Amanda Knox prepares to leave the set following a television interview, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 in New York. Knox said she will fight the reinstated guilty verdict against her and an ex-boyfriend in the 2007 slaying of a British roommate in Italy and vowed to “never go willingly” to face her fate in that country’s judicial system . “I’m going to fight this to the very end,” she said in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A woman who was driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 in downtown Topeka collided head-on with a police car. No one was seriously injured. Topeka police say the woman drove east for about 9 miles in the westbound lanes of the interstate early Friday. She eventually hit a semi-trailer truck on its side and then collided with a car driven by a Kansas Capitol police officer. The woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The police officer was not injured. The highway was shut down for about an hour. An investigation into why the…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary that took place at a business in the Green Valley Industrial Park area in East Manhattan. The burglary occurred sometime between 5 p.m. Thursday and 7:45 a.m. Friday. Items taken from the business include both solid copper rods and solid aluminum rods of various sizes and length, varying sizes of aluminum sheeting, stainless steel sheeting, flat copper, and flat aluminum. Stainless steel sheet scraps and aluminum sheet scraps were also taken. The total estimated loss is over $16,000. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Hibbard with the Pottawatomie County…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Flights between Topeka and Chicago at the Topeka airport drew a low number of customers in the first month of service. But an airport official says United Airlines officials expected the low numbers during the first month of service and believe use will improve in the coming months. United began flying between the two cities in January, and the flights have been only 25 percent full this month. Eric Johnson, president of Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority, said Thursday that the flights need to average 69 percent of capacity to maintain the service in the future. The Topeka…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A man whose first conviction in a 1999 death in Topeka was overturned pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter. Russell Lee Shumway was scheduled for a March trial for second-degree murder in the death of Mitchell Davis (28) at his Topeka home in October 1999. Prosecutors say Davis was beaten with a 2-by-4 after he woke up while Shumway and another man trying to steal from him. Shumway’s first conviction in 2000 was overturned last year by the Kansas Court of Appeals, over questions about the credibility of prosecution witnesses, claims of ineffective counsel and because no…
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) Kansas Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a car as he tried to cross Interstate 435 in Shawnee. The patrol says Shaun P. Robinson (26), of Kansas City, Kan., was walking west trying to cross the highway when he was hit Thursday night. The driver stopped after the collision. The patrol is working to determine why Robinson was on the highway.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss has created an advisory council of chief judges of the state’s district courts to provide their insights into matters facing the court system. Nuss announced Friday that he had signed an order earlier in January to create the seven-member council. The intent is to get feedback from the 31 district courts in Kansas on matters relating to court procedures and administration, including funding. The council selected David Ricke, chief judge of the 13th Judicial District of Butler, Elk and Greenwood counties, to serve as chairman. Two of the members, including…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with State Representative Tom Phillips of Manhattan, followed by Dr.Briana Nelson Goff with School of Family Studies and Human Services; also Director of Institute for the Health and Security of Military families.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Danielle Schapaugh, Public Relations Coordinator at Manhattan Public Library, followed by Trent Armbrust with Economic Development at Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce.
Manhattan High boys basketball head coach Tim Brooks won’t be on the bench for the Indians’ game tomorrow night at Emporia, according to MHS administrators. “At this time, the team is under the direction of Shane Sieben and Benji George while administration deals with a personnel issue,” Manhattan High athletic director Mike Marsh said. “I have total confidence in their abilities.” MHS officials gave no details about what will happen beyond the game tomorrow against the Spartans. Brooks confirmed to KMAN that he’s been suspended until at least Tuesday. Brooks, who is in his tenth season at MHS, has guided…