LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas woman who left her 7-week-old son alone in an alley has been sentenced to 60 days in jail. The Leavenworth Times reports Elizabeth Michaud will also spend a year on probation under the sentence she recently received in Leavenworth County District Court. Michaud pleaded no contest earlier to child endangerment. The incident occurred in May 2012 when Leavenworth police received a missing-child report. Officers found Michaud walking around in a front yard saying she couldn’t find her baby. Another woman noticed the infant in a stroller about three hours later, alone in a Leavenworth…
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ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man who kept a tiger and other exotic animals on his property has pleaded guilty to numerous charges. Matthew Baker was arrested in early May after Atchison County authorities and the Humane Society seized several big cats and other wild animals from his rural property. KAIR-AM reports Baker pleaded guilty Monday to animal cruelty, failure to comply with USDA regulations and failure to comply with cage regulations. He also pleaded guilty to obstruction and possessing drug paraphernalia that turned up after he became disorderly with officers during the seizure. Baker will be sentenced July…
A budget work session was a part of Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting, meaning the budget is in the works. Though no decisions were made, talk about wages for employees and a request from Robbin Cole, Executive Director of Pawnee Mental Health, for additional funding are only the starting points of a long process. The commission also had their weekly update concerning the new Justice Center and Dan Rowe, Principal of Treanor Architects, was in attendance. Rowe expressed his concern of the schedule as at this point the building has still yet to be officially enclosed and there are only…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Jodi Kaus from PowerCat Financial Counseling, followed by Angela Prewitt, American Cancer Society staffer for the Relay For Life of Pottawatomie County and Cindy Dowdy with Riley County, and concluding with Frank Tracz from Municipal band. [mp3-jplayer]
During one of three weather delays at a soaked Yankee Stadium Sunday night, a few players got jumpy in the New York and Boston dugouts when thunder boomed and lightning crackled.
The next time a flight attendant reminds you there’s no smoking or you witness a teenager getting carded at a liquor store, think of Frank Lautenberg. The liberal Democratic senator from New Jersey left his mark on the everyday lives of millions.
President Barack Obama says he is convening a conference on mental illness to bring the issue “out of the shadows.” Obama spoke Monday at the opening of the day-long White House conference.
Budget and Finance Officer, Johnette Shepek came before the commission, during Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting, to announce the budget process officially has begun. Requests will be made from all the departments, and a few other organizations the county funds, throughout the next few meetings. The commission will hear requests from the following individuals in the afternoon: -Community Corrections Director, Shelly Williams -Register of Deeds, Debbie Regester -County Counselor, Clancy Holeman -Planning and Development Director, Monty Wedel -Noxious Weeds Director, Dennis Peterson -County Attorney, Barry Wilkerson The commission wanted to remind the public, these budget requests are open for the…
A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate convicted in Geary county for attempted first degree murder and other charges has apparently been passed over for parole this time around. The latest KDOC update indicates 66 year old Tabor Adkins isn’t eligible for parole until May first of 2015. His last parole hearing was in April. Adkins had also been denied parole in September of 2009. Adkins is serving time on convictions of attempted first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated sodomy. He was convicted in 1983 and has been in jail ever since.
K-State women’s basketball head coach Deb Patterson announced on Monday the sixth member of her 2013 recruiting class, 5-9 guard Leticia Romero of Spain. Romero is active in the international game as she helped lead Spain’s under-17 national team to a second place finish at the world championships last summer. She was named to the all-tournament team by leading Spain with 13.3 points and 3.5 assists per game while also pulling in 4.7 rebounds and pocketing 2 steals. Romero will play this summer for the Spanish under-19 national team at the worlds in Lithuania, and at the under-18 European championships. Romero…