SALINA — A Salina woman was sentenced to nearly 31 years in prison for her role in the death of a Nebraska man. Twenty-five-year-old Amber Craig was sentenced Tuesday in the death of 32-year-old Adonis Loudermilk, of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was killed in April 2016 in the parking lot of a Starlite Motel in Salina. The Salina Journal reports Craig pleaded no contest in February to second-degree murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. She settled a separate case by pleading no contest to trafficking methamphetamine in jail May 6. Co-defendant DiAntre Lemmie, who shot Loudermilk, will be sentenced…
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Neil Berg’s widely acclaimed “100 Years of Broadway,” a musical revue of Broadway’s most celebrated shows, comes to Kansas State University’s McCain Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14, as the final presentation of the 2016-2017 McCain Performance Series. Recreating the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century, “100 Years of Broadway” features stars and music from classics like “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Les Miserables,” “CATS,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Jekyll & Hyde.” The cast includes five Broadway stars: Rita Harvey, Lawrence Clayton, Natalie Toro, William Michals and Danny Zolli. They are accompanied by an all-star…
Riley county Police Officers responded to a report of an injury accident at 6th and Osage Streets at approximately 2:10 PM Monday. When officers arrived on scene, they found Joshua Haus, 19, of Manhattan, suffering from injuries after the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a GMC Terrain, driven by Diane Washington, 67, of Manhattan. Haus was transported to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan for treatment of his injuries. Washington was cited for failure to yield right of way at a stop sign. ### A Manhattan man faces a $14,000 bond following his arrest Monday. Tyler Mann, 20, was taken…
Tuesday’s guests were Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi and City Manager Ron Fehr:
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The archdiocese covering the Kansas City, Kansas, region and much of the eastern part of the state is severing ties with Girl Scouts and urging an end to cookie sales, citing philosophical concerns with the organization. The Kansas City Star reports the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas announced Monday that Girl Scouts is “no longer a compatible partner in helping us form young women with the virtues and values of the Gospel.” The archdiocese says it is switching its support to a 22-year-old, Christian-based scouting program, American Heritage Girls. American Heritage Girls has become an option…
A mother and Kansas State University graduate, Julie Wethington, has always had a passion for children and her community. Nowadays she doesn’t have the need for a full-time job, and her children have grown up and left the house. When she spoke with KMAN, she had a quiet smile that brightened the room around her. With such a kind and glowing personality, it’s difficult to fathom that she’s often in a court room or visiting the homes of children, fighting for their rights as they face the horrors of child abuse and neglect. Wethington is a volunteer with Sunflower CASA, or Court…
TOPEKA — A Topeka-area community health system is moving forward with a bid to acquire a financially troubled rival hospital. Stormont Vail Health submitted a letter of intent Friday saying it wants to acquire the 378-bed St. Francis Health hospital. It previously had expressed interest in an acquisition. St. Francis is owned by Denver-based SCL Health. SCL has said it plans to stop operating St. Francis this summer whether it has a buyer or not. Stormont Vail is among three potential buyers. The others are the University of Kansas Health System and the California-based Prime Healthcare Foundation. Stormont Vail operates a…
TOPEKA — A Nebraska mayor is pushing for changes in Kansas’ oversight of prairie and ranchland burning after smoke from the Flint Hills spurred health warnings in Nebraska’s capital city. Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Chris Beutler sent a letter Friday to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment pressing for action. KDHE environmental division director John Mitchell says Kansas’ prairie-burning protocol will get an annual review this spring. Mitchell was responding to the Nebraska mayor’s complaints about the smoke. Kansas farmers and ranchers burn land to help control undergrowth that can fuel wildfires. Burning also helps grow nutritious grass for grazing cattle.…
Monday’s guests on In Focus were: “First Tee” with Aaron Wall, Program Director Susan Lowman, and participant Delaney Wisdom Miss Kansas USA, Catherine Carmichael Ken and Kassidy Scroggs on Hope Ranch Therapeutic Riding Center Phil Anderson and K-State Landscape/Architecture students Emily Voigt and Janda Schulte on Riverfront projects
At the bottom of an unsuspecting stairwell in the Riley County Police Department Headquarters, an ominous set of large locking doors leads to the Riley County Jail. Entering the jail, one is greeted by a large reception desk manned by an officer wearing a tan uniform with a sewn-on Riley County Corrections badge. Around the corner is the break room, and down the hall a visitor may see lower-risk inmates doing chores. There is no sign of daylight at this point. Everything is made of safety glass, concrete and steel. Checking his radio and chatting with an inmate folding laundry…