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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas state lawmaker was found guilty by a federal jury Wednesday of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief. Federal prosecutors said Wichita Republican Michael Capps, 44, filed forms inflating the number of employees he had at two businesses and a sports foundation, and then applied for loans to pay the nonexistent employees.

Dawn Jones, spokesperson for Stillwater, Okla., said city airport officials have asked the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate after they say a very heavy plane carrying the U.S. Air Force Academy womens basketball team landed without authorization and damaged the runway.

A former Republican member of the Kansas House deepened his legacy of corruption when a U.S. District Court jury returned guilty verdicts on a dozen felony counts of defrauding federal and state agencies of $355,000 in COVID-19 business recovery funds.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas state lawmaker was found guilty by a federal jury Wednesday of 12 felonies for lying on applications for

The winter storm delayed or cancelled about two dozen flights at Kansas City International Airport and caused thousands of Kansans to lose power Thursday. That story and other headlines can be found here.

Most of eastern Kansas remains shut down by an early winter storm... and a former Republican lawmaker is convicted of defrauding COVID-19 relief programs. These and other headlines can be found here.

A federal jury has found a former Kansas state lawmaker guilty of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief

The fate of a former state lawmaker charged with lying to get COVID relief funds is now in the hands of a jury.

Michael Capps is accused of fraud in obtaining COVID assistance funds during the pandemic. 

A jury is seated in the trial of a former Kansas lawmaker accused of fraud in getting COVID assistance funds during the pandemic.