Lottery officials say two tickets were sold for the $636 million Mega Million jackpot. One was purchased at Jenny’s Gift Shop in San Jose, California. A second was bought in Georgia.
Author: KMAN Staff
On Tuesday night the Manhattan city commission finished its final legislative session of the year. The commission voted to change how the Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau awards money for studies with a cap of $5,000 set before having to be ratified by the city commission. Other changes include a now quarterly briefing by the director of the CVB, and chair of the CVB advisory committee. A city commissioner will now also sit ex-officio on the advisory committee to improve oversight by elected officials. Parks and Recreation will be selling both season passes, and a ten-punch card for the upcoming…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An anchorman for NBC’s Wichita affiliate has been fired after accidentally uttering an expletive at the end of a newscast. The Wichita Eagle reports KSNT weekend anchor Justin Kraemer muttered, “Let’s get the (expletive) out of here,” after Saturday’s 10 p.m. newscast. The cameras had already cut away from the anchors, who had signed off, and the end-of-broadcast music had played but viewers heard the comment. Kraemer says he was let go Monday and that he completely understood the station’s decision. A YouTube clip posted by a viewer minutes after the broadcast has had more than 1…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 29-year-old Topeka man who was caught with a pipe bomb is going to prison for two years and nine months. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Kyle Roe was sentenced Tuesday in federal court, where he pleaded guilty in September to receiving and possessing a pipe bomb. He had faced a maximum 10-year term. Roe was arrested on an active felony warrant in November 2012 after Topeka police stopped a car in which he was riding. Roe admitted telling the officers that he had a bomb in his pocket. Investigators said the device could have injured or…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Two men will stand trial for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of a 27-year-old Salina woman. Joel Heil, 25, and Dane DeWeese, 33, of Abilene, were bound over for trial Monday in the death of Kirstin Tyler. The mother of four was missing two weeks before her body was found May 9 in a ravine off Interstate 135 in rural Saline County. The Salina Journal reports the men are expected to enter a plea during arraignment Jan. 10.
PRATT, Kan. (AP) Pratt County officials say a standoff ended peacefully after nearly six hours. The confrontation began about 3:30 p.m. Monday at a home about two miles east of Isabel in southern Pratt County. Sheriff Vernon Chinn says a man called 911 after his wife made threats to harm herself and fired two shots when he got home. The standoff ended around 9:45 p.m. No one was injured. KAKE-TV reports the wife was taken into custody and will undergo a mental evaluation at Pratt Regional Hospital.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Wichita brothers who were sentenced to die for a quadruple homicide in December 2000 are taking their appeals to the Kansas Supreme Court. The court scheduled separate, two-hour hearings Tuesday for Jonathan and Reginald Carr. The brothers were convicted of shooting three men and a woman on Dec. 15, 2000, as the victims knelt on a snow-covered field. The four friends and a woman who survived a head wound had been abducted from a home by armed intruders who forced them to engage in sex with each other and withdraw money from ATMs. Issues raised by…
VASSAR, Kan. (AP) Authorities in east-central Kansas say a woman has died after being thrown from a mule during a weekend ride. The accident happened Sunday night in the Osage County town of Vassar. The rider’s name had not been released as of Tuesday, but the sheriff’s office says she was not from the county. Investigators said two people were riding the mule when it was spooked by a loud noise from a passing vehicle. The mule bucked, throwing the female rider. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The other rider was unhurt.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Chinese scientist accused of taking seeds taken from a private Kansas research facility and passing them off to a visiting delegation from China will remain in federal custody at least until his next court appearance. Weiqiang Zhang, an agricultural seed breeder at a biopharmaceutical production facility in Junction City, is charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets. He’s accused of taking proprietary seeds from the facility and giving them to visiting Chinese agriculture officials this summer. A federal judge in Kansas City, Kan., on Tuesday ordered Zhang detained, but said he’d consider substantial bail amounts…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A federal panel says the KanCare takeover of long-term services for the developmentally disabled should be delayed. KanCare, the state’s privatized program for the poor and disabled, is scheduled to begin providing those services Jan. 1. However, it needs a waiver from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services by Jan. 1. The National Council on Disability is recommending that Medicaid delay the waiver for one year. The panel says the state has not adequately considered concerns raised by clients, guardians and service providers about the expansion. The Wichita Eagle reports the state Department for Aging and…