Robin Cole with Pawnee Mental Health joined today’s In Focus to discuss suicide loss, and Retired Col. Gary LaGrange was joined by Retired Lt. Gen. Mike Dodson to discuss the Servicemember Agricultural Vocation Education Farm (SAVE).
Author: KMAN Staff
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Federal authorities say a 36-year-old man who was a fugitive for six years has been sentenced to 27 years in prison and has to forfeit $13 million from drug trafficking in Kansas. The office of the U.S. attorney for Kansas says Yehia Hassen was sentenced Friday. He pleaded guilty earlier to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana, and attempted money laundering. In his plea, he admitted he was part of a drug trafficking organization that operated in Kansas City, Kansas. Prosecutors say Hassen received more than 100 kilograms of cocaine. The prosecutor’s office says Hassen fled…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The preliminary hearing for a man charged with capital murder in the death of a Kansas City, Kansas, police detective has been moved. Curtis Ayers, of Tonganoxie, is charged with capital murder in the May 9 death of Det. Brad Lancaster. Ayers is accused of shooting Lancaster in Kansas City, Kansas, and then fleeing in a car to Missouri, where police shot and wounded him. The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office said in a release that the hearing had been scheduled to begin Monday but was moved to March 13. The defense requested the continuance.
Officers with the Riley County Police Department made a drug-related arrest over the weekend. Isreal Maldonado (44) of Chapman was arrested Saturday afternoon for possession of narcotic drugs, criminal use of weapons, and driving while suspended. Police searched Maldonado’s car and recovered a handgun, which was reported as stolen from another jurisdiction. He was confined at the Riley County Jail on an $11,000 bond.
Wesley Iwundu tied a career-high with 23 points and three teammates joined him in double figures as Kansas State routed Hampton, 89-67, in the opening game of the Barclays Center Classic Saturday evening at Bramlage Coliseum. For the second time in three games, the Wildcats used three-pointers as a critical and effective portion of their offense, making 12 of 23 attempts. In stark contrast to the first two games of the season, however, K-State opened the game red-hot from the floor. “We’ve shown we have a number of guys who can shoot,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “I hope it…
TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is scheduled to meet this weekend with President-elect Donald Trump. Kobach spokeswoman Desiree Taliaferro told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kobach is on his way to New Jersey. She says she could not confirm details of the planned meeting, which is Sunday. Kobach served as an adviser to the Trump campaign on immigration issues. Before Kobach’s election in 2010, he had a national reputation in conservative circles for helping draft state and local laws aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration. He also has championed tough state voter identification laws. Kobach was…
It took a mixture of expected and unexpected faces working together in Waco, Texas, for Kansas State to finally learn how to close a tight game Saturday. The result, a 42-21 victory at Baylor, has Wildcat head coach Bill Snyder on the verge of history. Alex Barnes rushed for four touchdowns, Donnie Starks recorded the first two interceptions of his career and K-State ended a four-game losing streak to the Bears Saturday at McLane Stadium. The Wildcats also secured bowl eligibility for a seventh-straight season. K-State (6-4, 4-3 Big 12) overcame a lackluster first half on offense with a 21-point…
A St. George man was found dead in his pickup truck Wednesday, according to an email sent to KMAN by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s dispatch received a 911 call reporting an unresponsive male in a pickup truck west of Military Trail Road and Limerick Lane on Wednesday just after 6 p.m. Sheriff deputies responded to this area, located the man and found him deceased. Authorities identified the man as 47-year-old Gary Dorr. Dorr was arrested in July for drug charges, including the possession of methamphetamine. Although foul play is not suspected at this…
A Manhattan man was killed Friday morning in a single vehicle accident near the intersection of College and Kimball Avenue. Gary Harris, 63, of Manhattan, was the driver of the vehicle, according to the Riley County Police Department. He was pronounced deceased after being transported to Via Christi Hospital by Riley County EMS. Officers with the RCPD and Kansas State University Police Department in a collaborative response between area emergency personnel arrived at the scene of a single vehicle collision near the intersection in Manhattan at approximately 7:20 a.m. Personnel on scene, with the assistance of the Manhattan Fire Department, extricated two…
TOPEKA — A Kansas agency is seeking proposals from private contractors to run a troubled state mental hospital that lost its federal certification a year ago over safety issues. The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services issued a request for proposals on Monday to run Osawatomie State Hospital, one of the state’s two mental hospitals. The Osawatomie facility, about 45 miles southwest of Kansas City, has been losing between $500,000 and $1 million a month in federal funds since decertification last November. Lawmakers earlier this year approved measures requiring KDADS to seek permission from the Legislature before privatizing the facility.…