11 years ago
The Cowardly Lion costume from the classic film "The Wizard of Oz" and the piano from the movie "Casablanca" each sold for over $3 million at a New York City auction. They were among Hollywood memorabilia offered at Bonhams on Monday. The big cat outfit, which went for just over $3 million, had been authenticated as the ...

11 years ago
A Texas man has been sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to violating a federal law protecting birds while he was in Kansas. The U.S. Attorney's office says 52-year-old George Morgan of Gordonville, Texas, pleaded guilty Monday to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. He was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine ...

11 years ago
Kansas man has been sentenced to federal prison after AOL's automatic detection system caught him emailing child pornography. Fifty-six-year-old Walter Ackerman of Lebanon was sentenced Monday to 14 years and two months in prison after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child pornography. Prosecutors say Ackerman possessed more than 750 sexually explicit images of children. AOL Inc. ...

11 years ago
Wichita police have arrested a county paramedic who they say possessed pornographic pictures of girls he met through a program for teens interested in becoming EMTs. Lt. Kevin Vaughn said Monday the 23-year-old Sedgwick County Emergency Medical Service employee was arrested over the weekend. He faces charges of indecent solicitation of a child, sexual exploitation of ...

11 years ago
Kansas University officials say they have nearly met a first-semester target of international students enrolled through a recruitment program. Earlier this year, the university and company Shorelight Education formally announced a partnership for the International Academic Accelerator Program, which is aimed at increasing the school's international enrollment to help diversify the student body. A university official says ...

11 years ago
A group of Kansas investors has proposed a $130 million casino in southeast Kansas, the third project to vie for the license. The Cherokee County Commission on Monday endorsed the project from Castle Rock Casino Resort. The company wants to build a casino with 1,400 slot machines, 35 table games and a poker room with 16 ...

11 years ago
An autopsy has begun on a Kansas woman who died this weekend, days after she was sexually assaulted and set on fire in a park. Sedgwick County spokeswoman Brittany Clampitt said Monday that coroner's officials were investigating, but it wasn't clear when the examination would be complete. Relatives held a memorial for Letitia "Tish" Davis on Sunday ...

11 years ago
An employee at a Salina retirement community is accused of forgery and theft. Police arrested 35-year-old Karis Ann Ratcliff of Salina on Saturday. Police allege that while Ratcliff was a dietary assistant at Presbyterian Manor, 2601 E. Crawford, she removed blank checks from an 80-year-old female's room, forged the woman's name and deposited the money in her ...

11 years ago
A 34-year-old Kansas felon has been declared psychologically unfit for trial in federal court in the July armed robberies of a Las Vegas Strip casino cashier and a bank. Trial was canceled Friday for Scott Alan Carmitchel on charges of interference with commerce by robbery at the Bellagio and armed robbery of a City National ...

11 years ago
A suspect wanted for pistol whipping a man in October - is caught by police after allegedly robbing a Salina liquor store on Friday night. Police used video from Dalila's Liquor, 915 W. Crawford to help identify 21-year-old Calvin Frenzley, and a tip from a concerned citizen to locate him on Saturday at the Days Inn. Police ...

11 years ago
State universities in Kansas are seeking to hike their room and board rates for the upcoming school year. The Kansas Board of Regents is expected to approve the increases in December. There was a first reading of the proposals last week. At the University of Kansas, a typical rate for a residence hall double-room and ...