KMAN previously reported on a change of venue murder case, and the jury trial is still being held in Riley County District Court. The case, out of Salina, involves the beating death of a 14 month old child that occurred in October of 2011. 29 year old Antonio M. Brown Sr. faces charges in connection with the crime. The mother of the child, Brittany Betzold has already been convicted of second degree murder and was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Two investigators were called to the stand, the first of which identified photos of Betzold’s Pontiac Sunfire, and a…
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Over 400 people attended the 13th annual Anthony Bates Foundation Cardiac Screening event, Sunday afternoon in the KSU Alumni Center. Anthony Bates was only 20-years-old when he died suddenly in 2000 of an undiagnosed heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). He was an honor student at K-State and played on the Wildcat Football team as a defensive lineman. HCM is found in roughly 1-700 kids, and is the leading cause of sudden death in young athletes. The only way to detect HCM is through an echocardiogram of the heart. With early detection, a person can have a normal and productive life.…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Berry credits Kansas City’s 4-0 start to the “family feeling” that held everyone together during the hapless 2-14 season of 2012. Maybe so. But after the Chiefs (4-0) pounded the winless New York Giants 31-7 on Sunday, it’s obvious that importing a cool, savvy quarterback from San Francisco and bringing in a smart, no-nonsense coach from Philadelphia also had a lot to do with a rags-to-riches transformation. Even in a league known for quick turnarounds and breathtaking free-falls, this seems preposterous. The Giants believe they can bounce back from an 0-4 start and that…
CHICAGO (AP)– The Kansas City Royals think this is only the beginning. Wait until next year comes around. Bruce Chen pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and Kansas City beat the Chicago White Sox 4-1 on Sunday in the finale of the Royals’ best season in 24 years. “It’s a good start. I think we’re making progress as an organization,” said manager Ned Yost, who completed the final season of his contract but is expected to return next year. “Ten games over .500, it’s a significant first step and we need to continue to build on it.” Kansas City…
House Republicans gathered on the steps of the Capitol Sunday to lay blame on the Democrats for the impending government shutdown.
U.S. Representative for Kansas’s 2nd District, Lynn Jenkins voted to delay President Obama’s health care law for a full year, including all taxes, mandates and spending. She made this vote late Saturday evening. The bill also included a permanent repeal of ObamaCare’s job-killing medical device tax and a measure to pay out troops in the event of a government shutdown. Jenkins commented, “The house continued to listen to the American people by taking action to keep the government open and delay all of the President’s health care law for one year. The wheels are coming off of ObamaCare and I…
A variety of activities were offered during Sunday’s Flint Hills Discovery Center Family Day. This is one of two annual events that allows the public to experience the center, free of charge. The day kicked off at noon and concluded at five o’clock that afternoon. When entering the center, attendees were given a schedule of the events, as well as a scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt featured nine questions. Some of the answers were located within the center’s new art exhibit- “Through Artists’ Eyes”. Hy-Vee provided food and drinks that could be purchased throughout the day. The Pepsi drink cart also…
Using the sun’s rays, the Olympic flame lighting for the Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch in southern Greece, ahead of its journey across Russia’s nine time zones and even a trip to space before the Games take place in February.
House GOP votes to delay Obamacare for one year. Republicans voted on a plan to delay the Affordable Care Act for one year, raising the prospects of an Oct. 1 government shutdown.
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Friday night to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict.