AUGUSTA, Kan. (AP) The former director of a southeast Kansas Chamber of Commerce has been sentenced to a year’s probation for stealing more than $13,000 from the organization. The Butler County Times-Gazette reports that Kent Overaker must also pay full restitution and write a letter of apology under the sentence he received this week. Overaker was hired as director of the Augusta Chamber of Commerce in March 2012. He was arrested last August after chamber officials noticed discrepancies in the organization’s finances. He pleaded guilty in December to felony theft, admitting that he stole $13,400 in a four-month period by…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) Police say a man whose relative had taken him to a Salina hospital for a mental evaluation crashed into three vehicles when he fled in a pickup truck. The Salina Journal reports that the 29-year-old Ottawa County man was apprehended by police Tuesday after the truck became struck in snow. Lt. Sean Morton of the Salina Police Department says the man had been a passenger in the truck and was left alone in it while his relative went inside Salina Regional Health Center to seek help. Police were called at about 2:20 p.m. and told that a…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas senators have advanced a bill shortening the time limits for inmates sentenced to death to complete their appeals to the state Supreme Court. The measure received first-round approval Wednesday on a voice vote. A second vote that would send the bill to the House is set for Thursday. Senate Vice President Jeff King says the bill is necessary to expedite justice and get the required automatic appeals through the Kansas Supreme Court. The bill creates a 3.5-year time limit for the appeals to be heard and decided by the court. The measure would not affect any…
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin leaves federal court with his wife Seletha, left, after his conviction in New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Nagin was convicted Wednesday on charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work while he was in office, including right after Hurricane Katrina. The federal jury found Nagin guilty of 20 of 21 counts against him.
Vehicles travel north on I-85 on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Greenville, S.C. Snow and icy conditions in the southeast were expected to continue through Wednesday and into Thursday morning.
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Longtime Garden City Telegram reporter and managing editor John Frazier has died at the age of 85. The Garden City Telegram reports that Frazier died of pneumonia Monday in Dodge City. Frazier started working for the Telegram in 1955 as a reporter and left for The Hutchinson News for a short time. He then returned to the Telegram in the early 1960s to be the managing editor, a position he held for about 30 years. Former Telegram reporter Tim Unruh, who is now a reporter at The Salina Journal, remembered Frazier as a teacher and a…
Chassidy Fussell scored 15 points, three of them on a key basket with 35.6 seconds left as Texas fought off a late surge from Kansas State to earn a 69-63 victory Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Texas led 37-30 at halftime and appeared to have the game under control by opening the second half on an 8-3 run to lead 45-33 with 17:34 left on a layup by Brady Sanders. However, K-State found its second wind and went on an 18-6 run over the next six minutes to tie the score at 51-51. The score was tied at 53 apiece…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man has admitted harboring a Chinese teenage girl who was working illegally at his restaurant. Court records show 33-year-old Yong “Tony” Lin pleaded guilty Wednesday to harboring an immigrant who was unlawfully in the United States. His 29-year-old wife, Zhuo Mei “Mandy” Weng, pleaded guilty to hiding the crime. The U.S. attorney’s office says the couple will forfeit $8,000 that will go to workers owed back wages. The case stems from a tip that a minor teenager being housed with other employees at an apartment was working at Lin’s World Buffet Grill. U.S. Attorney Barry…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Darrel Stufflebeam, Rock Creek’s USD 323 Superintendent, and Denise O’Dea, Wamego’s USD 320 Superintendent.
Monday brought news that no parent should hear and no teacher wants to. One of Kansas State University’s own was found dead. At his job in Wichita, Daniel Flores, (25), had been working a shift at Steckline Communications that should have ended Sunday night with the conclusion of his tasks, but instead had a very different ending. On Monday morning, news came that Flores’ body was found in the basement of Steckline Communications when another employee discovered the body after seeing signs of what looked like a burglary. Police stated Flores died of blunt force trauma, and there were signs of…