SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas man has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man at a Salina bar. Douglas Aldrich was convicted yesterday after his second trial for stabbing 36-year-old Jerry Bird in February 2003. Aldrich is scheduled to be sentenced later this month.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Two men are accused of killing a 33-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman 17 years ago. Wyandotte County prosecutors have filed charges against 34-year-olds Jason Rucker and Torry Johnson. Rucker was 17 and Johnson was 16 at the time of Vicky Ernst’s death in 1997.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A former librarian has left the University of Kansas library a $1 million gift. The university says Alexandria Mason left the estate gift to the Kansas Endowment from her retirement account. The money will establish the Ann Hyde Fellowship for Medieval and Early Modern British and European Manuscripts.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Plans for a new national education and training soccer center in Kansas City, Kansas, have been approved. City leaders yesterday gave final approval for construction of the center, with plans for it to be the home base for U.S. Soccer and its national teams. The $62 million center would be built near the home of Sporting Kansas City.
