TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' Republican House leader on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts that would have thrust the state into a widening national&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-voting-maps-congress-trump-2ba53ae1f492f8e293f0fa261604e8c6">battle for partisan advantage</a>&nbsp;in the 2026 elections.

The announcement by Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins ends a weekslong push by GOP lawmakers to circumvent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and call themselves into a special session on redistricting, which would have convened later this week.

A session would have targeted ousting four-term U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, the only Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation.

Kansas Republicans were trying to answer President Donald Trump's call for states to redraw their maps to give the GOP at least seven more winnable seats ahead of the 2026 midterms so the party stands a better chance of keeping its slim House majority.

The Kansas constitution allowed Republicans to bypass Kelly’s refusal to call a special session by having two-thirds of the members of both chambers sign a petition. The GOP has the necessary supermajorities, but a few Republican lawmakers opposed a mid-decade redistricting. Others feared that changes could make the three other Republican-held districts more competitive for Democrats.

“Planning a Special Session is always going to be an uphill battle with multiple agendas, scheduling conflicts and many unseen factors at play,” Hawkins said in a statement.

GOP lawmakers in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-texas-elections-2026-trump-5e67fa8cccda52c4c4af22178db6a2de">Texas,</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymander-trump-missouri-936e8daecadb32556fcfbd2eb9f7457b">Missouri</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-congress-redistricting-trump-5dccfdf94253efb56c59bbb3d3e3a6d8">North Carolina</a>&nbsp;have heeded the president's call for new maps.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/barack-obama-california-redistricting-proposal-ad-c3961c1de1c93a57904e7b8df9a1a3fb">California</a>&nbsp;countered with an initiative on Tuesday's ballot to pick up five Democratic seats there.

It would have been only the second time in the state's 164-year history that lawmakers bypassed the governor for a special session. The only previous time was&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-religion-eadf501664c90e87c9949d6a3adecc0f">in 2021,</a>&nbsp;when Republicans sought to challenge federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. GOP leaders circulated this year's petition for weeks.

Republicans still could circulate another petition, but the Legislature is scheduled to convene its next regular, annual session on Jan. 12, and they would still have time after that to get a new map into law.

The state's filing candidate filing deadline isn't until June 1, and the primary election is Aug. 4.

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 </figure>By JOHN HANNA AP Political WriterTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' Republican House leader on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts that would have thrust the state into a widening national&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-voting-maps-congress-trump-2ba53ae1f492f8e293f0fa261604e8c6">battle for partisan advantage</a>&nbsp;in the 2026 elections.The announcement by Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins ends a weekslong push by GOP lawmakers to circumvent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and call themselves into a special session on redistricting, which would have convened later this week.A session would have targeted ousting four-term U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, the only Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation.Kansas Republicans were trying to answer President Donald Trump's call for states to redraw their maps to give the GOP at least seven more winnable seats ahead of the 2026 midterms so the party stands a better chance of keeping its slim House majority.The Kansas constitution allowed Republicans to bypass Kelly’s refusal to call a special session by having two-thirds of the members of both chambers sign a petition. The GOP has the necessary supermajorities, but a few Republican lawmakers opposed a mid-decade redistricting. Others feared that changes could make the three other Republican-held districts more competitive for Democrats.“Planning a Special Session is always going to be an uphill battle with multiple agendas, scheduling conflicts and many unseen factors at play,” Hawkins said in a statement.GOP lawmakers in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-texas-elections-2026-trump-5e67fa8cccda52c4c4af22178db6a2de">Texas,</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymander-trump-missouri-936e8daecadb32556fcfbd2eb9f7457b">Missouri</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-congress-redistricting-trump-5dccfdf94253efb56c59bbb3d3e3a6d8">North Carolina</a>&nbsp;have heeded the president's call for new maps.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/barack-obama-california-redistricting-proposal-ad-c3961c1de1c93a57904e7b8df9a1a3fb">California</a>&nbsp;countered with an initiative on Tuesday's ballot to pick up five Democratic seats there.It would have been only the second time in the state's 164-year history that lawmakers bypassed the governor for a special session. The only previous time was&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-religion-eadf501664c90e87c9949d6a3adecc0f">in 2021,</a>&nbsp;when Republicans sought to challenge federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. GOP leaders circulated this year's petition for weeks.Republicans still could circulate another petition, but the Legislature is scheduled to convene its next regular, annual session on Jan. 12, and they would still have time after that to get a new map into law.The state's filing candidate filing deadline isn't until June 1, and the primary election is Aug. 4.

Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle

SEDGWICK COUNTY— Wichita Police arrested a suspect early Monday morning in connection with a shooting that left another man seriously injured in south Wichita.

At approximately 3:30 a.m.,&nbsp; police responded to a shooting in the 2100 block of South Broadway, according to a media release. When officers arrived, they located a 33-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported by EMS to a local hospital in serious condition.

As the investigation continued into the morning, officers later located the suspect identified in county booking records as 39-year-old Larry D. Jordan in the 4500 block of South Broadway. Jordan attempted to flee but was quickly apprehended. He was found to be in possession of a firearm and was transported to the Investigations for questioning.

Officers booked Jordan into the Sedgwick County Jail on requested charges of aggravated battery, felon in possession of a firearm, and felony obstruction. Jordan has been listed as a violent Kansas Offender since 2016, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He has previous felony convictions that include aggravated assault, felon in possession of a weapon and violation of the offender registration act. He has been out of prison since January.

The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office for formal charging.

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY— Wichita Police arrested a suspect early Monday morning in connection with a shooting that left another man seriously injured in south Wichita.At approximately 3:30 a.m.,&nbsp; police responded to a shooting in the 2100 block of South Broadway, according to a media release. When officers arrived, they located a 33-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported by EMS to a local hospital in serious condition.As the investigation continued into the morning, officers later located the suspect identified in county booking records as 39-year-old Larry D. Jordan in the 4500 block of South Broadway. Jordan attempted to flee but was quickly apprehended. He was found to be in possession of a firearm and was transported to the Investigations for questioning.Officers booked Jordan into the Sedgwick County Jail on requested charges of aggravated battery, felon in possession of a firearm, and felony obstruction. Jordan has been listed as a violent Kansas Offender since 2016, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He has previous felony convictions that include aggravated assault, felon in possession of a weapon and violation of the offender registration act. He has been out of prison since January.The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office for formal charging.

Kan. registered offender jailed for shooting that left victim with critical injuries

By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted Tuesday that there could be&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-travel-delays-canceled-flights-38bd3f9d066b064b5f2aa248864fe13b">chaos in the skies</a>&nbsp;next week if the government shutdown drags on and air traffic controllers miss a second paycheck.

There have already been&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/flight-delays-cancellations-government-shutdown-5034216cb5bb41bd40e27bb7861b2dd3">numerous delays</a>&nbsp;at airports across the country — sometimes hours long — because the Federal Aviation Administration slows down or stops traffic temporarily anytime it is short on controllers. Last weekend saw some of the worst staff shortages and on Sunday, flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were delayed for several hours.

Duffy and the head of the air traffic controllers union have&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-air-traffic-controller-flight-delays-79fb7bb608e9540519f68527aa56bda6">both warned</a>&nbsp;that the situation will only get worse the longer the shutdown continues and the financial pressure continues to grow on people who are forced to work without pay. FAA employees already missed one paycheck on Oct. 28. Their next payday is scheduled for next Tuesday.

“Many of the controllers said ‘A lot of us can navigate missing one paycheck. Not everybody, but a lot of us can. None of us can manage missing two paychecks,’” Duffy said. “So if you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos. You will see mass flight delays. You’ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don’t have air traffic controllers.”

Most of the flight disruptions so far during the shutdown have been&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-paycheck-260328da55297a602dd8334f613a02df">isolated and temporary</a>. But if delays become more widespread and start to ripple throughout the system, the pressure will mount on Congress to reach an agreement to end the shutdown.

Major airlines, aviation unions and the travel industry have been urging Congress to end this shutdown as soon as possible by voting to support the clean funding resolution that Republicans have proposed.

The U.S. Travel Association&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ustravel.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/UST25_Letter_ThanksgivingTravelShutdown_v6.pdf">said in a letter</a>&nbsp;to Congressional leaders this week that the economy has already lost more than $4 billion because of the shutdown, and the industry worries the impact will get significantly worse if the shutdown continues into the holiday travel season.

“With Thanksgiving, the busiest travel period of the year, imminently approaching, the consequences of a continued shutdown will be immediate, deeply felt by millions of American travelers, and economically devastating to communities in every state,” the U.S. Travel Association said.

Normally, airlines strive to have at least 80% of their flights depart and arrive within 15 minutes of when they are scheduled. Aviation analytics firm Cirium said that since the shutdown began on Oct. 1, the total number of delays overall has not fallen significantly below that goal because most of the disruptions so far have been no worse than what happens when a major thunderstorm moves across an airport.

But on Sunday, only about 56% of Newark's departures were on time, and the Orlando airport reported that only about 70% of its flights were on time, according to Cirium.

As of midday Tuesday, there have been 1,932 flight delays reported across the United States, according to www.FlightAware.com. That is lower than what is typical although the FAA did say that flights in Phoenix were being delayed Tuesday morning because of staffing shortages. Strong winds are also causing delays at the Newark and LaGuardia airports Tuesday.

By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation WriterTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted Tuesday that there could be&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-travel-delays-canceled-flights-38bd3f9d066b064b5f2aa248864fe13b">chaos in the skies</a>&nbsp;next week if the government shutdown drags on and air traffic controllers miss a second paycheck.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/SecDuffy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDuffy</a> on another $0 paycheck for air traffic controllers coming next week: “You will see MASS chaos, MASS cancellations MASS flight delays, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace because we cannot manage it.“ 🚨 <a href="https://t.co/tr8A1OuAx1">pic.twitter.com/tr8A1OuAx1</a>&mdash; USDOT Rapid Response (@USDOTRapid) <a href="https://twitter.com/USDOTRapid/status/1985791830919877044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>There have already been&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/flight-delays-cancellations-government-shutdown-5034216cb5bb41bd40e27bb7861b2dd3">numerous delays</a>&nbsp;at airports across the country — sometimes hours long — because the Federal Aviation Administration slows down or stops traffic temporarily anytime it is short on controllers. Last weekend saw some of the worst staff shortages and on Sunday, flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were delayed for several hours.Duffy and the head of the air traffic controllers union have&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-air-traffic-controller-flight-delays-79fb7bb608e9540519f68527aa56bda6">both warned</a>&nbsp;that the situation will only get worse the longer the shutdown continues and the financial pressure continues to grow on people who are forced to work without pay. FAA employees already missed one paycheck on Oct. 28. Their next payday is scheduled for next Tuesday.“Many of the controllers said ‘A lot of us can navigate missing one paycheck. Not everybody, but a lot of us can. None of us can manage missing two paychecks,’” Duffy said. “So if you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos. You will see mass flight delays. You’ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don’t have air traffic controllers.”Most of the flight disruptions so far during the shutdown have been&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-paycheck-260328da55297a602dd8334f613a02df">isolated and temporary</a>. But if delays become more widespread and start to ripple throughout the system, the pressure will mount on Congress to reach an agreement to end the shutdown.Major airlines, aviation unions and the travel industry have been urging Congress to end this shutdown as soon as possible by voting to support the clean funding resolution that Republicans have proposed.The U.S. Travel Association&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ustravel.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/UST25_Letter_ThanksgivingTravelShutdown_v6.pdf">said in a letter</a>&nbsp;to Congressional leaders this week that the economy has already lost more than $4 billion because of the shutdown, and the industry worries the impact will get significantly worse if the shutdown continues into the holiday travel season.“With Thanksgiving, the busiest travel period of the year, imminently approaching, the consequences of a continued shutdown will be immediate, deeply felt by millions of American travelers, and economically devastating to communities in every state,” the U.S. Travel Association said.Normally, airlines strive to have at least 80% of their flights depart and arrive within 15 minutes of when they are scheduled. Aviation analytics firm Cirium said that since the shutdown began on Oct. 1, the total number of delays overall has not fallen significantly below that goal because most of the disruptions so far have been no worse than what happens when a major thunderstorm moves across an airport.But on Sunday, only about 56% of Newark's departures were on time, and the Orlando airport reported that only about 70% of its flights were on time, according to Cirium.As of midday Tuesday, there have been 1,932 flight delays reported across the United States, according to www.FlightAware.com. That is lower than what is typical although the FAA did say that flights in Phoenix were being delayed Tuesday morning because of staffing shortages. Strong winds are also causing delays at the Newark and LaGuardia airports Tuesday.

🎥Dire warning for air travelers if government shutdown continues

WASHINGTON&nbsp; —Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice president of U.S. history died at the age of 84.&nbsp;

On social media Kansas lawmakers shared thoughts on Cheney.

Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from family spokesman Jeremy Adler.

The quietly forceful Cheney served father and son presidents, leading the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as vice president under Bush’s son, George W. Bush.

Years after leaving office, he became a target of Trump, especially after daughter Liz Cheney became the leading Republican critic and examiner of Trump’s desperate attempts to stay in power after his election defeat and his actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune in a floor speech said Cheney was “a lifelong public servant who believed very deeply in our country.”

Sen. John Barrasso, the no. 2 in Senate Republican leadership, who like Cheney is from Wyoming, called him “a towering figure who helped guide the course of history in Wyoming, the United States, and around the world.”

And Sen. Lindsey Graham said Cheney had a “tremendous sense of confidence in who he was and what he believed.”

“When that self-confidence clashed with members of both parties, he was unshaken,” Graham added.

Their words were notable because Cheney, after his retirement from public office, became a critic of Trump.

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 </figure>WASHINGTON&nbsp; —Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice president of U.S. history died at the age of 84.&nbsp;On social media Kansas lawmakers shared thoughts on Cheney.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Vice President Cheney had a long career in public service from Chief of Staff for President Ford to the House Whip to Secretary of Defense and finally to Vice President. His leadership over his decades-long career gave him valuable insight as he served President George W. Bush.…&mdash; Senator Jerry Moran (@JerryMoran) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryMoran/status/1985727760564642007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Vice President Cheney spent a lifetime in service to our nation and lead our country through some of its most challenging times. Laina and I are praying for his family and loved ones during this difficult time.&mdash; Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1985691215090651227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from family spokesman Jeremy Adler.The quietly forceful Cheney served father and son presidents, leading the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as vice president under Bush’s son, George W. Bush.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">January 20, 2001 - Dick Cheney is sworn in as Vice President of the United States. <a href="https://t.co/Gm9ooaEkE6">pic.twitter.com/Gm9ooaEkE6</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1985709810289881143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">From 2015, former Vice President Dick Cheney Bust unveiled in the U.S. Capitol.<a href="https://t.co/KH66WI1Erl">pic.twitter.com/KH66WI1Erl</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1985711296885735499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">From 2004 Vice Presidential Debate, Dick Cheney to John Edwards: &quot;Senator, frankly, you have a record in the Senate that&#39;s not very distinguished. You&#39;ve missed 33 out of 36 meetings in the Judiciary Committee, almost 70 percent of the meetings of the Intelligence Committee.… <a href="https://t.co/XW9CN32RTp">pic.twitter.com/XW9CN32RTp</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1985704895681315129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Years after leaving office, he became a target of Trump, especially after daughter Liz Cheney became the leading Republican critic and examiner of Trump’s desperate attempts to stay in power after his election defeat and his actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.Senate Majority Leader John Thune in a floor speech said Cheney was “a lifelong public servant who believed very deeply in our country.”Sen. John Barrasso, the no. 2 in Senate Republican leadership, who like Cheney is from Wyoming, called him “a towering figure who helped guide the course of history in Wyoming, the United States, and around the world.”And Sen. Lindsey Graham said Cheney had a “tremendous sense of confidence in who he was and what he believed.”“When that self-confidence clashed with members of both parties, he was unshaken,” Graham added.Their words were notable because Cheney, after his retirement from public office, became a critic of Trump.

Kansas lawmakers on the death of former vice president Dick Cheney

By:<a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/author/zachwendling/">Zach Wendling</a> <a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/03/17/lincoln-senators-clash-over-nebraska-school-retirement-bill-as-school-leaders-weigh-in/">Nebraska Examiner</a>

LINCOLN — A Nebraska-run immigration detention facility in McCook will begin accepting the first federal migrant detainees at the state prison facility “in the next day or two,” Gov. Jim Pillen said Monday.

Pillen, speaking at an unrelated news conference, said the repurposing of Nebraska’s former Work Ethic Camp would include moving in the first federal migrant detainees this week.&nbsp;

Pillen had previously said he estimated the first detainees would come by Oct. 31 but had backed that up last week to early November. He and other state and federal officials have dubbed the revamped facility the “Cornhusker Clink.”

Nebraska has agreed to transition the former all-male state prison, which had offered rehabilitative programming and allowed inmates to work in the neighboring community, under an&nbsp;<a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/10/17/nebraska-signed-contract-with-ice-on-sept-30-to-turn-state-prison-into-migrant-detention-center/">initial two-year contract</a>&nbsp;with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The contract was&nbsp;<a href="https://corrections.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/Contract-NDCS-Department-of-Homeland-Security-ICE.pdf" target="_blank">signed Sept. 30</a>.

The facility will remain state-owned and operated.

Under the contract, the Nebraska-ICE facility will eventually house up to 300 detainees. That would be more than the current maximum of about 200. Pillen said he expects the project — which he described as in two “phases” — to fill up to 200 detainees within “two to three weeks.”

Nebraska plans to find more room to support immigration court hearings at the facility and bedding for up to 300 adult male and female detainees, such as by repurposing previous programming space.&nbsp;

Pillen said the state is in the “midst” of getting the cost of that second phase approved, “and that’ll get started in the next couple of weeks.”

“Don’t have an exact timeline to that,” Pillen said Monday of the expansion. “My guess … it would be by the end of the year.”

Pillen’s office has estimated the contract would annually net Nebraska about $14.25 million. The Work Ethic Camp had an annual operating cost of $10.2 million. ICE has also agreed to also pay Nebraska a one-time lump sum of $5.9 million for “facility renovations.”&nbsp;

Reporter Erin Bamer contributed to this report.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/11/1762288285286.png" alt="The Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska. Oct. 24, 2025. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)" />
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 </figure>By:<a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/author/zachwendling/">Zach Wendling</a> <a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/03/17/lincoln-senators-clash-over-nebraska-school-retirement-bill-as-school-leaders-weigh-in/">Nebraska Examiner</a>LINCOLN — A Nebraska-run immigration detention facility in McCook will begin accepting the first federal migrant detainees at the state prison facility “in the next day or two,” Gov. Jim Pillen said Monday.Pillen, speaking at an unrelated news conference, said the repurposing of Nebraska’s former Work Ethic Camp would include moving in the first federal migrant detainees this week.&nbsp;Pillen had previously said he estimated the first detainees would come by Oct. 31 but had backed that up last week to early November. He and other state and federal officials have dubbed the revamped facility the “Cornhusker Clink.”Nebraska has agreed to transition the former all-male state prison, which had offered rehabilitative programming and allowed inmates to work in the neighboring community, under an&nbsp;<a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/10/17/nebraska-signed-contract-with-ice-on-sept-30-to-turn-state-prison-into-migrant-detention-center/">initial two-year contract</a>&nbsp;with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The contract was&nbsp;<a href="https://corrections.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/Contract-NDCS-Department-of-Homeland-Security-ICE.pdf" target="_blank">signed Sept. 30</a>.The facility will remain state-owned and operated.Under the contract, the Nebraska-ICE facility will eventually house up to 300 detainees. That would be more than the current maximum of about 200. Pillen said he expects the project — which he described as in two “phases” — to fill up to 200 detainees within “two to three weeks.”Nebraska plans to find more room to support immigration court hearings at the facility and bedding for up to 300 adult male and female detainees, such as by repurposing previous programming space.&nbsp;Pillen said the state is in the “midst” of getting the cost of that second phase approved, “and that’ll get started in the next couple of weeks.”“Don’t have an exact timeline to that,” Pillen said Monday of the expansion. “My guess … it would be by the end of the year.”Pillen’s office has estimated the contract would annually net Nebraska about $14.25 million. The Work Ethic Camp had an annual operating cost of $10.2 million. ICE has also agreed to also pay Nebraska a one-time lump sum of $5.9 million for “facility renovations.”&nbsp;Reporter Erin Bamer contributed to this report.

Nebraska set to house first ICE detainees at McCook state prison, governor says

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">WASHINGTON (AP)—President Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;caused some confusion earlier Tuesday when he appeared to threaten SNAP benefits unless Democrats voted to reopen the government — despite court orders mandating that the administration&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-government-shutdown-court-order-b354aa0b596dcb8bfc6dc59a3382e811">keep the nation’s largest food program running</a>.

Press secretary Karoline Levitt said Tuesday the administration continues to pay out&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-how-it-works-cards-e061c2af0f3cc997b69a24296238783c">SNAP</a>&nbsp;funding using contingency funding, which is what two separate judges ordered on Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-food-lines-snap-6b55e2c21c0198f3309f3a45a55f33b6">had planned to freeze SNAP payments</a>&nbsp;starting Nov. 1 because of a lapse in funds during the government shutdown.

In a social media post Tuesday morning, Trump said SNAP benefits had been handed out “haphazardly” under his predecessor.

SNAP benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” Trump added.

The government says the emergency fund it will use has enough to cover about half the normal benefits. Leavitt said Trump “does not want to have to tap into this fund in the future,” which is what he meant by his social media post earlier in the day.

WASHINGTON (AP) —President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will stop administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — seemingly going against what his administration indicated just Monday, when it said it will partially fund the food aid program for almost 42 million Americans.

Two judges had ordered them to do so using government contingency funds.

In a social media post Tuesday, Trump said SNAP benefits had been handed out “haphazardly” under his predecessor and said the aid needed to be just for those in need.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">WASHINGTON (AP)—President Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;caused some confusion earlier Tuesday when he appeared to threaten SNAP benefits unless Democrats voted to reopen the government — despite court orders mandating that the administration&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-government-shutdown-court-order-b354aa0b596dcb8bfc6dc59a3382e811">keep the nation’s largest food program running</a>.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>: &quot;We are digging into a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes, for war... The best way to get the full amount of SNAP benefits to those beneficiaries is for Democrats to reopen the government.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/tcicftrOYI">pic.twitter.com/tcicftrOYI</a>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1985780097089994860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Press secretary Karoline Levitt said Tuesday the administration continues to pay out&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-how-it-works-cards-e061c2af0f3cc997b69a24296238783c">SNAP</a>&nbsp;funding using contingency funding, which is what two separate judges ordered on Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-food-lines-snap-6b55e2c21c0198f3309f3a45a55f33b6">had planned to freeze SNAP payments</a>&nbsp;starting Nov. 1 because of a lapse in funds during the government shutdown.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">&quot;SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office... will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!&quot; - President Donald J. Trump <a href="https://t.co/VvPP6DU2qH">pic.twitter.com/VvPP6DU2qH</a>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1985741263472042069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In a social media post Tuesday morning, Trump said SNAP benefits had been handed out “haphazardly” under his predecessor.SNAP benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” Trump added.The government says the emergency fund it will use has enough to cover about half the normal benefits. Leavitt said Trump “does not want to have to tap into this fund in the future,” which is what he meant by his social media post earlier in the day.------------------------WASHINGTON (AP) —President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will stop administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — seemingly going against what his administration indicated just Monday, when it said it will partially fund the food aid program for almost 42 million Americans.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>: &quot;We are digging into a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes, for war... The best way to get the full amount of SNAP benefits to those beneficiaries is for Democrats to reopen the government.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/tcicftrOYI">pic.twitter.com/tcicftrOYI</a>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1985780097089994860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Two judges had ordered them to do so using government contingency funds.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">&quot;SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office... will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!&quot; - President Donald J. Trump <a href="https://t.co/VvPP6DU2qH">pic.twitter.com/VvPP6DU2qH</a>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1985741263472042069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In a social media post Tuesday, Trump said SNAP benefits had been handed out “haphazardly” under his predecessor and said the aid needed to be just for those in need.SNAP benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” Trump added.

