MEDICINE LODGE-Two people have been injured in a single-engine plane crash in Barber County. Barber County Sheriff Justin Rugg says the plane went down east of Medicine Lodge on Wednesday around 4:55 p.m. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred as the pilot was trying to land the plane. The pilot attempted to pull back when part of the plane caught a fence. It flipped and came to a rest on its top. KWCH-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1RoRxSo ) that the pilot and passenger on the plane were transported to a hospital. The pilot, 71-year-old Gary Wright of Medicine Lodge, could…
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OLATHE- A pedestrian has died in a suburban Kansas City crash that shut down southbound lanes of Interstate 35 for nearly four hours. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1Q2xsBS ) reports that a vehicle struck the pedestrian shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday along the interstate in Olathe. The Kansas Department of Transportation said all lanes of the highway were reopened by 7 a.m.
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with Governor’s Military Council Executive Director John Armbrust of Manhattan: Also on In Focus was Pottawatomie County Public Works Director Peter Clark:
As KMAN reported earlier Thursday, Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Jonathan A. Turner, 25, of Portsmouth VA on a Riley County District Court Warrant for one count of Rape and six counts of Aggravated Criminal Sodomy with a child. Turner’s bond was set at $250,000 by the district court. Turner is currently confined at the Riley County Detention Center. Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson told KMAN late in the day the alleged victim was under 14 years of age and the crimes reportedly occurred in 2013 in Riley County. Turner was picked up in Virginia by law enforcement…
San Bernadino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan says the two suspects in the Wednesday morning shooting are named Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. Both died in a shootout with police.
A former Manhattan City Attorney was granted a motion to continue in a case involving charges of distributing child pornography. Bill Raymond had been set for a status conference Wednesday in U-S District Court in Wichita, with a jury trial December 15th. But that was continued Wednesday, with the jury trial now set for January 26th and status conference for January 13th. Raymond, who is from Andover, was indicted by a federal grand jury September 30th for three counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possession. The crimes allegedly occurred in November of 2014, February 2015 and May…
Forty distinguished professors from Kansas State University have came together to send a message to Topeka that they have serious concerns about a 2012 state law that removed Kansas colleges’ exemption from law that permits the carrying of firearms in all public places. Professors contend that the law, which was scheduled to affect universities on July, 1, 2017, brings more harm than good. This is the letter from K-State’s announcement: To the Kansas Legislature: In July 2017, Kansas Regents Institutions will lose their exemption from Kansas legislation that permits the carrying of firearms in all public places. Until that time, colleges…
Frustration and agreement were only a few of Wednesday evening’s vibes at a meeting before the Manahttan/Ogden school district’s usual business discussions. Before their regular business meeting, USD 383 school board members sat down with a panel of area legislators to discuss education issues. These legislators included 66th District Representative Sydney Carlin, 64th District Representative Susie Swanson, state Senator Tom Hawk, 67th District Representative Tom Phillips, and 51st District Representative Ron Highland. Several discussions between this panel and the school board ranged from common frustration over Governor Sam Brownback’s funding formulas for public schools to how lobbyists address school funding proposals. During one point in…
FORT RILEY, Kan. – A 1st Infantry Division Soldier was found dead in his Junction City residence Nov. 30. First Sgt. Patrick E. Centamore, 46, was assigned as the senior noncommissioned officer of Company G, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div. His military occupational specialty was 91Z, a senior maintenance supervisor. He deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He arrived at Fort Riley in August 2010. “While a new arrival to the battalion, 1st Sgt. Centamore had already rapidly established himself as a professional senior noncommissioned officer who was well liked and respected…
Aerial video shows massive police activity in San Bernardino, California. Police say one suspect is down. It was not immediately clear whether the incident is related to a mass shooting that killed at least 14 earlier Wednesday.