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FREDERICK, Kan. (AP) — A tiny town in central Kansas is getting a second chance to vote itself out of existence after people in another community mistakenly cast ballots on the issue last year. Residents in Frederick will get another chance Nov. 7 to decide the town's future. Robert Root, acting mayor by law, told the Hutchinson News that the eight people left in town have committed to voting for disincorporation. During the November 2016 election, 20 people cast ballots, but Frederick had only nine registered voters and only six of those v...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are planning a surprise for a fallen officer's son who was bullied at school after his father died. Officer Mitch Kelchen from Anamosa, Iowa, was killed in a car crash during Labor Day weekend when another driver crossed the center line. At Kelchen's funeral, his oldest son collected business cards from the officers who came to honor his father. But at school another student ripped up the cards, KMBC-TV reported. When two Kansas City, Kansas, officers found out about the bullying, they d...
ROME, Ga. (AP) — Two teenagers have been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a college student at an apartment in northwest Georgia. Floyd County Police told local news media that Ricket Carter III and Troy Cokley are charged with murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Joseph McDaniel on Saturday afternoon. Police say Carter and Cokley, both 19, traveled to Rome, Georgia, to meet with McDaniel before an argument occurred between them that ended with McDaniel's death. Carter and Cokley are also charged with aggravated a...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On a recent Saturday, about two dozen men are stuck in a dark auditorium near downtown Columbus for a combination of detention and education. The men — a mix of races, ages and economic status — are in the Franklin County Justice Center because they'd been arrested for trying to buy sex. Some were caught in an online sting that lured them to a hotel room. Others approached an undercover female officer on the street. The first-time offenders were given a choice: attend a mandatory daylong seminar and the arrest is remov...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former University of Iowa wrestler has been arrested on federal computer-hacking charges in a high-tech cheating scheme in which he allegedly obtained advanced copies of tests and changed grades for himself and classmates. Trevor Graves, 22, carried out the scheme by secretly installing devices known as keyloggers in computers in university classrooms and labs that allowed him to record what his professors typed, including their credentials to log into university grading and email systems, according to the FBI. The Colo...
SPRINGFIELD, Neb. (AP) — Foul gases emitted by a quarter-century's worth of buried garbage at an eastern Nebraska landfill could be heating homes by the end of the year. BioResource Development plans to harvest the gases coming from the now-closed Sarpy County Landfill just northwest of Springfield. The company will clean the gases and pump the resulting renewable natural gas into Black Hills Energy's distribution network, the Omaha World-Herald reported . "You hear a lot of negativity about hydraulic fracturing and other drilling techniques. W...
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — It will take at least months and likely years to fully recover from devastating wildfires that ripped through Northern California earlier this month, destroying at least 8,900 structures and killing 42 people, Sonoma County officials said Saturday. "We don't control these things, and it makes you realize how small you are in the world when something like this happens," Sheriff Rob Giordano said. "I don't think we understand the level at which it is going to impact lives, and the community will be different." G...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ready or not, California kicks off recreational marijuana sales on Jan. 1. And, mostly, it's not. Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many cities still struggling to fashion local rules for pot shops and growers. Without the regulations, there could be limited options in many places for consumers eager to ring in the new year with a legal pot purchase. "The bulk of folks probably are not going to be ready Jan. 1," conceded Cara Martinson of the California State Association of Counties. In general, California will treat c...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield seems to step up as the stakes get higher. The senior quarterback has a 9-1 career record after the start of November in his career at Oklahoma, with the only loss coming in a national semifinal against Clemson in 2015. Included in the wins are two victories over Oklahoma State that clinched Big 12 titles and a Sugar Bowl win over Auburn. Mayfield's late-season heroics helped him finish fourth in the Heisman balloting in 2015 and third last year. The way he handles pressure is of the main...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — It could have been a nightmare scenario for Oklahoma State when starting running back Justice Hill left the game with an injury early in the first quarter on the road against West Virginia. Hill exited after gaining 42 yards on two carries, and freshman backup J.D. King stepped up in his place. King wound up setting career highs with 36 rushes and 142 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown run that gave the No. 11 Cowboys (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) a 23-3 lead in the second quarter en route to a 50-39 victory. King also had a p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House Monday approved four spending bills to supplement the budgets of three state agencies but did not consider any measures to raise new revenue to help fill a $215 million hole in the state budget. The House took the action at the start of the sixth week of a special legislative session called by Gov. Mary Fallin to fill the budget shortfall and look for long-term solutions to chronic shortfalls that have forced deep cuts to state agencies and services for three consecutive years. The measures passed by t...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A new Oklahoma law is making it official: Slower drivers need to move to the right. A new law taking effect on Nov. 1 states that the left lane on multilane roadways in Oklahoma will be for passing only, not traveling, the Tulsa World reported . Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Dwight Durant said vehicles in the left lane will be required to move to the right if another vehicle comes up from behind, allowing the faster-moving vehicle to pass. "You're no longer allowed to travel in that left lane. Period," Durant said. The l...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the federal trial of in Las Vegas of four defendants, including Nevada rancher and states' rights figure Cliven Bundy, on charges stemming from an armed standoff with federal agents in April 2014 (all times local): 12:55 p.m. Jury selection is expected to take several days and trial could take four months in Las Vegas for Nevada rancher and states' rights figure Cliven Bundy, two sons and one other co-defendant in an armed standoff with federal agents in April 2014. A judge told 49 prospective jurors on Monday t...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has blocked a new drunken-driving law from taking effect. An order handed down by the state's highest court Monday prevents the Impaired Driving Elimination Act from taking effect as scheduled on Wednesday and prohibits authorities from enforcing its provisions until the court rules on a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. The law creates a new program for first-time DUI offenders and abolishes the appeals process for people trying to keep their licenses after being arrested for DUI. It w...
