LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Sentencing has been postponed for a 20-year-old Topeka man convicted of killing a teenage passenger while driving drunk. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Hunter Hillmer is now set to be sentenced May 17 in Shawnee County District Court. The proceeding had been scheduled for Thursday, but his new defense attorney sought the delay. Hillmer was convicted in December of reckless second-degree murder for a March 2012 accident that killed Madison Naill, 15. He was also convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated battery for injuries suffered by a second passenger. The crash left Hillmer…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) Efforts to build an aviation museum at Salina Regional Airport are getting a boost from the Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation. The foundation, named for the late adventurer and aviation pioneer, issued a $1 million challenge grant to help build the Wings Over Salina Museum and Aviation Experience. The grant will match contributions to the project. Salina was the site of two of Steve Fossett’s aviation exploits. In 2005, he took off and landed at Salina in the first non-stop, non-refueled solo flight around the world. The flight lasted 67 hours and one minute and covered nearly…
At a joint meeting between Manhattan City Commissioners and Riley County Commissioners on Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers for the Kansas City Region went over some recent studies they conducted concerning the levee surrounding the Manhattan Community. Chief of Planning, John Grothaus, showed commissioners various flood plain maps including a 25 year, 50 year, 100 year, 200 year, 300 year, and 500 year flood plain maps. The maps showed considerably larger areas vulnerable to flood along the Big Blue River segment, which spans from the right bank of the Big Blue River on Casement Road to the Kansas River Confluence,…
It medical day here on InFocus. Cathy has a chance to talk with Jody Kenny from the Diabetes Center with Mercy Regional Health Center on National Diabetes Alert day, followed by Michelle Haub, director of the Manhattan Parkinsons program at Meadowlark, and Don Rasumussen, flag-bearer. Cathy concludes the show with Robbin Cole, Pawnee Mental Health executive director. [mp3-jplayer]
Starting this year, through 2015, the Kansas Health Foundation/Greater Manhattan Community Foundation/Riley County Health Department plans to secure $12,500 in matching funds to obtain $25,000 from Kansas Health Foundation per year. CEO of Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Vern Henricks came before the Riley County Commission, during their Monday meeting, to share the details of their proposal request. Henricks spoke on behalf of the foundation to propose an invitation for a partnership to create a community environment supportive of policy charge. The project description indicates the 2012 grant studied ways to help leaders create healthy communities and prevent childhood obesity; and…
The Kansas Department of Transportation is announcing more work on K-18 near Manhattan. Westbound K-18 from 56th Avenue to just west of K-113/Seth Child Road will be reduced to one lane on Monday throughTuesday, April 8-9 for the installation of traffic control items. In addition, Eastbound and westbound K-18 from 56th Avenue to just west of K-113/Seth Child Road will be moved to the new westbound K-18 lanes and reduced to one lane in each direction (in a side by side configuration) for pavement reconstruction work sometime during the week of April 15th, weather permitting. These lane closures will remain in…
Funeral services were held at 10:30 am on Thursday for Dominick Lubrano at the First United Methodist Church in Manhattan. 6-month-old Lubrano is survived by his older brother Damian, his mother Sabrina Ross-Lubrano, and father Eric Lubrano Jr. 19-year-old Micheal Dechant of Ogden has been charged with possible first degree murder of Lubrano, and is set to appear in Riley County court on April 9th at 1:00pm
A Manhattan man was arrested for failing to report to jail on Wednesday afternoon. Riley County Police arrested 44-year-old David Ray Lewis on a warrant. Lewis was originally charged with possession of opiates, and other controlled substances. Lewis being held by police without bond. Riley county Police arrested a Manhattan man on burglary charges. 33-year-old Micheal Westgate was charged with residential burglary. 74-year-old Norma Nordgren told police her house near the 400 block of Valley Drive was burglarized, and assorted tools were taken from the residence. Westgate is being held on a $5,000 bond. Police are investigating an alleged burglary…
LOS ANGELES (AP) Wichita State and La Salle busted a few brackets with their early wins in the NCAA tournament. Now they’re in the final 16 and playing a short drive from Hollywood. Just don’t script their matchup as a meeting of underdogs. These guys think they’ve got a lot of credibility, even if large chunks of the country didn’t pay them any attention until now. The ninth-seeded Shockers (28-8) and No. 13 Explorers (24-9) meet in the second West Regional semifinal on Thursday night at Staples Center, where Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and Blake Griffin of the…
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Chris Getz went 6 for 6, James Shields pitched five strong innings and a Kansas City Royals split squad and the Chicago Cubs played to a 9-9 tie in 10 innings Wednesday night. Getz doubled, tripled and drove in two runs, raising his average to .450. Lorenzo Cain, Mike Moustakas, Salvador Perez and Alex Gordon homered for the Royals, who are 23-7-2. Shields, who will start Monday against the Chicago White Sox on opening day, held the Cubs to three singles and two runs over five innings, walking one and striking out four while throwing 37 strikes…