🎥White House walks back President Trump’s threat to SNAP

WYANDOTTE COUNTY–Law enforcement investigating a weekend homicide in Kansas City, Kansas&nbsp; have identified the victim as 20-year-old&nbsp;Anna Juarez, according to a statement from police.

Just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday officers with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department were called the area of North 11th Street and Barnett Avenue to investigate a shooting.

When officers arrived on the scene they located Juarez, outside of her home. She had been shot.&nbsp;She was taken to the hospital, where she died from her injuries.&nbsp;A person of interest is currently in police custody.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY–Law enforcement investigating a weekend homicide in Kansas City, Kansas&nbsp; have identified the victim as 20-year-old&nbsp;Anna Juarez, according to a statement from police.Just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday officers with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department were called the area of North 11th Street and Barnett Avenue to investigate a shooting.When officers arrived on the scene they located Juarez, outside of her home. She had been shot.&nbsp;She was taken to the hospital, where she died from her injuries.&nbsp;A person of interest is currently in police custody.Police released no additional details.

Police ID woman killed outside her Kansas home

RILEY COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a business burglary in Manhattan.

Just after 8a.m. Monday, officers filed a report of burglary in the 100 block of S. Seth Child Road, accoding to the Riley County Police Department acitivity report.

 Mead Lumber reported an unknown suspect broke into the business and took money from the register and various tools from the store. The estimated total loss associated with this case is $2,100. 

Anyone with information, contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward up to $1,000.

RILEY COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a business burglary in Manhattan.Just after 8a.m. Monday, officers filed a report of burglary in the 100 block of S. Seth Child Road, accoding to the Riley County Police Department acitivity report. Mead Lumber reported an unknown suspect broke into the business and took money from the register and various tools from the store. The estimated total loss associated with this case is $2,100. Anyone with information, contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward up to $1,000.

Police: Kan. lumber yard lost $2,100 in burglary

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Police have completed a criminal investigation into a use of force incident involving Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Deputy Brett Anderson, according to a media release from Wichita Police.

At the request of Sheriff Jeff Easter, the WPD Alert Team conducted the investigation following a supervisory review of body-worn camera footage by the Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred on September 11, at a local hospital, where a handcuffed man was struck several times by Deputy Anderson during an encounter.

WPD investigators presented the case to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office, which has charged Deputy Anderson with one count of misdemeanor battery. 

On Tuesday, Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office formally filed one count of Misdemeanor Battery against charge against Brett Anderson in connection with the incident.

Deputy Anderson, a six-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, was immediately placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the criminal case.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Police have completed a criminal investigation into a use of force incident involving Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Deputy Brett Anderson, according to a media release from Wichita Police.At the request of Sheriff Jeff Easter, the WPD Alert Team conducted the investigation following a supervisory review of body-worn camera footage by the Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred on September 11, at a local hospital, where a handcuffed man was struck several times by Deputy Anderson during an encounter.WPD investigators presented the case to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office, which has charged Deputy Anderson with one count of misdemeanor battery. On Tuesday, Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office formally filed one count of Misdemeanor Battery against charge against Brett Anderson in connection with the incident.Deputy Anderson, a six-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, was immediately placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the criminal case.

Kan. deputy charged after hitting handcuffed man at hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family.

“For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States,” the statement said. "“Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing. We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.”

Cheney was, in effect, the chief operating officer of the younger Bush’s presidency. He had a hand, often a commanding one, in implementing decisions most important to the president and some of surpassing interest to himself — all while living with decades of heart disease and, post-administration, a heart transplant. Cheney consistently defended the extraordinary tools of surveillance, detention and inquisition employed in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Years after leaving office, he became a target of President Donald Trump, especially after daughter Liz Cheney became the leading Republican critic and examiner of Trump’s desperate attempts to stay in power after his election defeat and his actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who was a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-wyoming-election-2020-33ab8e7df6a6fe46661130a410487b97">a television ad for his daughter</a>. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He is a coward.”

In a twist the Democrats of his era could never have imagined, Dick Cheney said last year he was voting for their candidate, Kamala Harris, for president against Trump.

A survivor of five heart attacks, Cheney long thought he was living on borrowed time and declared in 2013 he now awoke each morning “with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day,” an odd image for a figure who always seemed to be manning the ramparts.

His vice presidency defined by the age of terrorism, Cheney disclosed that he had had the wireless function of his defibrillator turned off years earlier out of fear terrorists would remotely send his heart a fatal shock.

In his time in office, no longer was the vice presidency merely a ceremonial afterthought. Instead, Cheney made it a network of back channels from which to influence policy on Iraq, terrorism, presidential powers, energy and other cornerstones of a conservative agenda.

Fixed with a seemingly permanent half-smile -- detractors called it a smirk -- Cheney joked about his outsize reputation as a stealthy manipulator.

“Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?” he asked. “It’s a nice way to operate, actually.”

A hard-liner on Iraq who was increasingly isolated as other hawks left government, Cheney was proved wrong on point after point in the Iraq War, without ever losing the conviction that he was essentially right.

He alleged links between the 2001 attacks against the United States and prewar Iraq that didn’t exist. He said U.S. troops would be welcomed as liberators; they weren’t.

He declared the Iraqi insurgency in its last throes in May 2005, back when 1,661 U.S. service members had been killed, not even half the toll by war’s end.

For admirers, he kept the faith in a shaky time, resolute even as the nation turned against the war and the leaders waging it.

But well into Bush’s second term, Cheney’s clout waned, checked by courts or shifting political realities.

Courts ruled against efforts he championed to broaden presidential authority and accord special harsh treatment to suspected terrorists. His hawkish positions on Iran and North Korea were not fully embraced by Bush.

Cheney operated much of the time from undisclosed locations in the months after the 2001 attacks, kept apart from Bush to ensure one or the other would survive any follow-up assault on the country’s leadership.

With Bush out of town on that fateful day, Cheney was a steady presence in the White House, at least until Secret Service agents lifted him off his feet and carried him away, in a scene the vice president later described to comical effect.

From the beginning, Cheney and Bush struck an odd bargain, unspoken but well understood. Shelving any ambitions he might have had to succeed Bush, Cheney was accorded power comparable in some ways to the presidency itself.

“He is constituted in a way to be the ultimate No. 2 guy,” Dave Gribbin, a friend who grew up with Cheney in Casper, Wyoming, and worked with him in Washington, once said. “He is congenitally discreet. He is remarkably loyal.”

As Cheney put it: “I made the decision when I signed on with the president that the only agenda I would have would be his agenda, that I was not going to be like most vice presidents — and that was angling, trying to figure out how I was going to be elected president when his term was over with.”

His penchant for secrecy and backstage maneuvering had a price. He came to be seen as a thin-skinned Machiavelli orchestrating a bungled response to criticism of the Iraq war. And when he shot a hunting companion in the torso, neck and face with an errant shotgun blast in 2006, he and his coterie were slow to disclose that extraordinary turn of events.

The vice president called it “one of the worst days of my life.” The victim, his friend Harry Whittington, recovered and quickly forgave him. Comedians were relentless about it for months. Whittington died in 2023.

When Bush began his presidential quest, he sought help from Cheney, a Washington insider who had retreated to the oil business. Cheney led the team to find a vice presidential candidate.

Bush decided the best choice was the man picked to help with the choosing.

