TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Pet food manufacturer Crosswind plans to move from Parkville, Mo., to Topeka. Crosswind president and CEO Doug Kinsinger told business officials Thursday that the move would create 62 jobs in Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Crosswind’s pet food division produces foods and treats for generic and name brands. The company plans to spend about $4 million to convert a vacant Topeka building for its use.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 25 years continues to insist he is innocent. Victor Gonzalez, 34, was sentenced Thursday for the January 2012 stabbing death of Michael Salyer in Salyer’s apartment. The Wichita Eagle reports Gonzalez said he didn’t want to appeal the sentence but insisted he was innocent. However, prosecutors said Gonzalez’s DNA was found on Salyer’s clothing. Gonzalez also was sentenced to serve a consecutive 2.5-year prison term in an unrelated burglary case.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 25 years continues to insist he is innocent. Victor Gonzalez, 34, was sentenced Thursday for the January 2012 stabbing death of Michael Salyer in Salyer’s apartment. The Wichita Eagle reports Gonzalez said he didn’t want to appeal the sentence but insisted he was innocent. However, prosecutors said Gonzalez’s DNA was found on Salyer’s clothing. Gonzalez also was sentenced to serve a consecutive 2.5-year prison term in an unrelated burglary case.
CALDWELL, Kan. (AP) Residents in a small south-central Kansas town say they hope a restaurant damaged by fire can reopen. Investigators say the fire Thursday at Richard’s Last Chance Bar and Grill in Caldwell started in the kitchen but the cause has not been determined. No one was in the building when the blaze broke out. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. No one else was hurt. KAKE-TV reports the town’s 1,000 residents are hoping the restaurant returns. They say residents gathered at the bar and grill every day, and the business drew visitors from across south-central Kansas and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Corporation Commission has approved a route for a Texas company’s proposed $7 billion high-voltage line that would funnel power from wind farms in southwest Kansas to out-of-state sites. The KCC said in a release Thursday it’s approved Clean Line Energy’s route for the Grain Belt Express direct current line. In Kansas, the transmission line would run 370 miles from wind farms in Ford County to Missouri, across Illinois and into Indiana. Houston-based Clean Line Energy still needs approval in Missouri and Illinois. The proposed line has drawn objections from Kansas residents. Marshall County filed to…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has delayed the trial of a Canadian man living in south-central Kansas on charges of stealing the identity of an infant brother who died decades ago. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Thursday set a Jan. 28 trial date for Leslie Lyle Camick, 58, of Winfield. The trial had been scheduled for Nov. 19 but prosecutors sought a delay, citing the complexity and logistics of a case where witnesses and documents span two countries. Camick, a telecommunications field engineer, was indicted in March. He’s charged with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, immigration document…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Room and board costs at Kansas’ six public universities would increase next year under a proposal before the state’s Board of Regents. The Lawrence Journal-World that under the proposal, the traditional arrangement of two residents per room and a typical meal plan would increase 2.5 percent next year at the University of Kansas. Students would see increases of 4.5 percent at Kansas State University; 3.6 percent at Emporia State; 3 percent at Pittsburg State; and 2.1 percent at Fort Hays State. The proposed increase at Wichita State is not comparable to previous years because the school has…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas trial judge will sit with the state Supreme Court in December to hear a case involving attorney discipline. District Judge Martin Asher, who serves Atchison and Leavenworth counties, was named Thursday to sit with six of the high court’s justices. Justice Marla Luckert recused herself from hearing the discipline case involving attorney Brendon Patrick Barker. Asher will only hear the one case on the docket and will participate in the court’s deliberations and drafting of the opinion regarding Barker.
The Riley County Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) and the Pottawatomie County Sheriff s Office arrested a Manhattan man Thursday night for several drug related offenses while conducting an ongoing investigations into the illegal sale and distribution of drugs. Aaron Norris, 20, was arrested after a search warrant was served at his home in the 1000 block of Moro Street. Norris was taken into custody for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, no drug tax stamp, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was confined at the Riley County Jail with a $10,000 bond. Through the course of this search warrant…
WACO, Texas (AP) Bryce Petty threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, Shock Linwood ran for 182 yards and fifth-ranked Baylor stayed undefeated, passing its first big test with a 41-12 victory over No. 12 Oklahoma on Thursday night. Baylor (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) scored twice in the final minute before halftime and stretched its school-record winning streak to 12 games since a loss at Oklahoma last November. The Bears are 8-0 for the first time. Even though Baylor came in leading the nation in scoring (64 points per game) and total offense (718 yards per game) and…