Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker will be the speaker for the annual Kansas State University Women’s Studies Advisory Board Lecture Series. The event, which includes a dinner, will be Thursday, March 31, at the Manhattan Country Club, 1531 N. 10th St. A social hour will be at 5:30 p.m. followed by the dinner and Kassebaum Baker’s talk, “The Challenge of Change,” at 6:30 p.m. The dinner is open to the public. Tickets cost $50; student tickets are $40. To RSVP and purchase a ticket, call Kim Garver at 785-532-5738 by Wednesday, March 23. In 1978, Kassebaum Baker, then…
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BOSTON (AP) A federal judge has rejected a plea agreement that called for a five- to seven-year prison sentence for an 80-year-old man who ran a multistate marijuana-dealing operation with a Junction City connection. Marshall Dion was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. But the hearing was canceled after Judge Denise Casper rejected the plea agreement and the joint sentencing recommendation by Dion’s lawyers and prosecutors. Casper had postponed the hearing last month after she questioned both sides about why the proposed sentence was so much lower than the 30-year sentence called for under federal…
Area fire and medical response crews responded to the Manhattan Regional Airport shortly before five p.m. Thursday after an emergency alert went out regarding a potential incident at the airport. Airport Director Jesse Romo indicates an American Airlines flight was inbound for landing and had a warning light come on for a possible hydraulic failure. Several fire engines and medical response vehicles arrived prior to the landing to assist. The aircraft arrived and landed safely at the Manhattan Regional Airport at approximately 5:15 PM. For precautionary reasons, the aircraft was towed to the parking apron near the terminal where passengers…
The Pottawatomie County Administration has been remodeling in recent days, making six private offices and one receptionist area and allowing room for two more employees. Those affected by the work are the County Administrator, Finance Officer, Management Assistant Operations, County Counselor, Human Resources, and for a new receptionist and possibly CPA. County Administrator Robert Reece reminds us last year the Board of County Commissioners authorized a space needs study for the offices in the County. Numerous solutions were suggested by BG Consultants. One of the suggestions was to re-evaluate how the county utilizes current space, which many of the offices did…
In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes talks with Supervisory Fish and Wildlife Biologist from Fort Riley’s Environmental and Conservation office, Shawn Stratton and Associate Professor of Cultural Geography at K-State, Dr. Jeff Smith.
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Conner Goss-Griffin, 24, of Topeka, Kansas on a warrant for the offense of failure to appear. This warrant had an original offense of burglary and was served at the Riley County Police Department. Goss-Griffin was given a total bond of $5,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. He was arrested on March 9, 2016 at approximately 11:00 AM. Mark Hecker, 20, of Wamego, Kansas was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on the offense of aggravated assault on March 9, 2016…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas prosecutor says he’s not reached an agreement with his Missouri counterpart about who will prosecute a man accused of killing five people. Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman said at a news conference Wednesday that he would prefer to try 40-year-old Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino first in Kansas, where he is accused of gunning down four men at a Kansas City, Kansas, home Monday night. Gorman declined to reveal a motive for the shootings, though he said there was no indication that drugs were involved. He said his office has experience with death penalty cases,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The chairmen of the budget committees in the House and Senate are working on their own education funding plans aimed at helping poor school districts. Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ty Masterson said Wednesday that he hopes to have plan drafted yet this week. The Andover Republican says it will be an attempt to meet a Kansas Supreme Court order within the state’s existing resources. The House Appropriations Committee already has agreed to sponsor a plan from Chairman and Olathe Republican Ron Ryckman Jr. His plan would boost school districts’ aid by about $37 million. The…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A California truck driver accused of traveling to Wichita with more than 15 pounds of methamphetamine in his truck has been indicted. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release Wednesday that that 33-year-old Arnoldo Perez-Ortega of Fontana, California, was charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Grissom said Wichita police stopped Perez-Ortega’s truck on Sunday and discovered 15.75 pounds of the drug. If convicted, Perez-Ortega faces a penalty of not less than 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000. It was not immediately clear if he has an…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man who was convicted of child abuse but acquitted of murder in the death of his live-in girlfriend’s toddler is scheduled to be sentenced next month. The Wichita Eagle reports that 34-year-old Sly Maples faces up 11 years and four months in prison. Sedgwick County jurors returned their verdict Monday. Two-year-old Avry Darnell died on Jan. 21, 2015, after she was removed from life support. One day earlier, Maples and Avry’s mother took the toddler to a hospital after she fell unconscious while playing with Maples at a park. Medical staff determined she had current…