KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 21-year-old Topeka, Kansas, man who has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he plotted to bomb an Army installation in support of the Islamic State group wants to change his plea. John T. Booker Jr. filed a motion Wednesday in Topeka, asking for a change-of-plea hearing. A judge has […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka city councilman has denied allegations that he physically abused his 12-year-old son. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that councilman Jonathan Schumm denied the accusations in answers filed by his attorney, Thomas Lemon, to a petition seeking to have Schumm removed from his post. The councilman and his wife have been […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Former Miss Kansas and the host of an Outdoor Channel adventure show has been charged with illegally shooting an Alaska grizzly bear and attempting to cover it up. Alaska State Troopers say 25-year-old Theresa Vail, star of “Limitless with Theresa Vail,” and two hunting guides are charged with misdemeanors. Vail […]
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. […]
