Wild horses, burros to be put up for adoption

The Bureau of Land Management and Kansas Correctional Institutes will put more than 100 wild horses and burros up for adoption Friday and Saturday at the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka.

Animals for sale include four horses saddle-trained at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility through an inmate work/training program. Untrained animals include 30 mares, 10 studs, 40 yearlings and 20 burros. All animals have a negative coggins test, received all required vaccinations and have been certified healthy by veterinarians.

Animals may be previewed from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, with an oral bid at 10 a.m., and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, with walk-up adoptions through noon. The minimum bid is $125 per animal.

Qualified bidders must be at least 18 years old, have appropriate facilities and no record of animal abuse. For more information, call (866)-4-MUSTANGS, or visit www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov.

Labor Day weekend

Holiday death toll on Kansas roads hits 5

Three people died in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 56 east of Larned, the first reported fatalities on Kansas roads during the Labor Day weekend.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said the accident happened about 9:15 p.m. Friday when a westbound car driven by Jeffrey Garcia, 22, of Larned, crossed the center line, hitting a car driven by Jerome Dixon, 22, of Meade.

The crash killed both drivers as well as Charles Kinsinger, 20, of Liberal, a passenger in Dixon’s car.

Two Marquette teenagers were killed in a side-impact accident in Lindsborg.

Jeff Hopp, 16, and Michael Graham, 15, were killed after the vehicle they were in collided with a pickup Friday evening, the McPherson County Sheriff’s Office said.

Last year seven people were killed in Kansas traffic accidents from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight on Labor Day.

Area

Sunflower advisory board to offer plant update

The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant’s Restoration Advisory Board will seek comments from the public this week about the restoration process at the idled weapons plant outside of De Soto.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at Clearview City’s administration building.

The board is made up of representatives of the U.S. Army, Environmental Protection Agency and Kansas Department of Health, as well as members of the community.

Wednesday’s forum will provide the public a chance to comment on or ask questions about the restoration process.

Gambling

Judge won’t stop seizure of machines

Topeka — A Shawnee County District judge last week declined to issue a temporary court order that would have prevented the state from seizing alleged gaming machines, the Attorney General’s Office said.

Truck Stop Games LLC sought the restraining order, describing the machines it distributed as vending machines — not slots.

But the Attorney General’s Office and Kansas Department of Revenue alleged the machines violated state gambling laws.

Earlier this month, Atty. Gen. Phill Kline issued a warning about machines that accept money for long-distance telephone cards but also award points that the patron can then wager until there are no points left or they elect to “cash out” for cash or prizes.

Kline said such machines were illegal in Kansas.