(AP) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says it’s time to tone down the “the anti-science, anti-mask rhetoric,” after a retired firefighter who was upset about Wichita’s mask ordinance was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill the city’s mayor. Police have said the man could face a charge of criminal threat in relation to a series of text messages sent to a city official that appeared to threaten the life of Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple. The Wichita Eagle reports that prosecutors said the man, who was arrested Friday, could be arraigned as early as Tuesday afternoon.
