A 57-year-old Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time in a Geary County case has apparently been released from jail. Alex Mackey had been serving time on convictions including drug possession, theft, aggravated burglary,and aggravated robbery in four different counties from 1983-2002. The Geary County conviction was Mackey’s first reported conviction in 1983. Public comment sessions were held last August. A report earlier this month indicates Mackey’s current status as post incarceration. His current location is in Sedgwick County. Mackey’s other convictions were in Finney, Atchison, and Sedgwick counties.
Author: KMAN Staff
In this edition of In Focus, KMAN’s Cathy Dawes speaks with Fort Riley with Commissary Director Peter Howell; CYSS Administrator Cheryl Greathouse; Medical Outreach Specialist Rebeka Ladd; Dr. Randall Phebus, K-State Professor of Food Safety and Defense; and Eric Higgins, von Waaden Chair of Investment Management at K-State.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A coroner says a woman whose body would found in a Kansas creek was strangled. The body of 38-year-old Mary Ann Arnett was found in a creek south of Nickerson in June 2015. The Hutchinson News reports Jamie Hatfield, of Hutchinson, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated intimidation of a witness and conspiracy to commit murder in Arnett’s death. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for next week. Prosecutors say Hatfield and Jonathan Perser-Wilson were involved in Arnett’s death. Perser-Wilson was shot and killed by police during a confrontation the day after Arnett’s body was found. Reno…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Hutchinson man pleaded guilty to the shooting death of a Kansas State Fair worker. Michael Brisco on Wednesday pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the September 2013 death of Sem Adrien of Chicago. Brisco was originally charged with alternate counts of first- and second-degree murder and four other charges. The Hutchinson News reports attorneys will recommend Brisco get a cumulative sentence of 15 years in prison. Adrein went to Brisco’s home to get a haircut. Testimony at a preliminary hearing indicated Brisco became angry and a fight started inside the home but Adrein was shot outside…
Riley County police and emergency crews were on the scene Wednesday evening, after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. Officers found that a truck driven by 32-year-old Jessica Kohrs collided with 54-year-old Polly Gantenbein while she was in the roadway. Gantenbein sustained an injury to the head and was transported to Via Christi Hospital by Riley County EMS. The accident occured in the 2800 block of Anderson Ave. near the intersection of Garden Way and caused a delay in traffic. No citations have been issued and officers continue to investigate the collision.
Police arrested Cody Jones, 19, of Leonardville, Kansas on January 13, 2016 at approximately 12:15 PM on a warrant for the offenses of burglary, making false writing, and theft of property or services. He was given a bond of $5,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. No further information was readily available at the time of publication. The Riley County Police Department is investigating another trailer theft. This most recent report was filed on January 13, 2016 at approximately 8:00 AM and is said to have occurred the night prior. Missing…
The state may not have crowned any billionaires after Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, but some residents of Northeast Kansas could still cash in. Three tickets worth $50,000.00 were sold in the region, with four more sold in other parts of the state. Two $1 million tickets were sold in the southwest and south-central portions of the state. There is no word on which cities the three $50,000.00 tickets were sold in, but if you bought one in the area you may not have to give up hope of being part of the historic drawing – just yet.
The fourth and final USD 383 Superintendent has been named. Dr. Michael Simpson currently serves as the Superintendent of Schools for Guthrie Public Schools in Guthrie, Oklahoma and has been in that position since 2012. He has also served as an Assistant Superintendent of Schools for Ponca City Public Schools in Ponca City, Oklahoma (2008-2012). Prior to that, he was the Director of Athletics and Activities for Stillwater Public Schools in Stillwater, Oklahoma (2000-2008), American History teacher/basketball and golf coach for Blackwell High School in Blackwell, Oklahoma (1996-2000) and American History teacher/basketball coach for Apache High School in Apache, Oklahoma. Simpson received…
There are at least three winning tickets in Wednesday night’s record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot. The California lottery says one ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, near Los Angeles.
A combination of suicide bomb and gun attacks have shaken Jakarta, Indonesia. At least six explosions are reported in the city. At least four attackers and three other people are dead.