KANSAS CITY, Kansas-The second trial of a man charged with fatally shooting a 22-year-old woman in Kansas City, Kansas, has ended in another hung jury. Wyandotte County jurors deadlocked Thursday after hearing the case against 29-year-old Antoine Fielder. He is charged with murder in the June 2015 shooting death of Kelsey Ewonus. The single mother of a 1-year-old son was found in a car parked a few blocks north of the University of Kansas Hospital. Kansas Department of Corrections records show Fielder was paroled from prison in 2014 after serving time on drug sale charges. No decision has been made…
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KANSAS CITY, Kansas-Authorities say the death toll has grown to four from a stolen vehicle crash in Kansas City, Kansas, that ended with a survivor taking a vehicle from a good Samaritan. Police identified the fourth victim in a new release Thursday as 18-year-old Cory Thornburgh, of Shawnee. Also killed in Sunday’s crash was 20-year-old Cameron Shafer, of Kansas City, Kansas, 20-year-old Hayden Gottman, of Lenexa, and 18-year-old Joshua Lindsey, of Overland Park. Thornburgh and Shafer died at a hospital, while the other two died at the crash scene. Police said that when a motorist stopped to help, a surviving…
Today’s guests on In Focus included Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf, US Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, and Manhattan Regional Airport Director Jesse Romo. Wolf: Roberts: Romo:
LEAVENWORTH-Police say a suspect was fatally shot in northeast Kansas as an officer was investigating a vehicle theft. Leavenworth police Chief Patrick Kitchens says the officer had responded Tuesday night to the theft report. The officer was at the scene about 10 minutes before reporting that shots had been fired. Kitchens says other officers then responded and that the suspect was pronounced dead. Kitchens provided no other details, including the name and race of the suspect. He directed further questions to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting. A KBI spokeswoman said in an email that the…
EL DORADO-Authorities say a third-grade Wichita teacher has been arrested on suspicion of being a drug dealer after a two-month investigation. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2tLYZBG ) reports that records show the 48-year-old teacher was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on Tuesday. Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Lt. Lin Dehning says she was arrested on suspicion of seven counts of cocaine distribution. She is being held on $57,500 bond. Wichita School District spokeswoman Susan Arensman says she is a teacher at Enders Open Magnet Elementary School. The school’s website lists her as a third-grade teacher there.
Today’s guests on In Focus were both from Fort Riley. Our first guest was Sports Program Coordinator Reed Scott and Anit-Terrorism Officer Patrick Burch.
Kansas State offensive lineman Scott Frantz came out as a gay man in a SportsCenter feature on ESPN Thursday morning. The sophomore from Lawrence told the story of how he informed his teammates after an emotional team-building exercise last year. The team kept Frantz’s sexuality a secret until he decided to tell the rest of the world. “I came out to my teammates, and I’ve never felt so loved and so accepted ever in my life than when I did that,” Frantz told ESPN’s Holly Rowe. “And ever since then it’s been great. I’ve grown so much closer to my…
The Riley county Police Department and emergency personnel from the Manhattan Fire Department and Riley County EMS conducted a joint exercise for an active shooter. The training focused on the three departments working and communicating with each other during this kind of situation. “The first part of the response will be Riley County Police Department coming in and stopping the shooter,” said RCPD Public Information Officer Alex Robinson,” the rest of the drill will be us responding with fire and EMS. The scenario is an active shooter in a school and each department had their role. Robinson said all the departments…
Updated 6 am Friday: Northview Pool will re-open as staffing allows following pool employees experiencing chlorine exposure Wednesday afternoon. Eight employees were transported to Via Christi Hospital with skin irritation and respiratory issues after an accidental release of excess chlorine into the pool during a heat break in which only lifeguards were in the pool. Two additional employees received walk-in treatment later. One employee remains hospitalized in good condition; all others were treated and released. Melissa Kirkwood with Manhattan Parks and Recreation tells KMAN due to the fact it is a personnel confidential record, per the city’s human resources department, names are…
The 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team formally welcomed their new leader on Wednesday. Colonel Charles S. Armstrong took command of the brigade in a ceremony held at Fort Riley’s Cavalry Parade Field. He replaces Colonel Timothy C. Hayden, who took command of the unit on June 26, 2015. The unit will also uncase its colors, signifying the “Devil” brigade’s recent return from South Korea, where over 3,700 soldiers had been deployed. Armstrong comes to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team from the North American Aerospace Defense command, or NORAD, and U.S. Northern Command where he served as the command…