Ariel Starcher, 20, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 2100 block of Fort Riley Blvd. in Manhattan on December 17, 2018, at approximately 11:45 PM. Starcher was arrested on offenses of aggravated assault, criminal threat and criminal restraint. Starcher was issued a total bond of $10,000.00 causing her to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for sexual exploitation of a child, criminal threat and electronic solicitation in Manhattan on December 14, 2018. Officers listed a 17-year-old female as the victim and an unknown male as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime…
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LAWRENCE — A 26-year-old Missouri woman who intentionally drove her vehicle into the Kansas River in Kansas has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Scharron Dingledine, of Columbia, Missouri, entered the plea Monday. As part of the plea, she won’t be eligible for parole for 25 years. Prosecutors say Dingledine drove a car into the Kansas River near downtown Lawrence in August in an effort to kill herself and her children. Rescuers pulled Dingledine and her 1-year-old son, Elijah Lake, from the water but were not able to save her 5-year-old daughter, Amiyah…
WICHITA — Human remains found in Wichita have been identified as a man who was reported missing more than a year ago. A Kansas hunter found the bones last month in south Wichita. Wichita police spokesman Charley Davidson said Monday the remains were those of 56-year-old Donald Cook, of Wichita. He was reported missing on May 15, 2017. The Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center identified the remains. The investigation is continuing.
LAWRENCE — A Douglas County judge is weighing the sentence for a man convicted in a fatal shooting outside a Eudora bar. Judge Peggy Kittel was scheduled to sentence 37-year-old Danny Queen on Monday for the death of 32-year-old Bo Hopson but instead took the matter under advisement. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Queen was convicted Aug. 1 of second-degree murder after Hopson was shot outside the D-Dubs Bar and Grill. Both men are from Eudora. Hopson was working security at the bar when Queen was thrown out. While bar patrons tried to calm him down, Queen pulled out a handgun…
MANHATTAN — Riley County EMS presented ambulance call for service comparative numbers to the Riley County commission on Monday. The totals showed an increased total cash collection by more than $350,000. EMS Director David Adams presented the total numbers of calls for this year compared to last year. Adams says the majority of calls from northern Riley County came from the Madison Township, with an average of 33 percent of the total calls. He also added they had 86 calls with an average response time of around 18 minutes. Adams said they also need to take into account the type of calls received,…
Monday’s guest was Riley County Historical Museum Director Cheryl Collins. Keeping with the theme of Christmas this month, we took a look back at popular gifts from Christmases over the past 150 years in the Manhattan area. Specifically we looked back at 1868, 1893, 1918, 1943 and 1968. (Newspaper photos below were provided by the museum.) 1868 1893 1918 1943 1968
LAWRENCE — A Lawrence rabbi has been named one of the 50 most influential American Jews by a prominent Jewish magazine. The Forward magazine recently included Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel in its list of this year’s influential leaders. Tiechtel and his wife, Nechama, have led Chabad, a University of Kansas campus Jewish community, since 2006. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the magazine said Tiechtel was chosen because of his work to make Jewish life more accessible for students at the university, particularly by making food available for Jewish students who adhere to dietary restrictions. The magazine also mentioned Chabad effort to share…
WICHITA — A Kansas astronaut says he’s ready for his next mission into space after a failed launch in October. The Wichita Eagle reports that Hoxie native Nick Hague will embark on a six-month stay with two other crew members to the International Space Station. The scheduled launch aboard the Soyuz MS12 spacecraft is set for Feb. 28, 2019. Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch will join Hague in the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will participate in about 250 research experiments and technology demonstrations made possible by micro-gravity conditions inside the station.…
TOPEKA — Kansas travelers will see new or upgraded interpretive signs along 12 scenic or historic byways. State officials say the signs can be found at 39 locations on the byways, which are roads that highlight the beauty, history and heritage of Kansas. The Kansas Byways program is managed jointly by state and federal officials. Nine of the routes are scenic byways two of which are national scenic byways and three are historic byways. The $1.4 million project included construction of five new kiosks housing interpretive panels. It also includes the rehabilitation of 12 existing kiosks and their signs, 26…
SMITH CENTER — Authorities say troopers have shot and wounded a 15-year-old after he attacked a woman, fled on horseback and then fired on law enforcement in rural north-central Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that the Smith County Sheriff’s responded Saturday to a Smith Center home, where a 66-year-old woman reported being restrained, beaten and choked. She was taken to a hospital. The release says the teen fled on horseback. The Kansas Highway Patrol later found the armed teen and spent a few hours trying to apprehend him. The release says that when the…