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President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration in Kansas, citing the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding the state experienced April 14 and 15.
The declaration orders Federal aid to assist with state and local recovery efforts, according to a release from the White House.
The 2012 Walnut Council Field Day will begin at 9 a.m. June 1 at Kansas State University's Forestry Research Center near Tuttle Creek Dam north of Manhattan, according to a news release.
Jerry Van Sambeek, plant research physiologist with the U.S. Forest Service, will talk about best management practices in the cultivation of black walnut and companion crops. Bill Reid, K-State Research and Extension's nut crop specialist, will lead a discussion on cultivars with promising growth and performance.
A 13-year-old boy injured Tuesday night in a hit-and-run accident in the city’s Oakland neighborhood continues to recover from surgery at a Kansas City, Mo., hospital, his father said Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, Topeka police continue to ask the public’s help in locating the driver of the minivan that struck the youth.
Daniel Pickering underwent what his parents said was successful surgery Wednesday at Children’s Mercy Hospital to remove a blood clot that had gathered on a layer between his skull and brain.
WICHITA — A Wichita research center created five years ago to create medical inventions and create hundreds of jobs is being reorganized.
The Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research had hoped to turn aircraft materials into medical advances but had little success.
OVERLAND PARK — Even Harry Truman had problems keeping up with his bills.
The late president somehow didn’t pay a paperboy for six months of newspapers delivered to his Independence, Mo., home in 1947.
On Wednesday, the paperboy finally got his money.
Truman impersonator Niel Johnson presented a check for $56.63 to George Lund, now an 80-year-old resident of a retirement community in Overland Park.
HUTCHINSON — A vandal decided to take a ride while doing damage at the Hutchinson Municipal Airport.
Airport officials say someone used a mower early Wednesday to drive over 19 taxiway lights, a runway threshold light and three signs that direct pilots to runways.
Airport manager Pieter Miller said he never has seen as much damage at the airport. He estimated the replacement cost for the lights is about $3,000.
Miller said an airport employee left the keys in the mower, which sits outside near a shop.
WICHITA — The art museum at Wichita State University will use a $250,000 grant to repair a massive mosaic by Spanish artist Joan Miro.
The money comes from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The mosaic, which measures 28 feet by 52 feet, was installed in 1978 across the south facade of the Ulrich Museum of Art.
The outdoor mural, called Bird People, depicts several surrealist birds.
A cooler day is on tap for Topeka-area residents Thursday with a chance of rain during the day.
Forecasters with the National Weather Service are calling for a high today in the lower 80s with a 20 percent chance for rain or thunderstorms before 4 p.m.
The chance for rain continues Friday as temperatures begin to creep higher.
Wednesday’s high temperature in the capital city was 93 degrees, just 2 degrees shy of the record high of 95 degrees for May 23 set in 1939.
Here is the seven-day outlook from the National Weather Service office in Topeka.
Visitors to state parks and lakes in Kansas now have a mobile app to help them find their way around.
The state Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has launched a free app called the Kansas State Parks Pocket Ranger.
The program has interactive GPS and mapping technology for trails, waypoints and landmarks at state parks. It also has features to assist with locating visitors in case of an emergency.
The app is available at www.pocketranger.com and on iTunes.
GARNETT — Gov. Sam Brownback plans to speak at a Memorial Day service outside the small, eastern Kansas town of Garnett, where he grew up.
Brownback’s office said the ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at the Garnett Cemetery. The event is sponsored by the local posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Garnett is about 50 miles south of Lawrence in Anderson County.
WICHITA — Families of former cadets suing a Kansas military school for alleged abuse are fighting the academy’s effort to bar distribution of a video showing a student with two broken legs.
St. John’s Military School in Salina sought a protective order last week after The Associated Press requested comment on the cellphone video clip.
But in a response filed Wednesday in federal court, the families said the issue is moot because The AP already has distributed a story containing the video.
A Topeka man was arrested late Wednesday in connection with possession of drugs and homemade explosives, police said.
Officers were sent to a home in the 900 block of N.E. Michigan Ave., in the city’s Oakland neighborhood, on a drug complaint.
During the "knock and talk" with residents at the home, police officers developed enough probable cause to request a search warrant.
After receiving the search warrant, officers found illegal narcotics and homemade explosives at the home.
One person was in custody early Thursday after a short police chase on the city’s east side.
Authorities said the chase began about 2:05 a.m. near S.E. 25th and Pennsylvania and ended a short time later when the person being chased crashed the car he was driving near S.E. 23rd and Madison.
The driver of the car then fled from the area on foot but was apprehended at 2:31 a.m.
A police K-9 assisted with the apprehension.
The apprehended man was treated at the scene by American Medical Response ambulance crews before being taken to the Shawnee County Jail.
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PETS
The following animals have been brought to the Helping Hands Humane Society, 2625 N.W. Rochester Road. The telephone number is 233-7325.
Cats
Unknown, orange, 5 years old, 1735 N.W. Lyman.
Female, black with white, 8 weeks, 200 block of N.E. Chandler
Dogs
Male Chihuahua, black with white, 1 year old, 500 block of S.E. Burr
Male Border collie, tri-color, 7 years old, Intersection of S.W. 8th and Randolph
Female Yorkshire terrier, cream, 4 years old, Intersection of S.W. Clontarf and Westview.
