Highlights of Today in History: First US combat troops arrive in Vietnam; Russian revolution begins; US Commodore Matthew Perry makes second landing in Japan; Joe DiMaggio dies.
Author: KMAN Staff
On Thursday morning several local and federal officials gathered near the Riley County Courthouse to announce the suspects accused of setting a fatal fire at Lee Center apartments in Manhattan are now facing federal charges. U.S. attorney Barry Grissom told those gathered that a team comprised of local and federal attorneys and experts will bring suspects Patrick Scahill, and Virginia Griese to justice. Grissom says the pair will answer for pouring gasoline down a hallway at the apartment complex, and igniting the fuel which led to the death of 34-year-old Kansas State Research Assistant Vasanta Pallem. Currently both defendants are…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Mike Buchanan, Manhattan Recreation Superintendent, and Kelly Cook, Recreation Supervisor, followed by Scott Shoemaker, director at Sunset Zoo, and Melanie Appel with Big Poppi Bicycle, also ambassador for women’s line with Great Bicycle. [mp3-jplayer]
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) Investigators say two women found shot to death in a northeast Kansas park took their own lives. The bodies of the women, who appeared to be in their 50s, were discovered Wednesday by a visitor to Mill Creek Streamway Park in Shawnee. Both had been shot in the head, and a gun was found nearby along the Gary Haller Trail. Johnson County Sheriff’s Master Deputy Rick Howell said Thursday afternoon investigators have concluded the case was a double suicide. The sheriff’s office was waiting on positive identification of the women. Their relationship was still unknown. Authorities had…
The U.S. is fully capable of defending itself the White House says, after Pyongyang threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike. The threats were sparked by a U.N. Security Council vote that hit the regime with tougher sanctions.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police in Wichita are investigating an armed holdup that cost one man his pants. KFDI-FM reports the robbery happened Wednesday morning at a Days Inn in eastern Wichita. Police say five people, including a 1-year-old boy, were in a motel room when a man and woman knocked on the door. Once inside, the two visitors pulled out handguns and kicked in a locked door. Lt. Doug Nolte says the man and woman asked about a cellphone and ordered a 30-year-old man to take off his pants. Nolte says the pair left with the pants, and no one…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Abortion-rights advocates say conservative legislation that cleared a Kansas House committee would stigmatize anyone associated with abortion providers. Thursday’s bill would bar public schools from having any relationship with abortion providers or their informational materials and would block even indirect government subsidies for abortions. Julie Burkhart leads the Wichita-based abortion-rights group Trust Women, and says the measure would violate the free-speech rights of anyone with ties to abortion providers. But Grandview Republican Rep. Allan Rothlisberg says the state should discourage anyone in the state’s education system from associating with anyone involved with what he says is the…
John Brennan has won Senate confirmation to head the CIA after a late struggle that had more to do with presidential power to order drone strikes than with the nominee’s credentials to lead the spy agency.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers are debating legislation to create 10 innovative school districts that would be exempt from many state rules and regulations in exchange for improving student achievement. The House gave first-round approval to its bill Thursday after debate over exempting the 10 districts from many laws governing teacher contract negotiations and due process. The districts would be chosen from a pool of applicants. Proponents say the bill will give the districts the freedom to make decisions on student programs and organization that will encourage innovative approaches to learning. Opponents contend Kansas already has a strong public school…
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) An eastern Kansas sheriff is free on $3,000 bond and remains in office after being charged with interfering with law enforcement and official misconduct. Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Curry made his first court appearance Wednesday and was tentatively scheduled for an ouster hearing next week, though that could be delayed until after Curry’s April 1 preliminary hearing. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Curry is accused of using confidential information gained through his office for his or another person’s gain, or to cause harm to another. The interference charge is a felony. Deputy Jerrod Fredericks, the department’s public information…