After taking less than a week to call 18 witnesses, George Zimmerman’s defense attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the neighborhood watch volunteer’s second-degree murder trial.
Author: KMAN Staff
On Friday, July 12, 2013, from approximately 8:00 am until noon, the Linear Trail at the Anderson Avenue entrance will be temporarily closed to facilitate water service and the installation of electrical conduit.
All lanes of eastbound and westbound K-18 from east of Scenic Drive to west of K-113 (Seth Child Road) will be CLOSED for bridge work overnight on Tuesday-Friday, July 16-19, with closures beginning at 7:00 p.m. and reopening to all traffic at 5:00 a.m. the next morning.This closure is needed for the setting of the steel bridge beams over the westbound lanes of K-18 which is currently carrying head-to-head traffic for eastbound and westbound K-18 traffic. The project work is scheduled to be completed and the highway reopened to unrestricted traffic at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 20. Eastbound I-70…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A 27-year-old Hutchinson man who sexually assaulted a 4-month-old girl has attacked a Reno County prosecutor while appealing his life sentence. The attack happened Wednesday while Michael Sherman was objecting to being sentenced under Jessica’s Law. The statute mandates a life sentence with no possibility of parole for 25 years for adults convicted of certain sex crimes against children younger than 14. Sherman had performed oral sodomy on the infant and then turned himself in. Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson says that after the judge upheld the original sentence, Sherman jumped on top of prosecutor Keith Schroeder.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A police SWAT team has surrounded an apartment complex where the suspect in a shooting at Kmart store in south Wichita is believed to be holed up. Early reports indicate the man went to the pharmacy and demanded prescription drugs before pulling out a gun. Police say the robbery suspect fired some shots in the store and then fired back toward the building as he fled the scene Lt. Doug Nolte says authorities believe a woman who was in the store fainted, but she was not shot. KWCH-TV reports that witnesses described panic as customers and employees…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Finney County authorities say a freelance photographer working for National Geographic was arrested and briefly detained after he shot pictures of a feedlot near Garden City while on a paraglider. George Steinmetz, of Glenn Ridge, N.J., and his paraglider instructor, Wei Zhang, of Beijing, China, were arrested for misdemeanor criminal trespass on June 28 after flying over the feedlot. The Hutchinson News reports they were held briefly in the Finney County jail before each paid a $270 bond and were released. Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue says Steinmetz and Zhang didn’t have permission to launch their…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Saline County commissioner says the county is moving ahead with a proposal to take over the Salina-Saline County Health Department. County commissioners presented a proposal Tuesday to Salina city commissioners requesting that the city pay $500,000 toward the $1 million cost of roof repairs at the health department building. The Salina Journal reports the proposal also noted the city’s involvement with the health department would stop at the end of the year. County Commission Chairman Randy Duncan says the county is considering increasing the property tax levy to pay for the loss of city funding for…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita City Council members agree the city’s current downtown library needs improvements but they say the money isn’t available to pay for a new one. The council voted Tuesday to solicit proposals for architectural plans for a proposed $29 million library. But the council opposed issuing bonds to pay for the project. Instead, the council directed the city’s library board to find alternative funding. Officials said the city could not afford to issue more bonds while it is considering water, sewer and road projects. No one disputes the city’s current library, which was built in 1965, has…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Pittsburg residents will vote in September on a proposed half-cent sales tax increase to help fund police and fire operations. The Pittsburg City Commission voted Tuesday night to put the issue up for a vote on Sept. 17. If the proposal is approved, the tax would take effect on Jan. 1, 2014. Police Chief Mendy Hulvey said the police department is understaffed and the city “sorely needs” a narcotics unit. The Joplin Globe reports the increase would provide about $1.2 million to fund 10 additional officers and updated technology. The increase also would fund five officers in…
LARNED, Kan. (AP) The state hospital for the mentally ill in western Kansas plans to hold its 10th annual conference on mental health next month. Larned State Hospital’s event is scheduled for Aug. 12-15 at the Larned Community Center. Superintendent Tom Kinlen says the conference provides professional development for psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and corrections officials but is open to anyone who’s interested in mental health issues. Topics to be addressed at the conference include suicide prevention and advances in the diagnosis and treatment of depression.