TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Prosecutors are seeking to remove a member of the Topeka City Council over child abuse allegations. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Shawnee County prosecutors filed a civil action Tuesday seeking first to suspend and then to oust Jonathan Robert Schumm. Court records show that the 34-year-old is accused of choking a child […]
Topeka (AP) – Kansas congressman Tim Huelskamp has voted for Paul Ryan as House speaker after previously backing another candidate. Huelskamp’s vote Thursday to install Ryan as the new speaker means all four members of the state’s all-GOP delegation in the chamber supported the Wisconsin Republican. Huelskamp, who represents the Manhattan area, is a tea […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas congressman Tim Huelskamp is resisting Paul Ryan’s appeals for GOP lawmakers to rally behind him as House speaker and questions the Wisconsin Republican’s interest in the job. Huelskamp, who continues to comment on national news including KMAN’s own CBS news, said Wednesday that conditions Ryan has outlined for taking the job […]
BOSTON (AP) An 80-year-old man has pleaded guilty to running a massive marijuana-dealing and money-laundering operation with a Junction City connection. The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/1MGmnE6 ) Marshall Dion is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 11 after pleading guilty Thursday under an agreement with prosecutors. He faces up to seven years in prison. […]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Delta Airlines flight traveling from Minnesota to Texas has been diverted to Wichita after being struck by lightning. According to Wichita Airport Authority spokeswoman Valerie Wise, the aircraft operated by ExpressJet, a Delta regional connection carrier, was struck by lightning on its left wing Thursday evening after encountering storms near […]
