SALINA — A central Kansas man will have to serve at least 50 years in prison after being convicted in the death of a 17-year-old girl. The Salina Journal reports Macio D. Palacio Jr. was sentenced Friday to life in prison in the 2015 death of Allie Saum. His sentence requires that he serve a minimum of 50 years before he’s eligible for parole. He was convicted earlier of first-degree, premeditated murder in Saum’s fatal shooting. Saum was struck and killed when Palacio fired into a truck she was riding in. Judge Rene Young imposed sentences for additional crimes but ordered those…
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WICHITA — Crews in Wichita have been searching for a man who was reported missing while kayaking in the Arkansas River. The Wichita Eagle reports that Wichita Fire Department crews spent Saturday searching for the man, identified as 24-year-old Brian Bergkamp, a native of Garden Plain. He had been scheduled to enter his third year of theology study at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He was reported missing Saturday when the Arkansas River was swollen by recent rains. Fire officials say two men and three women in separate kayaks were floating on the river Saturday when they hit churning water.…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Star has apologized for a guest column about women reducing the risk of rape by not drinking too much, saying the column “should never have been published.” In the apology, Publisher Tony Berg said the newspaper removed the column, which was written by Laura Herrick and titled “Women can take action to prevent rapes,” after it was published on the website Friday and in the newspaper Saturday. The column says women shouldn’t get so intoxicated that “we don’t know what is happening.” Berg says the column was removed because “when a person is…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: U.S. Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas Randy Phebus, Professor of Food Safety and Defense at K-State Manhattan Building Official Brad Claussen
Thursday night’s police shooting in Dallas gripped a nation already well-entrenched in violence and racial tension. Friday at noon in front of the Riley County Law Enforcement Center, members of the Manhattan community and RCPD officials gathered to find a sense of peace and good will after five Dallas PD officers were murdered. The impromptu vigil was organized by a Manhattan woman who just wanted to assure the RCPD it was supported. “I’m just a community member from Manhattan, and I’m here to support the police — our men and women in uniform, the highway patrol,” said Angela, who preferred not…
Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 and Manhattan-Ogden NEA reached a tentative agreement Thursday, July 7th. The teams have been meeting for five months to discuss the contract for the 2016-2017 school year. Highlights of the new contract include: 2.5% total compensation package increase Increase of $775.00 on the base salary (starting salary for a teacher will be $37,000) Continued coverage of the health insurance premium Adjusted and extended due process language procedure for teachers Agreed to contract language to support dual credit classes with MATC Promotion of equity through extending teaching overload language to include all levels Moved several longstanding one year…
EUREKA — Officials say the southeastern Kansas town of Eureka has been hit by a tornado that has caused significant widespread damage. The National Weather Service says a tornado warning for Greenwood County was issued just after 9:00 p.m. The tornado hit Eureka around 9:45 p.m. Greenwood County Emergency Management Director Levi Vinson confirmed at 12:30 a.m. that there were no reports of injuries or deaths. Vinson says there was a lot of structural damage, including to a local nursing home, mobile homes and a barn. People have been displaced from their homes and have been asked to take shelter at the…
PHILLIPSBURG — Law enforcement authorities are investigating after an inmate escaped from a northern Kansas jail. Phillips County Sheriff Paul Wisinger says 18-year-old Trent Ludwig of Hayward, Wisconsin, was being held at the county jail on misdemeanor drug charges and other local charges when he escaped Thursday evening. Wisinger told The Hays Post that a deputy was supervising inmates cleaning the facility when other inmates were outside on a break. He says Ludwig took off while the other inmates were returning to the jail. The Kansas Highway Patrol is also involved in the search for Ludwig.
DALLAS — The latest news and updates on the Thursday night shootings of police officers in Dallas: 2:35 p.m. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of five police officers in Dallas, saying through a spokesman that “there is no justification for such violence.” U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Friday that “those responsible compounded the suffering that many in the United States feel following the killing of two African-American men over two days.” Haq says it’s very hard and demanding work to be a police officer anywhere in the world and the secretary-general extends condolences to the…
A joint investigation by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, Wamego Police Department and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks resulted in the arrest of two men this past week. According to a Thursday evening news release from Sheriff Greg Riat, the two males who were driving a 2004 Chevy Silverado Pickup were stopped near Horseshoe Road on Military Trail Rd in rural Wamego around 3:40 p.m last Friday (July 1). A search of the vehicle was conducted and a quantity of Marijuana was seized as well as two firearms, with one being loaded. The driver, identified as Tyler Newman,…