(AP) — Three young children who wandered five miles from their southwest Kansas farmhouse have been found safe after a frantic, 15-hour search. Authorities in Seward County were notified of the children’s disappearance Tuesday evening. A citizen spotted them around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Liberal and took them to a business. They were reported to [...]
Three persons from North Hollywood, Calif., have been arrested in an alleged scheme in which semi-trailer loads of goods were stolen from companies in California and an attempt to steal a load of processed beef was made in southwest Kansas, U. S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Wednesday. Two of the three persons, Oganes Nagapetian, 53, [...]
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), as well as Representatives Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) and Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.), issued the following statements today upon learning that the U.S. Air Force selected McConnell Air Force Base (AFB) as the Main Operating Base (MOB) #1 for replacing KC-135R tanker aircraft with KC-46A’s beginning in 2016. [...]
Civil engineers are giving Kansas’ infrastructure a grade of C minus. The regional chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers released the letter grade Wednesday. It’s part of a report card that evaluated the state’s aviation, bridges, dams, drinking water, energy, levees, railroads, roads and schools. Besides the state’s overall grade, each sub-category also [...]
(AP) – Wichita’s McConnell Air Force Base has been selected to be the main operating base for the Air Force’s new KC-46A air refueling tanker. Members of the Kansas congressional delegation issued a joint statement Wednesday announcing the Air Force decision. The aircraft will replace the aging KC-135 fleet flown by crews for the past [...]
(AP)- Opening statements are scheduled today in the case of a former law enforcement officer charged with killing his wife. Thirty-Seven year old Bret Seacat is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated arson and child endangerment. He is accused in the April 2011 shooting death of Vashti Seacat, who had filed for divorce 16 days earlier. [...]
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts Tuesday offered an amendment (948) to the 2013 Farm Bill to save taxpayers nearly $31 billion and restore integrity to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps, while preserving food benefits for those in need. Before the vote, Roberts said in part, “This amendment would help [...]
Do not miss this special opportunity to get the inside scoop from the House’s champions of conservatism! Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Time: 11:30 am to 12:15 pm ET Location Rayburn 2226 Who: National and District News Media, including Bloggers Conversations with Conservatives is a group of free market and liberty-minded members of Congress that meets monthly with traditional [...]
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee released the following statement today after the committee’s hearing on the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): “I was disappointed with both former IRS Commissioner Shulman’s and former IRS acting-commissioner Miller’s performance in today’s Finance Committee hearing. While Mr. [...]
(AP) — A Tennessee pharmacist has admitted distributing a misbranded Chinese-made drug that was given to kidney dialysis patients in Kansas. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 53-year-old Robert Harshbarger Jr., of Kingsport, Tenn., pleaded guilty Tuesday in Topeka to one count each of distributing a misbranded drug and health care fraud. Harshbarger admitted that from [...]
