A couple of rulings were handed down Thursday, dealing with a Riley County murder that occurred in December of last year. The judge in the Domingo Soto case has ruled statements made by Soto to Riley county police detectives will be allowed at trial. Soto is charged with aiding and abetting the first degree murder of Steven Freele, whose body was found on a country road in Manhattan. In addition, the judge ruled another defendant in the case, 19 year old Reyna Youdath, who had been a student at Kansas State, can testify regarding statments made to her about the alleged murder.…
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A special meeting for the Manhattan Ogden school board was held Wednesday. The topic of conversation was to discuss and take action on the start times of the schools. A few weeks ago, the board opened up for a public hearing and last night they joined the conversation. A presentation was given on Wednesday to go over the results of the surveys for both the parents and for the faculty. The majority who responded wanted to keep the schedule as is. During their discussion, the board brought up issues of buses and money to increase the fleet, the loss of family time,…
K-State placed three players on Phil Steele’s Midseason All-American Team as linebacker Arthur Brown, kick returner Tyler Lockett and quarterback Collin Klein were recognized Wednesday by the publication. Brown was named to the All-America first team, as he has 41 tackles this season, four of which were for loss, with a sack and fumble recovery. Lockett was a second team pick as he’s returned seven kickoffs for a 35 yard average, including a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against North Texas. Dri Archer of Kent State was the first team kickoff returner. Klein earned third team honors at the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Southeastern Conference and Big 12 held a meeting to work out the details of their joint bowl game, including a host city. SEC spokesman Charles Bloom confirmed that representatives of the two leagues, including SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and Big 12 chief Bob Bowlsby, met Wednesday in Nashville. Bloom says they have made progress over the last month but didn’t elaborate. The front-runners to host the Big 12-SEC game are believed to be the Cotton Bowl held at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Groups from Atlanta, San…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Royals have hired Doug Henry to be their bullpen coach next season. Henry served as the interim bullpen coach the final two weeks of last season. He takes over on a permanent basis for Steve Foster, who was appointed the club’s minor league pitching coordinator and special assistant to general manager Dayton Moore on Aug. 31. Henry has been part of the Royals organization since 2008, primarily with Triple-A Omaha. The Royals are still searching for a new hitting coach after choosing not to renew the contract of Kevin Seitzer last week. Manager Ned…
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a concussion and will sit out the next two Sprint Cup races at Charlotte and Kansas. The injury ends NASCAR’s most popular driver’s championship chances this season. Hendrick Motorsports says Earnhardt Jr. was diagnosed Wednesday afternoon. He sustained the concussion in the 25-car pileup on the last lap of Sunday’s race at Talladega. Regan Smith will replace Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 Chevrolet in the next two events.
GYPSUM, Kan. (AP) A bank robbery suspect has been captured in central Kansas after a chase that ended with him exchanging gunfire with a trooper. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the chase started Tuesday night in Saline County. After the suspect crashed his vehicle near the town of Gypsum, he and the trooper pursuing him fired their weapons. The suspect then fled on foot. He was caught later in the evening after a search that involved aircraft, police dogs and multiple law enforcement agencies. Authorities suspect that earlier Tuesday, the man walked into the First Bank of Chase, showed a…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A 53-year-old Leavenworth woman has pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud charges. The U.S. Attorney’s office for western Missouri says in a release Wednesday that Paula A. Cathey pleaded guilty to 15 counts of bank fraud. She is accused of embezzling more than $561,000 from her Kansas City employer, Mega Industries Corp., a highway and general contractor construction company. Cathey worked as controller for the company from 1997 through March 2011. In her plea, she admitted that she embezzled the money by depositing company checks in her personal bank account. The prosecutor’s office said Cathey used…
HazMat responded to Manhattan High School East Campus Wednesday. USD 383 officials indicate a student accidentally broke a thermometer that contained mercury. A small amount of the mercury spilled onto a table and the floor. The Manhattan Fire Department Haz-Mat team were called and responded to the incident. Communications Coordinator Michele Jones says the mercury reading in the room was well below the acceptable level for mercury. All students and adults that were in that room during first and second hours were isolated and readings were done on their shoes. All shoes were also found to be well below the acceptable level…
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Suspended TCU quarterback Casey Pachall is leaving school for the rest of the semester and enrolling at an inpatient rehabilitation facility. Coach Gary Patterson made the announcement Tuesday, five days after the junior starter was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving near campus. That came eight months after Pachall admitted to police that he smoked marijuana and failed a team-administered drug test. Patterson said most of the inpatient programs like the one Pachall will enter are 30 to 60 days. The coach said that keeps the door open for Pachall re-enrolling at TCU next…