New law restores limited driving for those unable to pay fines
Kansas resumes a restricted license program allowing drivers with suspended licenses due to unpaid noncriminal or misdemeanor fines to drive for work school and health care. A $25 fee and written application to the DMV are required. the license lasts one year and excludes DUI suspensions. Formerly expired in 2023 supporters say it helps working poor avoid penalties.
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International leadership institute ends with cultural dinner
Thirty women from Mongolia Egypt India Morocco Pakistan and Afghanistan took part in the U S State Department funded The U S Institute on Women s Leadership providing four weeks of classes projects and site visits at Kansas University in Lawrence The participants shared cultures through food and collaboration expressing hopes to apply lessons abroad and back home during a July 20 return trip to their countries
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Retirement Legion post opens at Reflection Ridge Wichita
Veterans at Reflection Ridge celebrate the second Wichita American Legion post. Founders Sampson Finns and Foulkes lead a charter with 20 to 25 members. The post invites non residents and honors 70 veterans on a Wall of Honor. Local Grasslands post inspiration shows aging veterans gaining purpose and activity.
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Frank Foulkes
Reflection Ridge
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Kansas
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Grasslands Estates
Grasslands
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Tion Ridge
Man of Steel scene sparks tornado safety debate
Weather officials in Tornado Alley criticize a Superman film scene that shows a highway overpass as shelter, urging the public not to follow it. NWS experts say overpasses can be deadly, advise steering away from the tornado or seeking a sturdy shelter off the road and into a ditch if needed.
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Hollywood
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Dodge City
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Wichita Weather Service
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Sentencing Monday in K State arson case in Manhattan
Kansas State University student Patrick Martin Scahill faces a potential 40 year prison term after pleading guilty to setting a February fire that killed 34 year old Vasanta Pallem, a postdoctoral chemical engineer. Prosecutors urge a lengthy sentence, while the defense seeks leniency citing remorse and responsibility. Virginia Amanda Griese also pleaded guilty to aiding the arson to divert police from narcotics.
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Manhattan
U.S
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Patrick Martin Scahill
Scahill
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Vasanta Pallem
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