TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 40-year-old Topeka man has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder for killings that happened a dozen years apart. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Monroe Eugene Lockhart III entered his pleas Thursday in the Jan. 3, 2012, fatal shooting of his business partner, 39-year-old Corey Brown, and the Feb. 14, 2000, shooting of 25-year-old Damon Anderson. Deputy Shawnee County prosecutor Jacqie Spradling told a judge Thursday that Lockhart shot Brown twice in the head for disrespecting him by refusing to intervene on Lockhart’s behalf in a dispute with Brown’s father. She says Lockhart shot Anderson because…
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COLBY, Kan. (AP) Major highways have reopened in northwest Kansas after being shut down because of high winds and blowing dust. The Kansas Department of Transportation closed Interstate 70 from Colby to the Colorado border at mid-afternoon Thursday. Sections of Kansas 27 and U.S. Highways 36 and 83 in Sherman, Cheyenne, Rawlins, Thomas and Sheridan counties were also closed for a time. But the wind subsided as darkness fell, allowing the highways to reopen. In Goodland, the National Weather Service reported winds of 45 mph with gusts up to 55 mph Thursday afternoon. Similar gusts were reported throughout the region,…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors want to shield some evidence in the case of a Wichita man accused of plotting a suicide bombing at Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport, where he worked as an avionics technician. A filing Thursday asks the court to limit who can see formerly classified information that has been declassified in order to prosecute Terry Loewen, 58. Prosecutors allege Loewen tried to get what he believed was a car bomb onto the tarmac on Dec. 13. Charges include attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted material support to al-Qaida. The government wants to protect identities…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators are scheduled to begin hearing testimony on two measures regarding the state’s death penalty law, one to abolish the practice and another to shorten the time inmates have to file appeals. Both bills will come before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Chairman Jeff King, an Independence Republican, has anticipated testimony could spread into next week. Kansas has had the death penalty since 1994 but has yet to carry out an execution by lethal injection. Currently, there are nine death row inmates. State senators deadlocked 20-20 in 2010 over a similar death penalty bill. The…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Lyle Butler, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President, followed by Dawn VanHorn, with Kansas Works, and Sgt. First Class Barry Boswell.
U.S. Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, both of Kansas, released statements today regarding the FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill which was approved by the Senate with a vote of 72-26. WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts: “Kansas families have to live within a budget,” Roberts said. “As taxpayers, they expect the federal government to do the same. Unfortunately, the $1.11 trillion bill to fund the government’s discretionary spending busted the budget caps we set just a few years ago. We keep talking about the need for fiscal discipline, but Congress and the President just cannot seem to get it…
Thursdays edition of “The Game” recaps action from the Big 12 in men’s and women’s basketball last night. Big upset inside the conference on the men’s side with Texas Tech putting the hammer down on #12 Baylor. How difficult will it be to win night in and night out in this conference? James Lofton of Westwood One joins the show to help us preview the AFC and NFC Championship games this weekend in the National Football League. Another QB is transferring out of the Big 12 conference, who is it and what team is he leaving? All that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. On Wednesday, the Republican-run House passed an immense $1.1 trillion spending package, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown.
Michael P. Schuster, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances Thursday. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, Schuster admitted that the crime occurred from April 2007 to Aug. 2012, while conducting business at Manhattan Pain and Spine at 1135 Westport Drive in town. Schuster employed up to 12 office staff members at a time, none of whom had lawful authority to distribute controlled substances. He directed and allowed staff members to distribute controlled substances to his patients using blank prescription pads he had signed in advance. Investigators documented approximately 540 patients who received prescriptions for…
A wildfire burns in the hills just north of the San Gabriel Valley community of Glendora, Calif. on Thursday, Jan 16, 2014. Southern California authorities have ordered the evacuation of homes at the edge of a fast-moving wildfire burning in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.