Together, the pair faced a protracted 2000 postelection battle before they could claim victory. A series of recounts and court challenges — a tempest that brewed from Florida to the nation’s highest court — left the nation in limbo for weeks.

Cheney took charge of the presidential transition before victory was clear and helped give the administration a smooth launch despite the lost time. In office, disputes among departments vying for a bigger piece of Bush’s constrained budget came to his desk and often were settled there.

On Capitol Hill, Cheney lobbied for the president’s programs in halls he had walked as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-liz-cheney-congress-0353d3d0aa0fd093285c8f890cad6bde">a deeply conservative member of Congress</a>&nbsp;and the No. 2 Republican House leader.

Jokes abounded about how Cheney was the real No. 1 in town; Bush didn’t seem to mind and cracked a few himself. But such comments became less apt later in Bush’s presidency as he clearly came into his own.

Cheney retired to Jackson Hole, not far from where Liz Cheney a few years later bought a home, establishing Wyoming residency before she won his old House seat in 2016. The fates of father and daughter grew closer, too, as the Cheney family became one of Trump’s favorite targets.

Dick Cheney rallied to his daughter’s defense in 2022 as she juggled her lead role on the committee investigating Jan. 6 with trying to get reelected in deeply conservative Wyoming.

Liz Cheney’s vote for Trump’s impeachment after the insurrection earned her praise from many Democrats and political observers outside Congress. But that praise and her father’s support didn’t keep her from losing badly in the Republican primary, a dramatic fall after her quick rise to the No. 3 job in the House GOP leadership.

Politics first lured Dick Cheney to Washington in 1968, when he was a congressional fellow. He became a protégé of Rep. Donald Rumsfeld, R-Ill,, serving under him in two agencies and in Gerald Ford’s White House before he was elevated to chief of staff, the youngest ever, at age 34.

Cheney held the post for 14 months, then returned to Casper, where he had been raised, and ran for the state’s single congressional seat.

In that first race for the House, Cheney suffered a mild heart attack, prompting him to crack he was forming a group called “Cardiacs for Cheney.” He still managed a decisive victory and went on to win five more terms.

In 1989, Cheney became defense secretary under the first President Bush and led the Pentagon during the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War that drove Iraq’s troops from Kuwait. Between the two Bush administrations, Cheney led Dallas-based Halliburton Corp., a large engineering and construction company for the oil industry.

Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, son of a longtime Agriculture Department worker. Senior class president and football co-captain in Casper, he went to Yale on a full scholarship for a year but left with failing grades.

He moved back to Wyoming, eventually enrolled at the University of Wyoming and renewed a relationship with high school sweetheart Lynne Anne Vincent, marrying her in 1964. He is survived by his wife, by Liz and by a second daughter, Mary.

Associated Press writer Mead Gruver in Cheyenne, Wyoming, contributed to this report.

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 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died. Learn more about his life and career by searching his 452 C-SPAN appearances: <a href="https://t.co/W9mUZ8ZLLV">https://t.co/W9mUZ8ZLLV</a> RIP. <a href="https://t.co/5Crk46Nmvx">pic.twitter.com/5Crk46Nmvx</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1985675222196842811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family.<figure>
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 </figure>“For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States,” the statement said. "“Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing. We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.”<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">From 2015, former Vice President Dick Cheney Bust unveiled in the U.S. Capitol.<a href="https://t.co/KH66WI1Erl">pic.twitter.com/KH66WI1Erl</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1985711296885735499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. <a href="https://t.co/UPjyG10bdd">pic.twitter.com/UPjyG10bdd</a>&mdash; The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/1985687559104532655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>The quietly forceful Cheney served father and son presidents, leading the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as vice president under Bush’s son, George W. Bush.<figure>
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 </figure>Cheney was, in effect, the chief operating officer of the younger Bush’s presidency. He had a hand, often a commanding one, in implementing decisions most important to the president and some of surpassing interest to himself — all while living with decades of heart disease and, post-administration, a heart transplant. Cheney consistently defended the extraordinary tools of surveillance, detention and inquisition employed in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.Years after leaving office, he became a target of President Donald Trump, especially after daughter Liz Cheney became the leading Republican critic and examiner of Trump’s desperate attempts to stay in power after his election defeat and his actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who was a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-wyoming-election-2020-33ab8e7df6a6fe46661130a410487b97">a television ad for his daughter</a>. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He is a coward.”In a twist the Democrats of his era could never have imagined, Dick Cheney said last year he was voting for their candidate, Kamala Harris, for president against Trump.A survivor of five heart attacks, Cheney long thought he was living on borrowed time and declared in 2013 he now awoke each morning “with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day,” an odd image for a figure who always seemed to be manning the ramparts.His vice presidency defined by the age of terrorism, Cheney disclosed that he had had the wireless function of his defibrillator turned off years earlier out of fear terrorists would remotely send his heart a fatal shock.In his time in office, no longer was the vice presidency merely a ceremonial afterthought. Instead, Cheney made it a network of back channels from which to influence policy on Iraq, terrorism, presidential powers, energy and other cornerstones of a conservative agenda.Fixed with a seemingly permanent half-smile -- detractors called it a smirk -- Cheney joked about his outsize reputation as a stealthy manipulator.“Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?” he asked. “It’s a nice way to operate, actually.”A hard-liner on Iraq who was increasingly isolated as other hawks left government, Cheney was proved wrong on point after point in the Iraq War, without ever losing the conviction that he was essentially right.He alleged links between the 2001 attacks against the United States and prewar Iraq that didn’t exist. He said U.S. troops would be welcomed as liberators; they weren’t.He declared the Iraqi insurgency in its last throes in May 2005, back when 1,661 U.S. service members had been killed, not even half the toll by war’s end.For admirers, he kept the faith in a shaky time, resolute even as the nation turned against the war and the leaders waging it.But well into Bush’s second term, Cheney’s clout waned, checked by courts or shifting political realities.Courts ruled against efforts he championed to broaden presidential authority and accord special harsh treatment to suspected terrorists. His hawkish positions on Iran and North Korea were not fully embraced by Bush.Cheney operated much of the time from undisclosed locations in the months after the 2001 attacks, kept apart from Bush to ensure one or the other would survive any follow-up assault on the country’s leadership.With Bush out of town on that fateful day, Cheney was a steady presence in the White House, at least until Secret Service agents lifted him off his feet and carried him away, in a scene the vice president later described to comical effect.From the beginning, Cheney and Bush struck an odd bargain, unspoken but well understood. Shelving any ambitions he might have had to succeed Bush, Cheney was accorded power comparable in some ways to the presidency itself.That bargain largely held up.“He is constituted in a way to be the ultimate No. 2 guy,” Dave Gribbin, a friend who grew up with Cheney in Casper, Wyoming, and worked with him in Washington, once said. “He is congenitally discreet. He is remarkably loyal.”As Cheney put it: “I made the decision when I signed on with the president that the only agenda I would have would be his agenda, that I was not going to be like most vice presidents — and that was angling, trying to figure out how I was going to be elected president when his term was over with.”His penchant for secrecy and backstage maneuvering had a price. He came to be seen as a thin-skinned Machiavelli orchestrating a bungled response to criticism of the Iraq war. And when he shot a hunting companion in the torso, neck and face with an errant shotgun blast in 2006, he and his coterie were slow to disclose that extraordinary turn of events.The vice president called it “one of the worst days of my life.” The victim, his friend Harry Whittington, recovered and quickly forgave him. Comedians were relentless about it for months. Whittington died in 2023.When Bush began his presidential quest, he sought help from Cheney, a Washington insider who had retreated to the oil business. Cheney led the team to find a vice presidential candidate.Bush decided the best choice was the man picked to help with the choosing.Together, the pair faced a protracted 2000 postelection battle before they could claim victory. A series of recounts and court challenges — a tempest that brewed from Florida to the nation’s highest court — left the nation in limbo for weeks.Cheney took charge of the presidential transition before victory was clear and helped give the administration a smooth launch despite the lost time. In office, disputes among departments vying for a bigger piece of Bush’s constrained budget came to his desk and often were settled there.On Capitol Hill, Cheney lobbied for the president’s programs in halls he had walked as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-liz-cheney-congress-0353d3d0aa0fd093285c8f890cad6bde">a deeply conservative member of Congress</a>&nbsp;and the No. 2 Republican House leader.Jokes abounded about how Cheney was the real No. 1 in town; Bush didn’t seem to mind and cracked a few himself. But such comments became less apt later in Bush’s presidency as he clearly came into his own.Cheney retired to Jackson Hole, not far from where Liz Cheney a few years later bought a home, establishing Wyoming residency before she won his old House seat in 2016. The fates of father and daughter grew closer, too, as the Cheney family became one of Trump’s favorite targets.Dick Cheney rallied to his daughter’s defense in 2022 as she juggled her lead role on the committee investigating Jan. 6 with trying to get reelected in deeply conservative Wyoming.Liz Cheney’s vote for Trump’s impeachment after the insurrection earned her praise from many Democrats and political observers outside Congress. But that praise and her father’s support didn’t keep her from losing badly in the Republican primary, a dramatic fall after her quick rise to the No. 3 job in the House GOP leadership.Politics first lured Dick Cheney to Washington in 1968, when he was a congressional fellow. He became a protégé of Rep. Donald Rumsfeld, R-Ill,, serving under him in two agencies and in Gerald Ford’s White House before he was elevated to chief of staff, the youngest ever, at age 34.Cheney held the post for 14 months, then returned to Casper, where he had been raised, and ran for the state’s single congressional seat.In that first race for the House, Cheney suffered a mild heart attack, prompting him to crack he was forming a group called “Cardiacs for Cheney.” He still managed a decisive victory and went on to win five more terms.In 1989, Cheney became defense secretary under the first President Bush and led the Pentagon during the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War that drove Iraq’s troops from Kuwait. Between the two Bush administrations, Cheney led Dallas-based Halliburton Corp., a large engineering and construction company for the oil industry.Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, son of a longtime Agriculture Department worker. Senior class president and football co-captain in Casper, he went to Yale on a full scholarship for a year but left with failing grades.He moved back to Wyoming, eventually enrolled at the University of Wyoming and renewed a relationship with high school sweetheart Lynne Anne Vincent, marrying her in 1964. He is survived by his wife, by Liz and by a second daughter, Mary.___Associated Press writer Mead Gruver in Cheyenne, Wyoming, contributed to this report.<figure>
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Dick Cheney, powerful and polarizing vice president, has died

