The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys’ decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ self-defense law.
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President Barack Obama says the United States doesn’t know how or when chemical weapons were used in Syria or who used them.
K-State’s backcourt took a big hit for the next two years when Angel Rodriguez opted to transfer from the school last week. Now the Wildcats have to find a way to move on without their starting point guard and leading returning scorer for 2013-14. “The exit of Angel was a little disheartening, but it’s a part of college basketball and you’ve got to move forward,” K-State Head Coach Bruce Weber said on KMAN’s Wildcat Insider. “We’re going to miss Angel’s toughness and defense. His defense was special. I don’t think people appreciated that.” Will Spradling is the only returning player…
Two local schools were on lockout for about an hour Tuesday morning. Around 11:15 Tuesday morning, Riley County police responded to the 2500 block of Candlecrest Circle, which is near Frank Bergman Elementary and Susan B. Anthony Middle School. According to USD 383 Communications Coordinator Michele Jones the all clear came in shortly after noon. Riley County Public Information Officer, Matt Droge indicated the original call was for a subject brandishing a fire arm in the area, toward a victim. Officers responded to the assault to investigate and notified both schools. .
The detention hearing scheduled for a Manhattan doctor linked to drug overdoses has been continued. Michael Schuster’s detention hearing is now set for May seventh with Magistrate Judge K. Gary Sebelius in Topeka Tuesday continuing the hearing to the May seventh date. The 53 year old doctor was arrested last Tuesday (April 23) on charges of unlawfully prescribing prescription drugs. Schuster had been operating Manhattan Pain and Spine, with an indictment alleging he was out of the office when a total of 542 patients received prescriptions for more than a dozen different types of medications. Schuster’s medical license has been indefinitely suspended.
FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s in-laws and carried away several bags.
Syrian State TV is reporting that a huge explosion in central Damascus killed 13 people and wounded 70.
A Highland Community College basketball coach is one of several people facing federal charges in connection with a multistate car theft ring. William “B.J.” Smith, of Highland, was arrested April 23 after a federal indictment. Twenty-one men and women, the majority of which are from St. Louis, were indicted on 84 charges that included bank and mail fraud, conspiracy, receipt of stolen motor vehicles and operation of a chop shop. Smith, 48, who has served as a women’s basketball coach at HCC for two years, is named in sixteen of the charges, including conspiracy, mail fraud and receipt of stolen…
Ubaldo Jimenez pitched into the eighth inning, Ryan Raburn hit two home runs and the Cleveland Indians pounded the Kansas City Royals 9-0 on Monday night to split their four-game series. Raburn hit a three-run shot in the fifth inning and a solo homer in the eighth, and finished the night with four hits. Jason Kipnis also went deep to pace a suddenly potent Indians offense. Wade Davis (2-2) made a second straight miserable start for the Royals. The right-hander allowed 8 runs, 12 hits and 3 walks in just 4 2/3 innings. The Royals won the first two games…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) A 29-year-old member of a Dodge City gang has been sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to federal charges of attempted murder. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Kansas said in a release Monday that Jason Najera pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder in furtherance of racketeering. The prosecutor’s office says Najera admitted that in August 2011 he used a knife to stab two men he thought were members of a rival gang. Co-defendant Humberto Ortiz was sentenced earlier to about four years in federal prison. The two men were among 23 defendants indicted…