OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas City brothers have been ordered to stand trial in the death of an aspiring rapper from suburban Olathe. The Kansas City Star reports that a Johnson County judge found sufficient evidence Wednesday to try 34-year-old Dale Willis and 28-year-old James Willis on a first-degree murder charge. They are accused in the fatal September shooting of 24-year-old Jurl L. Carter outside of a bar in northern Overland Park. Carter performed under the names Boogy and Yunglyfe Carter. During the preliminary hearing, several witnesses testified that they saw Dale Willis punch Carter in the face and…
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The estate of a University of Kansas graduate who helped develop the atomic bomb has donated $1.8 million to establish a new professorship in physics. The Lawrence Journal World reports that the KU Endowment announced Wednesday that the gift comes from Ernest Klema and his late wife Virginia Klema, who also was a scientist. He died in 2008, and she died in 2015. Ernest Klema earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the university in the early 1940s before beginning work on his doctorate at Princeton University. Ultimately, his project was transferred to Los Alamos in New Mexico,…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A 43-year-old Hutchinson inmate has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a prison officer. Corey Jeffery pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted capital murder by an inmate and was sentenced to life. He was ordered to serve at least 54 years before being eligible for parole. The Hutchinson News reports the sentence is to run consecutive to a life sentence Jeffery is serving for the September 2005 fatal stabbing of 80-year-old Paul Boever. The latest charge stems from a 2014 knife attack on a guard at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. Jeffery has said he intended to…
In this edition of KMAN’s In Focus, Cathy Dawes speaks to Fort Riley’s Kristina Springer, Program Manager with Employment Readiness Program and Monica Smith; and Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Scott Hulshoff and Flint Hills Christian School Administrator Tim McDonald.
Bayer Construction of Manhattan will be working on the long awaited Excel Road intersection project. Pottawatomie county commission chair Dee McKee tells KMAN it’s been 13 years coming, but the project includes improvements to Highway 24 with some turn-off lanes so traffic can decelerate and turn. The Excel/Highway 24 intersection work will be about $1,900,000 project when all of the components are put together and is expected to take about a year to complete. The action was taken during a special commission meeting Thursday. McKee says other projects hinge on the Excel Road work and that they don’t want to close…
A Clay Center mother of newborn triplets may have passed away, but the connections she made has people giving back in her honor. Cassia Rott passed away on Feb. 8, after a blood clot in her lungs caused stress on her heart – a result of her pregnancy with triplets, who she gave birth to on Jan. 29. In response to her death, friends and loved ones created a GoFundMe account for her family, which includes a husband, two daughters, and three newborns. The account raised nearly $24,000.00 in 24 hours.
The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down a stopgap law and told the legislature to revamp the way schools are funded in the state. State Representative Sydney Carlin reacted to the decision announced Thursday, saying “I’m excited about the state’s decision coming in at this time, where we have some time to deal with it here at the capital.” The court says the state left poor districts $54 million short, and that the Republican-backed law enacted last year doesn’t comply with the Kansas Constitution. USD 383’s Aaron Estabrook also released a statement on the ruling, saying “the ruling means that instead of…
Mid-Campus Drive “four corners” to Old Claflin Road closes Feb. 15-May 15: Fences and barricades will be placed to close Mid-Campus Drive from the intersection of Claflin Road and Mid-Campus Drive “four corners” to just south of Old Claflin Road. Traffic will continue to flow through Claflin Road east and west, and also north on Mid-Campus Drive from that intersection. There will be no vehicle or pedestrian access past West Hall on Old Claflin Road. North of Shellenberger Hall, Waters Hall and Waters Hall Annex can be accessed from the south through Mid-Campus Drive. The east entrance and exit from parking lot A17 will…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down a stopgap law for funding the state’s public schools, saying it left poor districts $54 million short. The justices ruled Thursday that the Republican-backed law enacted last year doesn’t comply with the Kansas Constitution. The court gave lawmakers until the end of June to write a new law. The ruling came in a lawsuit that four districts have been pursuing since 2010. The Supreme Court has yet to decide on the larger question of whether Kansas must boost its education spending by at least $548 million a year. Lawmakers approved the 2015 law…
Kansas State hoped its biggest win of the season, over No. 1 Oklahoma last weekend, would be the turning point of its season. If Wednesday night’s performance against No. 21 Baylor was any indication, it was more of a flash in the pan. The Wildcats were outmatched by the Bears’ zone defense from the opening tip in a 82-72 loss at Bramlage Coliseum. “It was a disappointing performance for our guys,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “We were on top of the world Saturday night, and I guess we didn’t handle it very well.” For the second straight game, a…