Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman smokes a cigar courtside while watching North Korean basketball players during a practice session in Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. During the session, Rodman selected the members of the North Korean team who will play in Pyongyang against visiting NBA stars on Jan. 8, 2014, the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) An attorney is seeking a competency hearing for a suspect in the death of a St. Joseph man. Defense attorney Michelle Davidson on Thursday asked a Buchanan County judge for 30 days to arrange a mental examination for Robert Jarrell, 39. Jarrell and another man, Martin Rilinger, are charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jason Davies, 38. His body was found near Leavenworth, Kan., on Sept. 19. The St. Joseph News-Press reports prosecutors didn’t object to Davidson’s request and it was granted. Investigators allege Jarrell and Rilinger beat Davies with a baseball bat and…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Christmas came early for a Kansas Army National Guard member whose vehicle full of holiday gifts was stolen earlier this week. A Wichita dealership, Eddy’s Toyota, on Thursday gave Benjamin Lewis a 2003 Chevy Tahoe and Christmas gifts for his four sons. In September, an organization called Cars 4 Heroes donated an SUV to Lewis, who is raising his four children himself. The vehicle was stolen earlier this week, along with the presents Lewis had hidden inside. After receiving the new vehicle Thursday, Lewis says he hopes his sons learn that Christmas is about helping people who…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas regulators have approved a settlement that allows Oklahoma natural gas company Oneok Inc. to spin off its utility operations but imposes a freeze on its rates through 2016. The settlement approved Thursday by the Kansas Corporation Commission also will provide rebates totaling $3.4 million each of the next three years to 630,000 customers of Oneok subsidiary Kansas Gas Service. Customers will receive a $5.34 credit on their bills in April 2014, 2015 and 2016. With the settlement, there was no opposition to the company’s plan. A new company, One Gas, would take over Oneok’s gas distribution…
Updated 3 p.m. A woman being pursued by police crashed her vehicle into a house in the 32-hundred block of Anderson at about two p.m. Friday. According to police reports, 24 year old Amber Dewitt was originally contacted by police for violation of a court order out of New York. She fled in her vehicle, striking an officer with the edge of her car. The officer reportedly suffered only minor injuries to his leg. Dewitt proceeded to travel south on Wreath and did not stop for RCPD, even with emergency lights flashing. She was unable to maintain control of her…
A Fort Riley man has been bound over in Riley County District court on rape and other charges. A preliminary hearing for Christopher Bates, 31, was held Thursday afternoon and he was bound over as charged with three counts of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, and three counts of aggravated indecent liberties. Bates was arrested in September as a result of an ongoing investigation. According to Riley County Police, the crimes occurred earlier this year in Riley County and involved three females under the age of 12 who were known to Bates.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A man chosen to administer a new drug testing program for state lawmakers say those who fail the tests won’t be penalized, and their names might not be made public. The law allowing the drug testing for lawmakers also requires testing of some people who receive government benefits. If those people fail drug tests, they will have their welfare benefits frozen unless they complete a treatment program. Jeff Russell, director of the Legislative Administrative Services, will run the testing program. He told The Topeka Capital-Journal Thursday that the bill does not give anyone authority to penalize lawmakers.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas program plans to begin offering classes in January at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka. The university had housed the administrative operations for its Public Management Center at a different Topeka site, where it also offered professional development classes for public sector employees. But after the decision was made to move the administrative operations to the Lawrence campus, the university started looking for a new place to offer the classes. Alecia Gray of the School of Public Affairs and Administration says the Brown site’s Topeka location was attractive.…
November unemployment numbers were released this (Friday) morning, with the Manhattan metro area having a four percent rate, compared to 4.7 the month and year before. The Manhattan metro area includes Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary Counties. The city of Manhattan has a 3.3 percent rate, also well below the 3.8 percent in October and four percent in November of 2012. Unemployment rates for area counties include 3.5 percent in Riley County, four percent in Pottawatomie county, 5.5 percent in Geary, and 3.4 percent for Clay. The Manhattan metro area had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state, although the Lawrence/Douglas…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Jamie Ramsey, from the Riley County Senior Service Center, followed by Jennifer Wilson, Riley County Extension Director, and ending with Eddie Eastes, Manhattan Parks and Recreation Director. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122013-Seg-1.mp3 Jamie Ramsey https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122013-Seg-2.mp3 Jennifer Wilson https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122013-Seg-3.mp3 Eddie Eastes Seg 1 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122013-Seg-4.mp3 Eddie Eastes Seg 2