practicing medicine after state regulators suspended her medical license. A criminal information filed Thursday charges Diana Carver with health care fraud and illegally dispensing drugs. Such documents typically are filed with the consent of the defendant and indicate a plea deal [...]
WICHITA, Kansas (AP) — A former teacher, athletic director, and Garden Plain football coach, will face trial on charges that he tried to pay an undercover cop posing as an underage prostitute cash for sex. Todd Puetz faces charges of electronic solicitation, attempted criminal sodomy, and attempted indecent liberties with a child. His trial has [...]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – University of Kansas Hospital officials say a baby girl born two weeks ago is a pioneer in Kansas. They say the baby, Morgan Belle Dickson, is the first child born in the state using a frozen egg. Her parents are Jessica and Ryan Dickson of Kansas City. Dr. Samuel Kim [...]
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) – The Army is investigating the death of a Fort Riley soldier from upstate New York. Officials at the northeastern Kansas post say 21-year-old Private Thomas Lavrey was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in his living quarters on Sunday. The cause of death remained under investigation Wednesday. Lavrey was a [...]
