The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed convictions and the sentence of a former Fort Riley soldier in the shooting death of a Kansas National Guard member on Jan.1, 2012. The opinion regarding Daniel Parker, 28, was released Friday, March 6, and although the 13-page document does find the prosecutor in the case committed misconduct, it says the misconduct did not prejudice the jury against Parker and deny him a fair trial. Parker had argued the prosecutor committed misconduct during closing arguments when he told jurors they were to consider Parker’s guilt for the lesser included crimes only if they first found him…
Author: KMAN Staff
A Fort Riley soldier waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday morning. Alexander McConnell, 22, was set to appear in court in connection with a February 2014 case in which he is charged with murder in the first degree and child abuse following the death of a 5-week-old baby. An affidavit received by KMAN indicates the infant involved in the incident sustained substantial bleeding within the skull, abrasions on the head, neck and chest, a bruised lung, and a broken neck. Doctors concluded that the child’s injuries resulted from excessive force and were severe enough to cause the death…
A Belvue man has been bound over in a first degree murder case following a preliminary hearing Friday morning in Pottawatomie County Court. Christopher Arand, 36, faces charges of first degree murder in connection with the November 2014 death of his uncle, Larry Arand of Belvue, and felony cruelty to animals. As KMAN earlier reported, an affidavit indicates the younger Arand hit his uncle in the back of the head with brass knuckles five times, then put a plastic bag over his head to suffocate him. He also talked about killing Larry Arand’s cat by putting it into a bag and…
K-State’s iSIS system has been renamed to KSIS, K-State Student Information System. Chief Information Officer Ken Stafford says while iSIS was named many years ago, the change is being made because of concerns expressed over the current name and its link to a terrorist network. Stafford indicates university officials have checked with peers and many other universities using the term iSIS also are changing the name. The K-State Student Information System, KSIS, is now the official name of our student system. There are many tasks involved in renaming, including all of the reports, Web pages, forms and marketing materials, which…
On Saturday, March 7th, thousands of people will commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” including Lynda Blackmon Lowery, one of the youngest people to march for civil rights from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery.
The National Guard is stepping in to rescue motorists and truck drivers stuck on a stretch of Interstate 65 in Kentucky.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) A Kansas man wanted in Riley County for alleged sexual exploitation of a child has been arrested in northern Arizona. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday that 48-year-old John Thomas was taken into custody after leaving a Chino Valley home in a vehicle. Federal authorities say Thomas had dramatically changed his appearance but still was identified and arrested without incident. He was booked into the Yavapai County Jail, where he will be held pending extradition back to Riley County in Kansas. Riley County police say Thomas allegedly was in possession of numerous images of child pornography…
With a jury trial set for next week, Anthony Nichols appeared in Riley County District Court Thursday afternoon for a motion hearing. The Kansas City man is charged in connection with the first degree murder case where John Burroughs (68) was found dead in his residence back in September of 2013. Nichols appeared in Judge Meryl Wilson’s courtroom alongside his attorney, Jeff Wicks. Wicks first requested to continue the jury trial to a later date. He stated that Nichols was willing to waive his right to a speedy trial and stated they need more time to review the case. Judge Wilson…
A plane that skidded off the runway at LaGuardia Airport hangs over the edge of the runway in New York, Thursday, March 5, 2015. The plane, from Atlanta, skidded off the runway while landing, and crashed through a chain-link fence.
Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown Jr., listens to the family attorney during a news conference, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Dellwood, Mo. Neither McSpadden nor Brown’s father, Michael Brown Sr., spoke or took questions. The Justice Department on Wednesday cleared former Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Jr., but also issued a scathing report calling for sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices it called discriminatory and unconstitutional.