WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man has been charged with abducting a 15-year-old boy and shocking him with jumper cables to get information about a robbery. The Wichita Eagle reports that 58-year-old Robert McDowell was charged Tuesday with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated assault and criminal threat. It wasn’t immediately known whether he had an attorney. Wichita police Lt. James Espinoza says a gun was placed against the boy’s back early Sunday as he was walking. Espinoza says the suspect took the teen to a garage, tied him to a trailer hitch, then attached jumper cables to his ears…
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EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Two candidates for the Emporia State University presidency are scheduled to visit its eastern Kansas campus next week. The presidential search committee announced the visits Tuesday but declined to name the finalists, saying they’ll be disclosed the day before they arrive. The first candidate will visit Oct. 6 and 7. The other will visit Oct. 8 and 9. The state Board of Regents will interview the candidates after their visits and make the final selection. The new president is expected to take office in January 2016. Michael Shonrock stepped down as president in April to become president…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Parole has been revoked for one of two men convicted in the 1980 Topeka killings of a Kansas woman and her young son. Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Adam Pfannenstiel said Tuesday that the Kansas Prisoner Review Board revoked Hobbs’ parole after concluding he violated its conditions when he possessed and tested positive for methamphetamines. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1M1jBoo) reports that Hobbs wasn’t charged with any new law violations. Hobbs was convicted of first-degree murder and second-degree murder in the strangulation and stabbing death of 28-year-old Karen Crook and the drowning death of her 4-year-old son, Brandon…
A Rossville man faces an October fifth sentencing in Riley County District Court for vehicular homicide, after reportedly entering a plea of no contest. Derik Kesler, 33, had been slated for a September 22nd trial. A preliminary hearing had been held in early August, with testimony from crime scene investigators, including one RCPD official who reported Kesler was “visibly shaken” and overcome with emotional distress during a later interview at the police station. Manhattan bicyclist Mark Jilka, 49, suffered fatal injuries when Kesler struck him with his truck on June 26th, 2014, while traveling on Kansas Highway 177 south of Manhattan. As KMAN…
CHICAGO (AP)– Eric Hosmer and Kendrys Morales homered and Johnny Cueto threw six quality innings, but the Kansas City Royals lost to the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Tuesday night. The Royals, who have lost four of their last five, fell behind 3-0 after Adam Eaton drove a two-run homer into the bullpen in right field off Cueto (10-13) in the fifth inning. Cueto lost for the third time in his four September outings and gave up three runs and eight hits over six innings. He struck out two and walked two. Kansas City got within 3-2 in the sixth…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications K-State Athletics officials announced two upcoming home volleyball matches, October 10 vs. West Virginia and October 21 vs. Texas, will be played in Bramlage Coliseum. The October 10 contest will have its start time announced after the release of the kickoff time for the K-State football game vs. TCU at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Further ticket and parking information will also be announced once the first serve time is set. The October 21 matchup against the No. 3 Longhorns, which will also air on ESPNU and ESPN3, is set for 6 p.m. The midweek…
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The Coast Guard has unloaded about $41 million of cocaine and marijuana in Miami Beach after two interdictions in the Caribbean. The seizures netted 1,100 kilograms of cocaine and more than four thousand pounds of marijuana.
A large natural gas line was ruptured shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday in the area of 916 Pottawatomie Street. Residents were asked to stay away from the area and those living within a quarter mile and were asked to evacuate the area until further advised. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Kansas Gas Service announced that the leak had been fixed and that residents were allowed to return to their homes. No injuries were reported.
A Wichita man has entered a no contest plea in Pottawatomie County to vehicle burglary and felony theft. James Shirley, 21, entered the plea Tuesday in Pottawatomie County District Court in connection with a stolen vehicle case reported near St. George earlier this month, which resulted in a law enforcement chase. Sentencing has been set for October 16th. Shirley’s co-defendant, Dalton Flax, 19, also has pled to the same charges and his sentencing date is the same as Shirley’s.