KANSAS CITY —Authorities are investigating the cause of another fire in the same apartment complex in Kansas cCity.

Just before 3:30a.m. Monday, crews&nbsp;responded to a reported apartment fire in the area of 16th Street and Brooklyn Avenue, according to Battalion Chief Riley Nolan.

&nbsp;The fire was located in the 2100 block of 16th Street, which is in the Parade Park Complex. Crews reported heavy fire and smoke from two story vacant structure and initiated interior operations with multiple handlines.&nbsp;

Searches of the structure came back all clear. The fire was brought under control at 3:50 a.m.&nbsp;No injuries were reported at this incident.&nbsp; Dangerous Buildings and City Planning were called to the scene.&nbsp;KCFD has run multiple fires in this complex over the past several months.

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 </figure>KANSAS CITY —Authorities are investigating the cause of another fire in the same apartment complex in Kansas cCity. Just before 3:30a.m. Monday, crews&nbsp;responded to a reported apartment fire in the area of 16th Street and Brooklyn Avenue, according to Battalion Chief Riley Nolan.&nbsp;The fire was located in the 2100 block of 16th Street, which is in the Parade Park Complex. Crews reported heavy fire and smoke from two story vacant structure and initiated interior operations with multiple handlines.&nbsp;Searches of the structure came back all clear. The fire was brought under control at 3:50 a.m.&nbsp;No injuries were reported at this incident.&nbsp; Dangerous Buildings and City Planning were called to the scene.&nbsp;KCFD has run multiple fires in this complex over the past several months.

Crews respond to another fire in Kansas City apartment complex

WASHINGTON (AP) —The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/wic-government-shutdown-food-aid-7b1d5fc317b25b79015ea335197f37bd">Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children</a>&nbsp;received an additional $450 million in funding, according to a senior administration official who spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the decision publicly.

The WIC program helps low-income mothers buy nutritious staples.

Last month, some states warned they only had enough money to operate their WIC programs until mid-November because of the government shutdown. The administration last month&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-wic-food-a6d66fa0ce3d02257b5b43a79355b1bf">reallocated $300 million</a>&nbsp;in unspent tariff revenue to keep the program running.

Politico first reported on the funding Monday afternoon.

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 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) —The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/wic-government-shutdown-food-aid-7b1d5fc317b25b79015ea335197f37bd">Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children</a>&nbsp;received an additional $450 million in funding, according to a senior administration official who spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the decision publicly.The WIC program helps low-income mothers buy nutritious staples.Last month, some states warned they only had enough money to operate their WIC programs until mid-November because of the government shutdown. The administration last month&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-wic-food-a6d66fa0ce3d02257b5b43a79355b1bf">reallocated $300 million</a>&nbsp;in unspent tariff revenue to keep the program running.Politico first reported on the funding Monday afternoon.

Trump administration provides an infusion of funds for WIC

FRESNO COUNTY —A hunter missing for almost three weeks in the California wilderness is alive and well.

Over the weekend hunters found 65-year-old Ron Dailey of Selma, California alive on the Swamp Lake trail Deputies and EMS have made contact with him, according to a statement from the Fresno County Sheriff's office.

Dailey had been missing since October 13, when he did not return from a hunting trip.&nbsp;

Fresno County Sheriff's deputies and volunteers with the county Search and Rescue Unit actively searched for Dailey. He left home on the morning of Monday, October 13, and was supposed to be back home that same evening, but had not been seen or heard from since.  He told family he was going to the Shaver Lake / Courtright Reservoir area of Fresno County.  The latest information we have is that when hunting, Ron was known to travel down small roads, dirt paths off of Dinkey Creek Road and McKinley Grove Road.

Ron is 5-foot-7,&nbsp; 190 lbs. with brown eyes, brown hair and a beard.  He does have underlying medical conditions.  He was driving a silver, 4-door, 2002 Dodge Dakota with California license plate 16028S2. The sheriff's office released no other details on Monday until authorities can interview him.

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 </figure>FRESNO COUNTY —A hunter missing for almost three weeks in the California wilderness is alive and well.Over the weekend hunters found 65-year-old Ron Dailey of Selma, California alive on the Swamp Lake trail Deputies and EMS have made contact with him, according to a statement from the Fresno County Sheriff's office.<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid0djFr4G8ziWmDU3s4jxeuUDRp8hycoXTpgJimnhDWeiWVAsddMx9Hz5wYZnRhYnScl%26id%3D61565747247079&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="734" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></div>Dailey had been missing since October 13, when he did not return from a hunting trip.&nbsp;Fresno County Sheriff's deputies and volunteers with the county Search and Rescue Unit actively searched for Dailey. He left home on the morning of Monday, October 13, and was supposed to be back home that same evening, but had not been seen or heard from since. He told family he was going to the Shaver Lake / Courtright Reservoir area of Fresno County. The latest information we have is that when hunting, Ron was known to travel down small roads, dirt paths off of Dinkey Creek Road and McKinley Grove Road.Ron is 5-foot-7,&nbsp; 190 lbs. with brown eyes, brown hair and a beard. He does have underlying medical conditions. He was driving a silver, 4-door, 2002 Dodge Dakota with California license plate 16028S2. The sheriff's office released no other details on Monday until authorities can interview him.

