WICHITA — The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says an investigation into the shooting death of a 41-year-old woman has been presented to prosecutors. The Wichita Eagle reports Lisa Trimmell was shot in June 2017 at her home near Andover. Investigators have said Trimmell’s two sons, ages 14 and 22, were visiting when she was shot. A sheriff’s report says evidence indicates one of the sons shot his mother. The shooting occurred about a month after her husband filed for divorce. The sheriff’s office said Monday the case has been turned over to the county prosecutor’s office but no arrests have…
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Steven Bowman, 36, of Junction City, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on October 22, 2018, at approximately 12:45 PM. Bowman was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Bowman was issued a total bond of $6,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers responded to the report of an injury accident near the intersection of U-24 HWY and Billings St. in Riley County on October 22, 2018, at approximately 9:20 AM. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 1998 Green Ford F15 driven by Jayme Thomas,…
Tuesday’s guests were Pottawatomie County Public Works Director Peter Clark and Assistant Planner/Zoning Enforcement Officer Stephan Metzger.
Monday’s show featured pre-recorded interviews with candidates for the district 1 seat of the Riley County Commission John Ford (R) and write-in candidate Aaron Estabrook (I) as well as Adam Grabau, an actor playing Lancelot in the upcoming Spamalot performance at McCain Auditorium.
ARCADIA — The remains of a Kansas soldier killed in World War II will be laid to rest in his home state Wednesday. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says the remains of 33yearold Army Pfc. Leslie E. Shankles, of Arcadia, are being returned to his family for burial in Fort Scott with full military honors. Shankles remains were accounted for July 12. He was killed by enemy fire in October 1944 in Hurtgen Forest in Germany. The agency says a local German resident discovered remains in 1947. They could not be identified so they were buried as unknown in the…
HUTCHINSON — Recent heavy rains in Kansas are threatening the state’s cotton crop as the plant’s bolls begin to open. The Hutchinson News reports that rain can dislodge lint from the plant and decrease yields. Water can also cause color from the plant’s stems or leaves to bleed onto the cotton lint and damage the quality. Rex Friesen is a consultant for Southern Kansas Cotton Growers. He says the crop appears to be holding up despite the wet weather. Friesen says harvesting should resume this week if the weather remains dry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Crop Progress and Condition…
Zachary Brown, 22, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 700 block of Kearney St. in Manhattan on October 19, 2018, at approximately 12:45 PM. Brown was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated sexual battery. Brown was issued a total bond of $15,000.00. Brown was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for robbery in the 1100 block of Moro St. in Manhattan on October 21, 2018, at approximately 3:00 AM. Officers listed Rod Miller, 22, of Fort Riley as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect took his Google…
Kansas State University is hosting a “celebration of life” in honor of the university’s storied basketball coach Fred “Tex” Winters on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. Winters, who was 96 when he died on October 10, was head coach of the K-State men’s basketball team from 1954 to 1968 and is known for innovating the “triangle offense” during his six-decade career. He won eight conference championships, made it to two NCAA final fours and produced four All-Americans with K-State. Winters also won 11 NBA Championships as an assistant coach to Phil Jackson for both the Chicago Bulls and…
HOLTON — A man was killed and another lost an arm when a mobile crane overturned at a roofing job site in northeast Kansas. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says the men were in a lift basket 30 feet (9 meters) from the ground Wednesday afternoon when the crane toppled over in Holton. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 66-year-old John Zibell was killed. The surviving man was taken to a hospital about 80 miles (130 kilometers) away in Kansas City, Kansas. His arm was amputated. Morse says the workers were using the crane to access the roof of a three-story…
SALINA — Another man has been convicted in the contract killing of a Salina man whose battered body was found on a path near a popular fishing area in June 2017. The Salina Journal reports that Brandon St. Clair is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 21 for multiple counts, including felony murder and aggravated kidnapping, in the death of 29-year-old Brandon Lee Shelby. Charging documents say another man, Charles Rodgers, beat, choked and stabbed Shelby, expecting James Pavey to pay him with money or drugs. St. Clair and a fourth man, Austin Bott, were accused of helping. Pavey and Rodgers…