Federal indictments handed down in meth cases
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Federal prosecutors spotlighted the dangerous nature of the methamphetamine business Thursday by releasing two unrelated indictments involving crimes that were in turn tragic and violent. One indictment alleged that a 24-year-old Smithville woman died Oct. 22 after she unwittingly drank chemicals used to make the drug. The second indictment charged a 32-year-old Platte County man and eight others with conspiring to manufacture and distribute meth. State authorities already had charged the man, Bryan G. Leonard, with assault for allegedly shooting at police officers just moments before a meth lab operating in a Northland home exploded Sept 5.

Roeland Park willing to discuss police consolidation
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Roeland Park has decided to join in a study of possible consolidation of law enforcement in northeast Johnson County. Police Chief Rex Taylor said the advantages would include the consolidation of equipment and training. In addition, cities would have fewer but better-equipped cars and a larger staff. “Having more detectives would spread out the workload,” he said. “I think consolidation could work, but I’m not sure we’ll ever see it here. We have too many cities with their own individualities.”

Another tax-funded stadium on the horizon
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Although little is known about a proposed minor league baseball stadium for Topeka — such as where it might be built — planning is moving forward. Local governmental officials and community leaders Friday morning unveiled drawings of what a stadium might look like. Consultants put the design together based on community forums and a survey of what Topekans would like to see in such a facility.

Kansas Sheriff’s Association leader against 2nd Amendment Rights
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Darrell Wilson, executive director of the Kansas Sheriff's Association and a retired sheriff and assistant police chief with 35 years of experience, agrees. "I wouldn't want that hanging over my head, killing someone in a gas station for a few dollars," Wilson said. "I don't think we're safer (with concealed carry). It's more dangerous." Perhaps Sheriff Wilson should re-read the US Constitution.

Global Warming – Governor’s New Idolatry
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Participants -- including Govs. Jodi Rell (R-Conn.), Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.), Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) and Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.) -- will "confront the present climate challenge, and set out a vision of a federal-state partnership for future action," Yale University announced. They include recognizing climate change as an urgent and moral issue; expanding religious coalitions on the environment; establishing religious outreach efforts on climate change; and recasting climate change as a moral and faith issue.