TOPEKA — A 36-year-old Kansas man convicted of mistaken-identity killing has been resentenced to a shorter prison term. The Hutchinson News reports that Charles Christopher Logsdon was sentenced Monday to life without the possibility of parole for 25 years for the 2011 killing of 27-year-old Jennifer Heckel. He also was sentenced to another 23 years for four other crimes. Intruders entered Heckel’s home by mistake and shot her twice as her young son watched television in an adjoining room. Their real target was a drug dealer. Logsdon insisted he didn’t kill Heckel. Under Logsdon’s original sentence, he would have to serve a…
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A Salina woman was taken into custody on Monday. Jamie Magnuson, 53, was arrested Thursday afternoon on the offense of probation violation. This warrant was served at the Riley County Police Department and had a “no bond” listed. This warrant originated in Saline County, Kansas and no further information was available to release. Magnuson was confined at the Riley County Jail.
Wise stewardship of resources was one of the main topics presented at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting in Manhattan, with K-State Vice President for Human Capital Services Cheryl Johnson addressing the group. Johnson says the university has reduced its previous 139 steps to make a hire down to under 60. Johnson indicated the bottom line prior to the change was that no one person had a handle on the hiring process…and they were so busy chasing paper no one stepped back to see the entire system. She also mentioned applicants now having the option of social media, including Facebook. Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen…
“Boring” is the word used by Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen to describe the latest sales tax numbers for the city. June figures of $884,481 is up a little from 2015’s June numbers of $870,536…but only about four thousand dollars above 2014 sales tax receipts of $888,675. Hayen adds the numbers aren’t bad, but are “simply stagnant.” And the Finance Director indicates the June sales tax numbers are in line with what had been predicted… Hayen indicates no particular retail sector was down or up for that matter. Hayen had mentioned the Camelot days to intergovernmental leaders Monday–when sales tax numbers were quite impressive–but…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Myranda Bowers with KAWS Christina Nolte with Homecare and Hospice Jayme Morris Hardeman, Coach of Circles Manhttan Mitch Innes and Janie Dunstan of Randolph Pride
Riley County commissioners were updated on the latest EMS statistics on Country Stampede Monday morning. The annual Country Stampede music festival began Thursday and wrapped up Saturday night. This is the first year the festival opted to end on Saturday night rather than Sunday. Riley County EMS director Larry Couchman told commissioners the shortened event resulted in slightly fewer patients, but some numbers were still up. “EMS saw 92 patients, compared to 104 last year,” Couchman said. “So that number’s down, but consider that that’s one less day of statistics. “I would call it an average year for us for the type…
WICHITA — A government snapshot shows farmers have now harvested about 58 percent of their winter wheat crop in Kansas. The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Monday that the harvest this year is well ahead of both the 37 percent cut statewide at this time a year ago as well as the five-year average of 50 percent for this date. Harvest activity extends across Kansas. Southeast Kansas has cut 91 percent of its wheat, with the south-central Kansas harvest now 74 percent finished. Central Kansas has cut 78 percent. Harvest in northwest Kansas reached 13 percent. For the wheat still…
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation that would increase aid to poor school districts to meet a court mandate and end a threat that the state’s public schools might shut down. The bill signed Monday increases poor districts’ state funding by $38 million for the 2016-17 school year by diverting funds from other parts of the budget. It also redistributes some funds from wealthier districts, which is in line with a state Supreme Court ruling last month. The court said Kansas’ school funding system is still unfair to poor districts and gave lawmakers until Thursday to make further changes.…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Army has identified a man who died in an Alaska motorcycle crash as a soldier from Junction City. Thirty-one-year-old Staff Sgt. Maurice Tucker crashed on Anchorage’s Minnesota Drive just before 8 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses say the Tucker had stopped for a red light at Spenard Road while heading south. On a green light, he took off at high speed, lost control and began doing “speed wobbles.” Witnesses tell police Tucker was thrown from the bike and struck the pole at Jefferson Avenue as the motorcycle slid several hundred feet down the roadway. Emergency responders declared Tucker…
A Wichita man was arrested Sunday afternoon at approximately 3:15 PM in the 3200 block of Claflin Road on several offenses including possession of stolen property and a hallucinogenic drug. Aaron Petit, 30, received a bond of $11,000. The arrest took place after a police officer initiated a traffic stop for a traffic violation. A 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 and a flat-bed trailer were recovered as a result of the traffic stop. ### The Riley County Police Department filed a report for two counts of battery of a law enforcement officer, interference with law enforcement, and battery. Robert Ling was arrested on these…