KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Wyandotte County prosecutors have charged a teenager involved in a traffic crash that killed a 14-year-old passenger in his car. The Kansas City Star reports the 14-year-old boy was charged as a juvenile and is accused of stealing the vehicle involved in the fatal this week. The crash occurred Monday, killing Casey Knight,14, and critically injuring another girl. The teen driver faces one count of felony theft in the juvenile division of Wyandotte County District Court. Prosecutors said the crash remained under investigation Thursday.
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ABILENE, Kan. (AP) An annual event honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower has been moved to a new location because of the federal government shutdown. The 32nd Eisenhower Pilgrimage will be held Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Abilene. Previous ceremonies were held at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, which is closed because of the shutdown. The Salina Journal reports the event usually involves a wreath-laying ceremony at an Eisenhower statue, with a 21-gun salute, music and troops from Fort Riley. It’s generally held around Eisenhower’s Oct. 14 birthday. The event is organized by the state American Legion.…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A Lansing man was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for throwing human waste at two jail guards. Leavenworth County officials say Marcus Crawford, 50, was also sentenced Wednesday to nearly three years for burglary and impersonating an officer. The Kansas City Star reports Crawford was arrested in December 2011 after he tried to enter a Lansing home, claiming he was a police detective with a search warrant. The residents fought back and he fled before being arrested. While at the jail, Crawford refused meals and covered the windows of his cell with toilet paper. Prosecutors say…
TROY, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man is charged with second-degree murder after a shooting at a rural home during the summer. Doniphan County Sheriff Chad Clary says Eric Burge, 25, of Troy was arrested Tuesday in the death of Matthew Sollars, 25, of Atchison. Burge also is charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm in an occupied dwelling and hosting a party with minors. Clary says authorities were called to a home southwest of Troy in early August and found the man shot. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate the incident. The St. Joseph News-Press reports…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Fire officials say a man died after being hit by a train in downtown Emporia. Emporia Fire Department Battalion Chief Rich Gould says rescue units were called to the scene Wednesday night and found a man under the train engine. The man was extricated and taken to Newman Regional Health, where he died. His name has not been released. KVOE reports a bicycle was found nearby but police have not confirmed whether it was involved in the accident.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence city officials are seeking a meeting with members of the Delaware Tribe in order to learn more the tribe’s plans for developing a prime piece of area property. City commissioners have told City Manager David Corliss to arrange a meeting with tribal officials in Oklahoma within the next two to three weeks. The city commissioners want to know what the tribe’s plans are for developing the North Lawrence property along the Kansas Turnpike. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the tribe bought about 90 acres of farmland along the turnpike this summer. The property is just outside the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Historical Society has contributed more than 1,600 archival images to a Civil War website. The group said in a news release Wednesday that the “Civil War on the Western Border’ website explores the Kansas -Missouri border conflict of 1854 to 1865. It was put together through a joint effort by libraries, museums and historical societies in the two states. Images include photographs, maps, journals and government documents from the territorial and Civil War periods in Kansas. The Kansas City Public Library plans to maintain the website.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed an executive order offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a homicide case in southeast Kansas. The governor made the announcement Wednesday, seeking the public’s help in locating Kevin Robert Welsh. The 35-year-old Welsh, of Toronto, Kan., is being sought in connection with the shooting deaths of Keith and Sheila Kriesel, both of Eureka, and the shooting of a third individual on Oct. 2 in Eureka. Welsh is considered armed and dangerous. Greenwood County law enforcement and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation have been…
WASHINGTON (AP) Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts says he’ll oppose President Barack Obama’s nomination of the Federal Reserve’s vice chairwoman to the chairmanship of the nation’s central bank. The Republican senator said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve has pursued what he called “destructive” fiscal policies and said he expects that Janet Yellen would continue them if promoted. Roberts made his comments shortly after the Democratic president nominated Yellen. Yellen is a close ally of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, and she’s a key architect of the Fed’s efforts to keep interest rates near record lows to support the economy. Roberts said those…
Cathy talks with James T. Hicks, Chief, Processing Center, Military Personnel Division at Fort Riley and Thomas Tessendorf, Chief, Occupational Health at the Irwin Army Community Hospital, followed by Susan Schinstock, Administrative Assistant for the Manhattan Catholic Schools, and ending with Tim McDonald Flint Hills Christian School Administrator, on today’s InFocus.