GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) The trial for a Garden City man charged with stabbing another man to death will not begin until next year. Fred Schmidt Jr., 34, was scheduled to go on trial Monday for first-degree murder and other charges in the March 2011 death of Jeffrey Nichols. Finney County Attorney Susan Richmeier says the trial was delayed after Schmidt’s attorney, Kristi Cott, requested a continuance until the first of the year. The Garden City Telegram says Nichols was killed during a fight with Schmidt. Forensics reports indicated that Nichols was stabbed 45 times. Schmidt pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense.
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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) Leavenworth police say a 26-year-old woman died when power lines fell on her after her car ran into a power pole. Police Chief Pat Kitchens says after the Leavenworth woman’s car hit a power pole Wednesday, she got out and was apparently trying to get two children out of the car when the power line touched her. The woman was unresponsive when police arrived. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. A 3-year-old boy and an infant girl were not harmed. Kitchens said an autopsy would be performed. The woman’s name was not released.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A world-renowned opera singer and a Nobel Prize-winning economist will receive honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Kansas during graduation ceremonies next May. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and economist Vernon Smith were chosen for the honors by a special selection committee. The Kansas Board of Regents approved the recommendations Wednesday. DiDonato will receive an honorary doctorate in the arts for her contributions to opera. The Prairie Village native studied vocal education at Wichita State University and has performed with major opera companies throughout the world. Smith is a Wichita native who holds a master’s degree from KU…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Volunteers have a new plan to reduce the feral cat population in Garden City. The Garden City Telegram reports that the Finney County Humane Society is planning a trap, neuter and release program. The effort will use Humane Society volunteers to capture the cats and take them to participating veterinarians. Captured cats will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies, dewormed, tested for feline leukemia and treated for ear mites. After three days, the cats will be returned to the location where they were trapped. Kay Gillespie is leading the program. She says the effort will…
EUREKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Attorney General’s Office says a man wanted in connection with two slayings has been killed in a shooting with authorities. Kevin Robert Welsh, 35, of Toronto, Kan., was being sought after the shootings earlier this month in Greenwood County, near the southeast Kansas town of Eureka. The attorney general’s office says in a release that Welsh was wounded in a shooting with Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents Wednesday evening in Eureka. The release says he was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Eureka. Officials with KBI and the attorney’s general office did not immediately return…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Art DeGroat, Director of Military Affairs at K-State, and Pullitzer Prize winning journalist David Finkel on his most recent book “Thank You For Your Service”.
Steve Smethers, with A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at K-State, and Presenters Ralph and Mary Ellen Titus, and Dave McFarland, Associate Professor Emeritus of Journlaism and Mass Communications, stop in as well to talk about the Great Plains Radio History Symposium at K-State.
A St. Mary’s man has been sentenced to more than two years with the Department of Corrections for attemptted aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. Anthony Schindler was sentenced Thursday in Pottawatomie County court to 27 months. Schindler was arrested folllowing an incident in April after he reportedly stole a vehicle and reversed it into a police officer’s car.
First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp, who represents the Manhattan area, released a statement Thursday in response to Wednesday night’s action by Congress to reopen the government. “It is easy to sum up this deal – the political Establishment in Washington wins, and real Americans lose. Big businesses keep their ObamaCare exemption, special interests win, members of Congress retain their gold-plated health care – while ordinary Americans continue to struggle unfairly under the devastating effects of ObamaCare. This deal locks in special privileges for the politically connected, continues massive deficits, and adds hundreds of billions to the national debt. This isn’t…
It’s beginning to get back to normal at Tuttle Creek Lake, with the resumption of U-S Army Corps of Engineers’ operations. Brian McNulty is the Corps’ Operations Project Manager at the lake, and reminds us the Tuttle Creek State Park leased from the federal government by the state is only a small portion of the park. The six parks that were closed are in the process of opening back up. The one exception is the Stockdale Camping area, which developed a significant water leak leading to the water system being shut down. McNulty indicates the end of the recreation camping season…
Riley County’s Comprehensive Plan: Vision 2025, was presented to county commissioners during their Thursday meeting. Planning and Special Projects Director, Monty Wedel shared the details of the plan, starting with the four goals: Preserve productive agricultural lands Promote development compatible with rural character Respect the county’s environment and natural resources Provide appropriate areas for residential, commercial and industrial uses The estimated population for Riley County in the year 2025, is 85,000 residents. This is an increase of nearly 20,000 people. 87 percent of Riley County is cropland and grassland. Various measures have been taken to ensure all of these goals are met: including…