Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the savage slaying of a young soldier. His grieving widow spoke Friday of their loss.
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KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) A police chief says a former Kansas police instructor admitted that he “bullied” his wife the night before she was found shot to death in the couple’s fire-damaged home. The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/18ove7i ) reports that Kingman Chief Marc Holloway testified Friday in Brett Seacat’s first-degree murder trial. Prosecutors allege Seacat killed his 34-year-old wife, Vashti, in April 2011 because she was divorcing him and set a fire to cover up the crime. Seacat says his wife set the fire and killed herself. He escaped from the fire with the couple’s two young children. Holloway testified that…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) School district officials in Wichita say a violent storm that swept through the city last weekend caused extensive damage to several schools. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/121sg9S ) reports district officials estimate the total damage at $2 million. Insurance is expected to cover most of the repairs, leaving the district paying only about $250,000. The storm on Sunday brought hail and high winds. District facilities director Julie Hedrick says several schools in northeast Wichita sustained damage to windows, siding, roofs or interior spaces. Roof damage at one school caused water to leak into the gymnasium, damaging the floor.…
An Austrian daredevil on Friday became the first man to walk a tightrope strung between the two towers of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna’s most famous landmark.
Hundreds of supporters of one of Pakistan’s political parties, Tehreek-e-Insaf, gathered in front of the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Friday to protest against alleged rigging of this month’s election.
A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major route between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the interstate into the river below.
The Jersey shore is open again following Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie has been racing up and down the shore opening boardwalks and talking up shore tourism all week as the summer kickoff approached.
The Kansas State Wildcats remained unbeaten at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Tournament with a come from behind 13-9 victory over Baylor Friday afternoon at Chickasaw Brick Town Ballpark in Oklahoma City. K-State rallied from deficits of 5-0 and 7-4 earlier in the game and trailed 9-8 in the top of the ninth inning before rallying for five runs. One would never know that the Wildcats would have such an offensive output after they were held hitless for the game’s first three innings by Baylor starting pitcher Max Garner. K-State would slice a 5-0 deficit to 5-4 with four…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Director Brad Schoen with the Riley County Police Department, followed by U-S Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas. [mp3-jplayer]
As a result of an ongoing investigation into multiple vehicle burglaries in the Manhattan area, RCPD has announced the successful arrests of two subjects believed to be responsible for victimizing over thirty community members since at least last month. On Friday, May 24, 2013, at approximately 03:15:00 AM officers responded to the area of the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road for a report of vehicle burglary. The 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road (Redbud Estates) was identified by the RCPD Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) as an Initiative: Laser Point area for its higher statistical likelihood for crime, prior to…