Sheriff: Hunter missing for 20 days in wilderness found alive

TOPEKA — The State of Kansas ends October 2025 with total tax collections at $695.6 million. That is $47.0 million, or 7.2%, above the estimate, according to a statement from the Kansas Department of Revenue. Total tax collections were up 4.1% from October 2024. &nbsp;

Click&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2FKSOG%2F2025%2F11%2F03%2Ffile_attachments%2F3447305%2F04_October_Revenue_FY2026_11-03-2025_Final.pdf/1/0101019a4b8ab79b-a1ff6816-5ce2-4229-a768-e2918285255b-000000/So__MkvN4JJBAYw10NXQtMSeU_gb1_Qw_bz25842bA8=429">here</a>&nbsp;to view the October 2025 revenue numbers.

“While this month’s tax collections indicate some good news, corporate income tax collections have significantly missed the mark, which is concerning,”&nbsp;Governor Laura Kelly said.&nbsp;“My administration will continue to monitor revenues and prioritize fiscal responsibility as I craft my Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal.”

Individual income tax collections were $367.4 million. That is $67.4 million, or 22.5% above the estimate. Individual income tax collections were up 17.9% from October 2024. Corporate income tax collections were $15.9 million. That is $24.1 million, or 60.2% below the estimate, and down 58.2% from October 2024.&nbsp;

Combined retail sales and compensating use tax receipts were $289.5 million, which is $3.5 million, or 1.2% above the estimate, and down 1.7% from October 2024. &nbsp;&nbsp;

TOPEKA — The State of Kansas ends October 2025 with total tax collections at $695.6 million. That is $47.0 million, or 7.2%, above the estimate, according to a statement from the Kansas Department of Revenue. Total tax collections were up 4.1% from October 2024. &nbsp;Click&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2FKSOG%2F2025%2F11%2F03%2Ffile_attachments%2F3447305%2F04_October_Revenue_FY2026_11-03-2025_Final.pdf/1/0101019a4b8ab79b-a1ff6816-5ce2-4229-a768-e2918285255b-000000/So__MkvN4JJBAYw10NXQtMSeU_gb1_Qw_bz25842bA8=429">here</a>&nbsp;to view the October 2025 revenue numbers.“While this month’s tax collections indicate some good news, corporate income tax collections have significantly missed the mark, which is concerning,”&nbsp;Governor Laura Kelly said.&nbsp;“My administration will continue to monitor revenues and prioritize fiscal responsibility as I craft my Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal.”Individual income tax collections were $367.4 million. That is $67.4 million, or 22.5% above the estimate. Individual income tax collections were up 17.9% from October 2024. Corporate income tax collections were $15.9 million. That is $24.1 million, or 60.2% below the estimate, and down 58.2% from October 2024.&nbsp;Combined retail sales and compensating use tax receipts were $289.5 million, which is $3.5 million, or 1.2% above the estimate, and down 1.7% from October 2024. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Governor: Not all good news in Kan. October tax collection report

FORD COUNTY—Dodge City Police office reported on Monday they had the information they needed in their effort to identify a driver of a semi who&nbsp; caused thousands of dollars in damage in downtown Dodge&nbsp; City. Police did not release the name of the driver.

On Saturday morning, a semi-truck pulling a bull hauler crashed into bollards in the downtown Dodge City causing several thousand dollars worth of damage, according to police.

The Dodge City Police Department thanked the public for the assistance.

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 </figure>FORD COUNTY—Dodge City Police office reported on Monday they had the information they needed in their effort to identify a driver of a semi who&nbsp; caused thousands of dollars in damage in downtown Dodge&nbsp; City. Police did not release the name of the driver.On Saturday morning, a semi-truck pulling a bull hauler crashed into bollards in the downtown Dodge City causing several thousand dollars worth of damage, according to police.The Dodge City Police Department thanked the public for the assistance.

Police ID driver in SW Kan. crash that caused thousands in damage

KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City area man faces charges&nbsp;after he crashed a vehicle into a home in Independence, Missouri.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.jacksoncountyprosecutor.com/DocumentCenter/View/2751/Keith-Clausen-Complaint">Keith R. Clausen</a>, 53,&nbsp; faces one count of 2nd Degree Assault, one count of 4th Degree Assault, and one count of Operating a Vehicle in a Careless and Imprudent Manner Involving an Accident., according to&nbsp;Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson.

<a href="https://www.jacksoncountyprosecutor.com/DocumentCenter/View/2752/2025-67891-PC-Statement-Keith-Clausen_Redacted">According to court records</a>, Independence police were dispatched to a residence on Oct. 28 regarding a crash. During the investigation, it was revealed that the defendant was driving a black Chevrolet Silverado when he lost control of the vehicle and struck the corner of the residence. &nbsp;

When the vehicle struck the residence, it struck two victims inside, asleep in their bedroom. Both victims were knocked from their bed. One victim sustained serious injuries, including broken ribs, a punctured lung, and deep lacerations to his head and legs. The second victim sustained multiple abrasions and bruises.&nbsp;

Officers at the scene observed Clausen had indicators of being under the influence of an impairing substance. Clausen consented to a blood test, and the results are pending.&nbsp; He told detectives he smoked seven to eight rocks of crack cocaine.&nbsp;

Prosecutors anticipate additional charges. He&nbsp;is being held on a $100,000 bond.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Clausen has an extensive criminal history including multiple arrests for fraud, drug violations, assaults, resisting officers, and making false police reports

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 </figure>KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City area man faces charges&nbsp;after he crashed a vehicle into a home in Independence, Missouri.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jacksoncountyprosecutor.com/DocumentCenter/View/2751/Keith-Clausen-Complaint">Keith R. Clausen</a>, 53,&nbsp; faces one count of 2nd Degree Assault, one count of 4th Degree Assault, and one count of Operating a Vehicle in a Careless and Imprudent Manner Involving an Accident., according to&nbsp;Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson.<a href="https://www.jacksoncountyprosecutor.com/DocumentCenter/View/2752/2025-67891-PC-Statement-Keith-Clausen_Redacted">According to court records</a>, Independence police were dispatched to a residence on Oct. 28 regarding a crash. During the investigation, it was revealed that the defendant was driving a black Chevrolet Silverado when he lost control of the vehicle and struck the corner of the residence. &nbsp;When the vehicle struck the residence, it struck two victims inside, asleep in their bedroom. Both victims were knocked from their bed. One victim sustained serious injuries, including broken ribs, a punctured lung, and deep lacerations to his head and legs. The second victim sustained multiple abrasions and bruises.&nbsp;Officers at the scene observed Clausen had indicators of being under the influence of an impairing substance. Clausen consented to a blood test, and the results are pending.&nbsp; He told detectives he smoked seven to eight rocks of crack cocaine.&nbsp;Prosecutors anticipate additional charges. He&nbsp;is being held on a $100,000 bond.&nbsp;&nbsp;Clausen has an extensive criminal history including multiple arrests for fraud, drug violations, assaults, resisting officers, and making false police reports

Driver smoked rock cocaine before crash into KC area home

KANSAS CITY, KAN. –A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with making straw purchases of firearms.

According to court documents, N’Darius Sullivan, 24, of Kansas City, Kansas, was indicted on two counts of false statements during two separate firearm purchases.

In 2024, Sullivan is accused of knowingly making false written statements to a licensed firearms dealer to obtain two Glock, Model 22, .40 caliber pistols. On two different occasions Sullivan allegedly lied by indicating he was not purchasing the firearms on behalf of another person.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is investigating the case.

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 </figure>KANSAS CITY, KAN. –A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with making straw purchases of firearms.According to court documents, N’Darius Sullivan, 24, of Kansas City, Kansas, was indicted on two counts of false statements during two separate firearm purchases.In 2024, Sullivan is accused of knowingly making false written statements to a licensed firearms dealer to obtain two Glock, Model 22, .40 caliber pistols. On two different occasions Sullivan allegedly lied by indicating he was not purchasing the firearms on behalf of another person.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is investigating the case.

Indictment: Kan. man made false statements during firearms purchases

WASHINGTON (AP) —Top Democrats in the Senate aren’t satisfied with the Trump administration committing to partially funding the food assistance program known as SNAP.

The program costs about $8 billion per month nationally. The government says an emergency fund it will use during the government shutdown has $4.65 billion — enough to cover about half the normal benefits.