CARNEGIE, Okla. (AP) — Investigators say a body discovered in rural Caddo County has been identified as that of a 30-year-old woman. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Monday that the Sheriff's Office has asked the agency to help investigate the woman's death. Latent fingerprint examiners with the OSBI have positively identified her as Cindy Rose Kaudlekaule of Carnegie. Caddo County officials requested OSBI's help on Thursday after county employees mowing in a rural area found a woman's body two miles east of Carnegie. The O...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Campus Corner's first mural showcases the area's history while starting another chapter for the merchant district. The new mural along Buchanan Avenue focuses on the connection between Campus Corner and University of Oklahoma sports by depicting OU's first Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Vessels, and OU basketball legend Wayman Tisdale. "I've had nothing but positive responses," muralist Dean Coder told The Norman Transcript about the project. "There are a lot of young people who are going to be walking around Campus Corner w...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A house that was part of the Underground Railroad has been dedicated as an official site along a new Kansas trail linking historical places related to African-American history. The Kansas African American History Trail officially opened last month as a partnership of 18 historic sites across Kansas, including Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education historic site. On Sunday, the Shawnee County Historical Society officially added the Ritchie House during a dedication in Topeka, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported . The event a...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three Newman University baseball players are temporarily suspended from sports activities while Wichita police investigate the death of a woman whose body was found in a truck. The woman's body was found early Sunday near the off-campus home of one of the students. The university said in a news release Monday that the three students are still attending classes. The woman was not a Newman student. Wichita officer Charley Davidson says a man who doesn't know the woman found her inside a pickup truck that belongs to her f...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas farmers have been busy with fall calving as well as planting next year's winter wheat and harvesting fall row crops. The latest update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service on Monday says about 84 percent of the state's wheat crop has been planted. Fall harvest is also well under way with 78 percent of the corn now cut, along with 73 percent of the soybeans. About 44 percent of the sorghum also has been harvested. The report also shows that 12 percent of the Kansas cotton crop has been cut as well as 4...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's state health commissioner has resigned after the board accused him of mismanaging the health department's finances. The board voted at an emergency meeting Monday to accept Terry Cline's resignation and appoint its finance secretary, Preston Doerflinger, as interim commissioner. The board also said Julie Cox-Kain, Cline's senior deputy commissioner, also has resigned. It also has ordered a special audit of the department. Cline had served as Oklahoma's health commissioner since June 2009. According to the M...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A former high school music teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of probation, despite objections from the victim and prosecutors. Zachary Timbrell, who is married and has two young children, had pleaded guilty to sex assault by a person in a position of trust and sexual exploitation of a child. He was sentenced Monday and must register as a sex offender. The victim, now 19, said the assaults happened over several months last year, including o...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Western Kentucky University regents have approved a five-year plan to promote diversity, equity and inclusion on the Bowling Green campus. WKU President Timothy C. Caboni says the plan demonstrates the school's willingness to create a culture where everyone can flourish. Lynne Holland, WKU's dean of students, says the plan focuses on promoting diversity through student recruitment, retention and graduate rates. It also focuses on fostering a culture of inclusivity on campus. WKU says the plan reflects its commitment t...
ATLANTA (AP) — One of the nation's largest railroads must replace millions of defective wooden railroad ties on its tracks because they're degrading faster than expected, the company said in a federal lawsuit. Norfolk Southern Railway blames an Alabama company that produced its railroad ties of failing to use proper protective coating on more than 4.7 million of them, the railroad said in its lawsuit filed this month in U.S. District Court in Alabama. Instead of using materials that preserve the wood, officials with Boatright Railroad P...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks retreated from their record highs on Monday, ahead of a frenetic week for markets. Investors are waiting to learn who the next head of the Federal Reserve will be, what several of the world's biggest central banks will decide on interest rates, and whether Apple and other big U.S. companies can keep piling their profits higher. In the meantime, reports continued to show that the economy is strengthening and negotiations continued in Washington to cut income-tax rates. Amid the many cross currents, the Standard & Poor's 5...
