Day one of the jury trial for the man charged in the case where a pest control man was found dead, was held Monday in Riley County District Court. After several years of being found incompetent enough to withstand a trial, Howard Barrett (58) was finally cleared to stand trial. Barrett is charged in the stabbing death of Thomas James (48) of Clay Center. This incident reportedly happened on Valentine’s Day in 2008. Barrett appeared before Judge David L. Stutzman in his courtroom. Prosecuting State Attorney, Barry Wilkerson called witnesses to the stand throughout the day, several of which were investigators…
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A Pottawatomie County development will involve quite a few infrastructure improvements–but commissioners only received one bid for the project at Monday’s meeting. Commission Chair Stan Hartwich adds the bid did come in under what had been anticipated though. Commissioners opened the one bid for the Wildcat Woods Phase III infrastructure, which includes street, sewer and water improvements. The lone bid came from Larson Construction in Manhattan, for $207,249.50, which was a little lower than the engineer estimate of $209,937. Statutes that date back to the 1800’s were discussed by Pottawatomie County commissioners, regarding a road in the northern part of…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Art DeGroat, retired Lieutenant Colonel and Ex. Dir. of Military and Veterans Affairs at Kansas State University. The last two segments were utilized for open phones.
President Barack Obama is making a final election-season push to help Democrats in Connecticut and Pennsylvania governors’ races.
Investigators looking into the crash of a Virgin Galactic prototype spacecraft that killed one of two test pilots said they have multiple camera angles of the accident to review.
According to Kansas Highway Patrol reports an accident involving two vehicles traveling westbound on I-70 on Sunday led to two possible injuries, and an overturned vehicle. The police report states that 26-year-old Tosan Ehiguese lost control while changing lanes, and struck 52-year-old Elizabeth Dodd in the rear of her vehicle 8.5 miles east of exit 313. Ehiguese’s 2006 Nissan overturned in the accident, and KHP lists his injuries as “possible”. Dodd was listed as having possible injuries as well, and was transported to Mercy Regional Health Center. Both Dodd, and Ehiguese reside in Manhattan. No other information has been released…
Received as an emailed press release from Fort Hays State University Public Relations. “I am sorry to be communicating in this manner; however, I am in China on university business. I was made aware of a political flier from the Kansas Republican Party endorsing Governor Brownback which had my image and a quote from me. It is university policy that state employees may not officially endorse a candidate in any election. During my tenure as president of Fort Hays State University and in my current role as president-emeritus, I have never endorsed a political candidate in an election and I…
EUDORA, Kan. (AP) A train has injured two people on a bridge in northeast Kansas. Douglas County dispatchers say emergency personnel responded Saturday afternoon to the accident west of downtown Eudora. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that all train traffic was stopped while emergency vehicles parked on the tracks to attend to the victims. Two helicopters were called in to transport the victims to the University of Kansas Medical Center. The conditions of the victims weren’t immediately known.
Manhattan Firefighters extinguised a fire in the vacant storage units on McCall Road Sunday morning, where they have been training the last few weeks. Motorists were asked to avoid the area of Hayes Drive and McCall Road, with southbound traffic on Hayes shut down for a while. The lane was reopened shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
For the second straight week, the Wildcats are scheduled for a primetime showdown. After both K-State (7-1/5-0) and TCU (7-1/4-1) picked up big time wins on Saturday, the Big 12 Conference announced Sunday morning that Wildcats game against the Horned Frogs will kick off at 6:30pm, and be televised on FOX. The Wildcats defeated Oklahoma State on Saturday 48-14, and are still the lone unbeaten team in the conference. Meanwhile, TCU remained just a game behind in the standings at 4-1 with a 31-30, last-minute victory over West Virginia at Morgantown. Join the Powercat Gameday crew at Frankie’s Sports Bar…