More than 600,000 Kansans projected to travel over 4 th EMPORIA (KVOE) -- Despite higher prices at the gas pump, Kansas AAA is still anticipating a sizeable number of travelers for the Fourth of July holiday period.
According to AAA Kansas Manager of Public and Government Affairs Shawn Steward, current projections indicate roughly 690,000 Kansans are expected to travel over the weekend as part of the more than 72.2 million Americans expected to be taking trips to celebrate the holiday.
While the number of travelers is “slightly up” from the previous year, gas prices are up notably by 60 cents over the same time last year, with the Kansas average as of Wednesday sitting at $3.51 a gallon as opposed to $2.90 a gallon at this same time last year. Steward says the higher gas prices do not look to be affecting those who will be traveling by vehicle, as AAA is projecting 84 percent of travelers will drive to their desintations.
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New tiger cubs born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park GODDARD (KAKE) – Tanganyika Wildlife Park on Tuesday announced the arrival of three Bengal tiger cubs.
Born on June 11 to resident tigers Sienna and Grayson, TWP says the litter of two males and one female is the pair’s first, and the first tiger cubs born at the park in years. Keepers are hand-rearing all three around the clock in the park’s carnivore nursery. Officials at the park say the births were almost a surprise, saying that tigers reveal little when they are expecting.
Pregnant tigers show few outward signs, TWP says, and first-time mothers show fewer still. The team had also not yet observed a confirmed breeding between Sienna and Grayson, so a litter was not on the calendar.
None of the cubs have names yet, as officials at the park say that currently the cubs’ stripes are still too similar to tell apart at a glance.
Last year, the park welcomed a litter of seven cheetah cubs, four giraffe calves and the iconic Mars, a pygmy hippo, who just turned one.
---- Police work to ID deceased victim found in home COWLEY COUNTY (JC POST)—Law enforcement are asking for the public’s help in identifying an individual who was found deceased inside a residence in the 400 block of S. 10th Street in Arkansas City, according to a media release from police.
At approximately noon Tuesday, police were dispatched to the residence after receiving a report of a deceased individual. Officers and investigators responded to the scene and confirmed that one individual was deceased. Investigators processed the scene and conducted interviews as part of the ongoing investigation.
The deceased was transported to the Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center for a medical examination. The cause and manner of death will not be known until the autopsy is complete, and the results will help investigators determine the circumstances surrounding the death.
The identity of the deceased has not yet been confirmed. Investigators are asking anyone who may have information about a missing family member, friend, or acquaintance, or who has information that could assist in identifying the individual, to contact the Arkansas City Police Department Investigations Unit at (620) 441-4547.
Anonymous tips may also be submitted through Crime Stoppers at (620) 442-7777 or online at www. p3tips.com/551. See less