The Junction City Police Department is investigating the death of an unidentified female Sunday afternoon. At about 3:11 p.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the Super 8 hotel at 1133 South Washington Street, room 217 to check the welfare of the occupant. Upon the arrival of the responding officers a 36-year old woman was located in the room. It is believed the death was not criminal in nature but a complete investigation is being conducted. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
Author: KMAN Staff
AUGUSTA — Two people have been shot and wounded at a high school graduation ceremony in southern Kansas. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Butler County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened around 2 p.m. Sunday at the Augusta High School ceremony. An ambulance took one victim to a Wichita hospital, while the second victim was transported in a private vehicle. Augusta is about 20 miles east of Wichita. No other information was immediately available. The sheriff’s office directed The Associated Press to the Augusta Police Department, which was planning a briefing later Sunday.
A dust storm in Geary county kept first responders busy on Friday afternoon. An accident involving seven different vehicles was triggered by the dust blowing across I-70 westbound near mile marker 293. A chain reaction started when Tanner Hassel, 21, of Leoti, was driving westbound in a 2008 Chevy Silverado and struck 18-year old Alejandro Espinoza, of Abilene, due to decreased visibility. This caused a chain reaction sending two people to the hospital. David Geist, 54, of Hoxie, was transported to Geary Community Hospital. Twenty-eight year old Jordan Davies of Abilene was transported to Abilene Memorial Hospital. Everyone is reported…
TOPEKA — State agencies, cities and counties in Kansas will not be allowed to bar workers from carrying concealed guns while performing duties outside their offices, starting in July. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed a gun-rights bill this week that includes the provision affecting government workers. Agencies still could limit the carrying of concealed weapons in public buildings. The measure also creates an exception to a state law requiring students to be expelled if they bring weapons to public schools so that school groups can have organized activities involving air guns, such as BB rifles. The Kansas State Rifle Association said the…
TOPEKA — A measure approved by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback reduces some penalties for marijuana possession. The measure approved Friday reduces the penalty for first-time marijuana possession, which can now result in up to a year in jail, to no more than six months. The penalty for a second offense would be reduced from a low-level felony to a sentence of up to a year in jail. Subsequent offences could result in 10 to 42 months in prison, which is the current punishment for a second possession offense. The measure also increases prison time for burglarizing an occupied dwelling to a minimum…
Hy-Vee, Inc., based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is voluntarily recalling its frozen Hy-Vee Vegetable Fried Rice and frozen Hy-Vee Chicken Fried Rice products across its eight-state region due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a press release from the company emailed to KMAN. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths…
LAWRENCE — A 20-year-old caregiver faces state charges accusing her of hitting and confining two mentally challenged men in her care. The Lawrence Journal-World reported Friday that Brooke Tiara Shinn of Topeka was arrested last month and faces felony charges of mistreatment of a dependent adult and aggravated battery, as well as a misdemeanor criminal restraint charge. Shinn’s been released on $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court May 24. A lawyer listed online as representing Shinn didn’t immediately return a phone message Friday seeking comment. A recently released arrest affidavit says Shinn’s accused of hitting the two men and…
ELLSWORTH — The mother of a Kansas high schooler who says he was sexually assaulted by swim team members on a bus after a competition alleges he needs therapy and has stopped attending the school. The Great Bend Tribune reports that the lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Ellsworth County District Court. The defendants include the Great Bend school district and the parents of four students. The suit seeks at least $395,000 in damages and court costs. District spokeswoman Jennifer Schartz says the district had no comment. Two teammates have been charged with unlawful restraint and battery charges in the attack. The lawsuit…
Detectives with the Riley County Police Department made an arrest in connection with the illegal distribution of narcotics in the Manhattan and Riley County areas Thursday at approximately 4:30 p.m. Police made this arrest after serving a search warrant in the 700 block of Zeandale Road outside of Manhattan. Weston Jones, 22, of Manhattan, was arrested on the offenses of distribution of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs, distribution of marijuana, unlawful possession of stimulants, possession of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs, unlawful possession of anabolic steroids, possession of paraphernalia to grow or manufacture certain stimulants, unlawful possession of marijuana, use…
WICHITA — Volunteers have achieved a major milestone in their efforts to restore a World War II bomber. The Wichita Eagle reports that the B-29 Superfortress known as Doc moved under its own power Wednesday for the first time in decades. During about 45 minutes of testing in Wichita, volunteers evaluated Doc’s brakes and ability to turn. A spokesman for the nonprofit group that owns and is restoring the Boeing airplane said Doc traveled at a speed of about 8 to 10 mph. The Wichita-built plane was dubbed Doc after being assigned to a squadron of eight bombers named for Snow White…