“USDA has the authority to fully fund SNAP and needs to do so immediately. Anything else is unacceptable,” tweeted Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.

“Trump should have paid SNAP benefits all along,” tweeted Sen. Patty Murray, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee. “Just now paying the bare minimum to partially fund SNAP is not enough, and it is not acceptable.”

WASHINGTON (AP) —Top Democrats in the Senate aren’t satisfied with the Trump administration committing to partially funding the food assistance program known as SNAP.The program costs about $8 billion per month nationally. The government says an emergency fund it will use during the government shutdown has $4.65 billion — enough to cover about half the normal benefits.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">USDA has the authority to fully fund SNAP and needs to do so immediately. Anything else is unacceptable. Trump’s &quot;decision&quot; to follow the court order and only send partial SNAP benefits to 42 million hungry Americans as Thanksgiving approaches is cruel and callous. Trump should…&mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1985430669556850743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>“USDA has the authority to fully fund SNAP and needs to do so immediately. Anything else is unacceptable,” tweeted Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.“Trump should have paid SNAP benefits all along,” tweeted Sen. Patty Murray, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee. “Just now paying the bare minimum to partially fund SNAP is not enough, and it is not acceptable.”

Democrats weigh in on partially funding SNAP

SALINE COUNTY —One person was injured in an I-70 crash and fire just after 6p.m. Sunday in Saline County.

A black 2014 Hyundai driven by Lucas Burleson, 21, Abilene was eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of the Interstate 135 exit, according to Sheriff Roger Soldan.

The Hyundai rear-ended a gray 2009 Ford Escape driven by Theresa Bishop, 56 of Salina.

After impact, the Hyundai traveled off the road into a field and caught fire. Saline County Rural Fire District 5 quickly extinguished the fire.&nbsp; EMS transported Burleson to Salina Regional Health Center for a leg injury. according to Soldan. Bishop was not injured. There were no passengers in the vehicles.&nbsp;Burleson was cited for Following Too Close and Unsafe Speed, according to Soldan.

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 </figure>SALINE COUNTY —One person was injured in an I-70 crash and fire just after 6p.m. Sunday in Saline County.A black 2014 Hyundai driven by Lucas Burleson, 21, Abilene was eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of the Interstate 135 exit, according to Sheriff Roger Soldan.<figure>
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 </figure>The Hyundai rear-ended a gray 2009 Ford Escape driven by Theresa Bishop, 56 of Salina.After impact, the Hyundai traveled off the road into a field and caught fire. Saline County Rural Fire District 5 quickly extinguished the fire.&nbsp; EMS transported Burleson to Salina Regional Health Center for a leg injury. according to Soldan. Bishop was not injured. There were no passengers in the vehicles.&nbsp;Burleson was cited for Following Too Close and Unsafe Speed, according to Soldan.

Kan. man hospitalized after I-70 crash and fire

SALINE COUNTY —Wildlife officials are investigating after a&nbsp;deer was&nbsp; poached and left headless in Saline County.

&nbsp;Just after 11:30a.m. October 31, Friday a resident who lives near the 1900 block of North Kipp Road reported of finding a headless white-tailed deer, according to the Saline County Sheriff's Office.

The day before, the resident heard a gunshot at around 4:30 pm. He then found tire tracks, which led him to find the headless deer.

Rifle season for deer in the state is&nbsp;December 3 through December 14, 2025, according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

SALINE COUNTY —Wildlife officials are investigating after a&nbsp;deer was&nbsp; poached and left headless in Saline County.&nbsp;Just after 11:30a.m. October 31, Friday a resident who lives near the 1900 block of North Kipp Road reported of finding a headless white-tailed deer, according to the Saline County Sheriff's Office.The day before, the resident heard a gunshot at around 4:30 pm. He then found tire tracks, which led him to find the headless deer.Rifle season for deer in the state is&nbsp;December 3 through December 14, 2025, according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

Sheriff: Deer poached, left headless ahead of rifle season in Kansas

NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as “Suspicious Minds” and “When a Man Loves a Woman” and was a featured singer with the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/grateful-dead-60th-anniversary-san-francisco-a607472bd5a08bec5d9409ea6f6b0a4d">Grateful Dead</a>&nbsp;for much of the 1970s, has died at 78.

A spokesperson for Godchaux-MacKay confirmed that she died Sunday at Alive Hospice in Nashville after having cancer. Godchaux-McKay and other Grateful Dead members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Born Donna Jean Thatcher in Florence, Alabama, she had yet to turn 20 when she became a session performer in nearby Muscle Shoals, where many soul and rhythm and blues hits were recorded, and also was on hand for numerous sessions at the Memphis-based American Sound Studio. Her credits included&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/elvis-presley">Elvis Presley’s</a>&nbsp;“Suspicious Minds,”&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/19e82b7068084b3c9802d81f048dc1aa">Percy Sledge’s</a>&nbsp;“When a Man Loves a Woman” and songs with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-theater-new-york-8b2c0eaf3822ee375360c1bf54b4003b">Neil Diamond,</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/yacht-rock-documentary-f595005f5acb5259a5aae289b58c6ea9">Boz Scaggs</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/cher">Cher.</a>

In the early 1970s, she and pianist/then-husband Keith Godchaux joined the Grateful Dead and remained with them for several tours and albums, including “Terrapin Station,” “Shakedown Street” and “From the Mars Hotel.” Godchaux appeared on numerous songs, whether joining with Jerry Garcia on “Scarlet Begonias” or writing and taking the lead on “From the Heart of Me.”

The Godchauxs left the Dead in 1979, with hopes of forming their own group, but Keith Godchaux died the following year from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Donna, who married bassist David MacKay in 1981, continued to tour and record over the following decades.

Her albums include “Back Around” and “Donna Jean and the Tricksters.” In the 1970s, she and Keith Godchaux released “Keith &amp; Donna.”

In addition to David MacKay, survivors include sons Kinsman MacKay and Zion Godchaux and two siblings, Gogi Clark and Ivan Thatcher.

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 </figure>NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as “Suspicious Minds” and “When a Man Loves a Woman” and was a featured singer with the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/grateful-dead-60th-anniversary-san-francisco-a607472bd5a08bec5d9409ea6f6b0a4d">Grateful Dead</a>&nbsp;for much of the 1970s, has died at 78.A spokesperson for Godchaux-MacKay confirmed that she died Sunday at Alive Hospice in Nashville after having cancer. Godchaux-McKay and other Grateful Dead members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.Born Donna Jean Thatcher in Florence, Alabama, she had yet to turn 20 when she became a session performer in nearby Muscle Shoals, where many soul and rhythm and blues hits were recorded, and also was on hand for numerous sessions at the Memphis-based American Sound Studio. Her credits included&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/elvis-presley">Elvis Presley’s</a>&nbsp;“Suspicious Minds,”&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/19e82b7068084b3c9802d81f048dc1aa">Percy Sledge’s</a>&nbsp;“When a Man Loves a Woman” and songs with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-theater-new-york-8b2c0eaf3822ee375360c1bf54b4003b">Neil Diamond,</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/yacht-rock-documentary-f595005f5acb5259a5aae289b58c6ea9">Boz Scaggs</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/cher">Cher.</a>In the early 1970s, she and pianist/then-husband Keith Godchaux joined the Grateful Dead and remained with them for several tours and albums, including “Terrapin Station,” “Shakedown Street” and “From the Mars Hotel.” Godchaux appeared on numerous songs, whether joining with Jerry Garcia on “Scarlet Begonias” or writing and taking the lead on “From the Heart of Me.”The Godchauxs left the Dead in 1979, with hopes of forming their own group, but Keith Godchaux died the following year from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Donna, who married bassist David MacKay in 1981, continued to tour and record over the following decades.Her albums include “Back Around” and “Donna Jean and the Tricksters.” In the 1970s, she and Keith Godchaux released “Keith &amp; Donna.”In addition to David MacKay, survivors include sons Kinsman MacKay and Zion Godchaux and two siblings, Gogi Clark and Ivan Thatcher.