HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A hunting guide has pleaded no contest to criminal hunting charges, admitting that he took hunters and a television crew onto property he didn’t have permission to hunt. Adam Gilkey, 30, of McPherson, who operates High Caliber Outdoors, was fined $250 on Wednesday for an incident that occurred last December near Hutchinson. The Hutchinson News reports that Gilkey was leading a group of eight hunters, including two men who host the show “American Birdhunter,” which airs on the Outdoor Channel. The group was hunting a field when the land owner called state wildlife officials to say he…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Sedgwick County judge imposed a Hard 50 prison sentence on a man convicted of killing a Wichita woman while he was on parole for another murder in Lawrence. Tyrone Walker was sentenced Thursday for strangling Janis Sanders, 44, in June 2011. He had been paroled in February of that year after serving a 12-year sentence for killing Tamara Baker, 25, in October 1989. District Judge Joseph Bribiesca imposed the Hard 50 sentence less than a month after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that questioned the constitutionality of such sentences. Bribiesca said the ruling did not apply…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit arising from a close Kansas House race last year and the losing incumbent’s attempt to contact voters whose ballots were set aside. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten ruled Thursday that a change in state election laws this year made the case moot. Former state and Topeka Democrat Rep. Ann Mah wanted to keep the lawsuit alive to review new issues about contacting voters after balloting. Mah lost her bid for re-election last year by 21 votes out of almost 10,800 cast. After the initial vote count, Mah sued successfully…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas man who was shot when he and a cousin tried to break into a rural Lyon County home has been sentenced to about five years in prison. Gary D. Yowell Jr., 36, was sentenced Wednesday to concurrent sentences of 55 months in prison and six months in jail for the Jan. 2 home invasion at a home about three miles north of Neosho Rapids. The homeowner, Ron Sleisher, shot Yowell and then held his cousin, Rodney E. Yowell, 31, of Dunlap, at gunpoint after they broke into Sleisher’s house. The Emporia Gazette reports Sleisher was…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Public health officials have issued more warnings about toxic blue-green algae in Kansas lakes. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Thursday that nine lakes are now under public health warnings. A public health warning indicates water conditions are unsafe and prohibits wading, skiing and swimming. Lakes currently under that status include Colwich Memorial Park Lake in Sedgwick County; Harvey County East Lake and Harvey County West Lake; Hiawatha City Lake in Brown County; and Lake Warnock in Atchison County. Also included are Logan City Lake in Phillips County; Memorial Park Lake in Barton County; Riggs…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Konza Rotary’s Dan Knupp on the Water Day event, followed by Ginny Bernard, the Riley County Extension Health, Nutrition, and Food Safety Agent, concerning ServSafe and the recent stomach bug. [mp3-jplayer]
Riley County residents who live close to rivers and creeks may want to be on the look-out. That’s according to Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins who tells KMAN most of the county received two inches of rain Thursday, with expectations for the Kansas River to crest around 17 feet. Collins says that could cause problems up Wildcat Creek if we get a lot more rain. And in fact, The National Weather service is forecasting more rain this weekend. Those residents who live close to rivers and creeks should be aware that Thursday night’s rains have caused some rivers…
And you think you’re having a bad day? KMAN News is trying to get further details on this incident, occurring at Everett and Churchill Way Friday morning.
US officials expressed anger and disappointment Thursday over Russia’s decision to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The White House said it was ‘not a positive development’ for US-Russia relations and is considering its next steps.
Ann Arbor police investigating the fatal shooting of a University of Michigan medical student are asking for the public’s help in identifying a potential witness.