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• The RCPD plans to eliminate its co-responder contract with Pawnee Mental Health to save money, opting instead to rely on CIT-trained officers and regional crisis lifelines. →
• While overall March crime dropped below the five-year average, attempted vehicle thefts saw a massive year-over-year jump from one incident to 15. →
• Police leadership warned that reducing authorized staffing caps to match current vacancies would lock the department into a permanent deficit, leading to slower response times and officer burnout. →
• Law enforcement officials indicated that crime data surrounding the annual Fake Patty's Day celebration has stabilized into what they consider a 'new normal.' →
• The Law Enforcement Board questioned an unexpected $22,000 expenditure for legal consultations that significantly exceeded the department's standard retainer hours. →
• The Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board approved a Comprehensive Plan amendment extending future land use planning east of U.S. Highway 24 despite concerns over infrastructure costs. →
• Kimberly Anne Williams was arrested Sunday evening on two counts of aggravated child endangerment in Riley County. The 39-year-old Junction City woman has since been released from custody after posting an $8,000 bond. →
• It’s going to be a gorgeous sunny day in the Little Apple with a high near 81, though keep an eye out for those south winds gusting up to 30 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Kansas will run a deficit every year through 2028, according to updated Consensus Revenue Estimates that show income tax collections falling $127.4 million below previous predictions for the fiscal year ending June 30. →

• Former Coldwater Mayor Joe Ceballos pleaded guilty Monday to three misdemeanor counts of disorderly election conduct, receiving a $2,000 fine and suspended six-month jail sentence for voting illegally as a noncitizen. →

• Ford County Fire and EMS Firefighter/Paramedic William Cory "Liam" Price died Sunday after suffering a medical emergency while on duty. →

• Former University of Kansas runner Sharon Lokedi won her second consecutive Boston Marathon on Monday, finishing in 2:18:51 to capture her third World Marathon Majors title. →

• Kansas health and extension officials are warning residents that ticks have emerged in large numbers this spring, with experts attributing the early activity to warmer-than-average weather. →

🇺🇸 US

• Uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace talks Tuesday exposes a power struggle between political officials leading negotiations and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which increasingly holds final authority over Iran's positions. →

• Virginians vote Tuesday on a Democratic-backed referendum that could redraw the state's congressional map and deliver the party as many as four additional House seats. →

• Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple chief executive Sept. 1, handing the role to hardware chief John Ternus while becoming executive chairman. →

• Amazon will invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic as part of a broadening partnership that could grow to $25 billion, with Anthropic agreeing to buy more than $100 billion of Amazon cloud services. →

• Uber has committed more than $10 billion to buying autonomous vehicles and taking stakes in their developers, marking a shift from its asset-light gig-economy model. →

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APRIL 21, 753 B.C.: ROME FOUNDED BY ROMULUS

According to Roman tradition, the city was established by Romulus on the site where he and his twin brother Remus were miraculously saved and nursed by a she‑wolf. The myth, later refined by scholars like Marcus Terentius Varro, became the foundational legend explaining Rome’s divine origins and early rise.

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