KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Wyandotte County authorities say a woman is charged with trying to drown her two young daughters. The 1- and 4-year-old girls, who were taken from the home on Tuesday, are in critical condition at The University of Kansas Hospital. Their mother, Johnna Green, 23, was charged Thursday with two counts of attempted first-degree murder. She is jailed in Wyandotte County on $1 million bond. It was not immediately clear if she had an attorney. Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome A. Gorman says the charges allege Green tried to drown her daughters with premeditation. He says Green…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators are close to passing legislation reducing state regulation of telecommunications while beginning to phase out state subsidies for telecom firms. The Wichita Eagle reports the Senate voted 37-3 on Thursday for a compromise version of the bill reconciling differences with the House. Passage by the House would send the measure to Gov. Sam Brownback. Under the bill, some telecommunications firms could avoid minimum service quality standards or having to provide land-line service to all customers. But the bill also reduces the subsidies for universal land-line service financed through a charge on customers’ bills. Affected companies…
STILWELL, Kan. (AP) A worldwide agricultural research company has chosen northeastern Kansas for the headquarters of one of its divisions. California-based Syntech Research already has a laboratory in the Johnson County community of Stilwell. The Kansas Commerce Department and the Kansas Bioscience Authority said Thursday the company will also locate its contract research organization headquarters in Stilwell. Nearly 90 jobs are expected to be added over the next five years at the headquarters. SynTech does research for the agricultural, biotechnology and food industries. It has operations and field locations throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A former cadet leader at a Kansas military school is due in court for a hearing on whether there’s enough evidence to try him on charges of sexual battery against a younger student. The preliminary hearing for David James Burke, 18, of McLean, Va., was scheduled Friday in Saline County District Court. The case stems from incidents alleged to have occurred last October at St. John’s Military School in Salina involving another cadet age 16 or older. Burke is charged with seven counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy. A lawyer…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 41-year-old Topeka woman is charged with picking up a 7-pound package containing methamphetamine from a post office after law enforcement agents were tipped off the drugs would be there. Prosecutors say Maria DeSocorro Martinez was arrested March 18 after going into the Topeka post office to pick up the package. The item had been under surveillance for two days after an informant told officers a shipment from California contained the drugs. Martinez was charged in an indictment filed Wednesday with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. If convicted she could face a penalty of 10 years…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy has a number of guests. Starting the show, Cathy talks with State Senator Tom Hawk of Manhattan. Next up is Jennifer Wilson, Riley County Extension Director, followed by Daryl Strouts with Blue Valley Yacht Club and Sailing Foundation and Brian McNulty from the US Army Corps of Engineers. To end the show, Cathy brings in Don Thomson and possibly a quartet from Little Apple Barbershop Chorus. [mp3-jplayer]
A Manhattan man has been charged with failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. 45 year old Mark David Davis could face a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. The crime is alleged to have occurred from April to November 2012. The U.S. Marshals Service was involved the investigation and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Kenney is prosecuting. Meanwhile, a Grandview Plaza man has been charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. 26 year old Tony Dennis faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a…
For the Riley County Police Department, the use of Twitter has become a way of connecting to the public and now they are offering an opportunity to have someone else do their tweeting. The RCPD is encouraging twitter users who would like to spend a day doing a tweet along for the department to get in their tweets by tell the department why they should be picked, while mentioning @RileyCountyPD in the tweet, with the department’s hashtag, which is #POH. On April 26th, the person chosen will be following Public Information Officer Matthew Droge, otherwise known as TwitterCop, on an…
A suspect was arrested for a robbery that occurred early Friday morning. At about 2:20 am in the 700 block of North 11th, Kirk Porter, 25, of Manhattan reported he was robbed. According to the Riley County Police, Porter had his credit card taken by an unknown suspect and when he confronted the suspect there was a physical altercation. After an investigation, police arrested 22 year old Clinton Schriner, 22, of Manhattan. Schriner was being held on a $7,500 bond. — A federal warrant was issued for man now being held at the Riley County Jail. Police arrested Keith Glenn,…
After being named honorable all-America by the Associated Press earlier this week, K-State senior guard Brittany Chambers has been named a second team Senior CLASS all-American. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS organization focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Chambers is joined on the second team by Jacqui Kalin of Northern Iowa, Kevi Luper of Oral Roberts, Anna Martin of DePaul, Jaime Printy of Iowa. Senior CLASS first team all-Americans are Layshia Clarendon of California, Elena Delle Donne of Delaware, Skylar Diggins of…