It seems that Spc. Dustin Chalker isn't any closer to settling his suit against U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Chalker, a soldier stationed at Fort Riley, originally charged that he'd been forced to attend events that paid special attention to prayers from his battalion chaplain. Chalker claimed he'd asked for exemption from these events on the grounds that he wasn't religious, but was forced to attend anyway. Now he's ramping up the attack with new charges alleging that he ha
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius just delivered her seventh State of the State address. I don't blame you if you watched 24 instead. Lots of "we" talk. It wasn't a thriller, but if you want to read the whole thing, it's after the jump.
​Five Fort Riley soldiers were allegedly conned into paying for "phantom options" on vehicles they bought from the Dick Edwards Auto Plaza in Junction City, Kansas, according to a lawsuit filed June 23. The Auto Plaza, which derives approximately 75 to 80 percent of its sales from military personnel, allegedly raked in a profit of $56,000 over a four-month period from soldiers who overpaid for their vehicles. The five plaintiffs weren't informed that they were paying extra for optional feature
