A Fort Riley soldier who entered a plea agreement in the February 2014 murder of a five week old baby was sentenced Monday in Riley County District Court to 191 months with the Kansas Department of Corrections. Judge Meryl Wilson announced the sentence for Alexander McConnell, which involved 123 months for the murder count, and 34 months each for the other two child abuse related counts against McConnell, to run consecutively. Assistant Riley County Attorney Kendra Lewison suggested that sentence, while mentioning the “senseless death” of the five week old, who is missed–adding while the baby’s family is deprived of…
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Riley County commissioner Bob Boyd didn’t mince words when it came to his displeasure with the state legislature and ultimately his own party during Monday morning’s county commission meeting. Sunday night the state legislature narrowly passed a tax bill in the Senate and will look for passage in the House Monday afternoon, though reports from Topeka indicate that there’s no certainty that will happen. Governor Sam Brownback, however, said he’d sign the bill if it makes his desk. The proposed bill bridges the $400 million deficit the state was facing but does so by raising sales tax across the board –…
Officials are saying smoke from a chemical plant fire in Pennsylvania’s Adams County is not considered toxic.
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah quietly returned home to Churchill Downs as he prepared for boisterous celebrations 37 years in the making.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Royals closer Greg Holland was too busy warming up to start hollering when a home run by Salvador Perez plopped down into the Kansas City bullpen. Perez hit a solo homer with two outs in the eighth inning, lifting the Royals over the Texas Rangers 4-3 Sunday. Perez connected off Keone Kela (4-2) for his eighth home run, barely clearing the fence. “Everybody else down there is screaming, cheering and high-fiving, but I’ve got to go out there and worry about throwing strikes,” Holland said. “At that point, you just try not to blow the game.”…
New York law enforcement officials say they “are leaving no stone unturned” in the search for two convicted murderers who broke out of prison on Saturday. (
President Brack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron discuss shared goals for summit in Germany. Meanwhile, G-7 leaders signal united front on upholding Russia sanctions as they open annual summit.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators have drafted a new plan for raising taxes to close a budget shortfall that’s similar to one the Senate already has rejected. The plan agreed to Sunday by three Senate and three House negotiators would raise $423 million during the fiscal year that begins July 1. That’s more than enough to balance the budget. The plan would increase the state’s sales tax to 6.55 percent from 6.15 percent and boost the cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack to $1.29. It would raise $24 million during the next fiscal year by raising taxes on business…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Friends gathered to remember a Wichita State student killed in a bomb attack in Saudi Arabia. The Wichita Eagle reports that Abduljaleel Alarbash, a 22-year-old electrical engineering student, was killed late last month when he and his cousin prevented an Islamic State suicide bomber from entering a crowded mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He had returned home to Saudi Arabia to get married. About 100 people attended a candlelight vigil for him Friday at Wichita State University. Speakers included John Bardo, university president, and Maira Salim, president of the Muslim Student Association.
According to the Kansas Missing and Unsolved Facebook page a Manhattan girl has been missing since Friday. 15-year old Madison Asebedo was last seen at around 11 p.m Friday when she was reportedly picked up by one or more people at an unknown location. Asebedo is decribed as five fee six inches tall and weighing 170 pounds with red hair with blonde at the bottom and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a red “Zoo York” jacket. Anyone with information on Asebedo’s disappearance or whereabouts should call Riley County Police at 537-2112.