No bid contracts spark inquiry in Kansas government
Democrats on the Legislative Coordinating Council push to form a subpoena power committee to probe no bid consulting deals in state agencies including the Department on Aging. Republicans favor using the Legislative Post Audit and Ethics Commission instead, arguing hearings should remain closed until results are released.
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Topeka
Department On Aging
Legislative Coordinating Council
Legislative Division
Post Audit
State Ethics Commission
Ethics Commission
High school shooter Kip Kinkel gets life sentence
Kip Kinkel, 17, was sentenced to nearly 112 years in prison for killing his parents and wounding 25 others at Thurston High School in Springfield. The judge said victims’ safety outweighed rehabilitation and ruled no parole with potential gubernatorial commute.
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EuGene
Kip Kinkel
Kinkel
Thurston High School
Springfield
Jack Mattison
Lawrence veterans war photos spark WWII documentary
Lawrence residents Glenn Kappelman and Clay Kappelman plus Linda Haskins and Art Barkis are shaping a World War II documentary using Kappelman’s 100 rolls of battlefield film. The project blends interviews and hours of footage from 106th Cavalry Group veterans, aiming as a family keepsake.
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Lawrence
Glenn Kappelman
Army
106Th Cavalry Group
Kappelman
Europe
Bail
RICHARDSON/fourNAL
World Photo
Clay Kappelman
Linda Haskins
Linda “Sam” Haskins
Miliath
Art Barkis
Liberty
Haskins
John Clifford
Mark von Schlemmer
Bill Curtis
NTSB probes EgyptAir 990 recorder for clues
The NTSB reported that eight seconds after autopilot disconnect, EgyptAir Flight 990 began a controlled descent from 33,000 feet to about 19,000 feet. The flight data recorder was being analyzed, with experts noting the descent as extraordinary and considering possible cockpit emergencies or thrust reverser issues. All 217 aboard perished when the New York to Cairo flight sank south of Nantucket Island after takeoff from Kennedy Airport.
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Washington
EgyptAir
Safety Board
Hall
Ed Crawley
The
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ment
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Crawley
Barry Trotter
NTSB
Trotter
Boeing
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Carolyn Chouest
EgyptAir 990
Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket
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