COFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) Coffeyville police are investigating two shootings over the weekend that left two people dead and two injured. James Logan, 32, of Coffeyville and Latrell Boyd, 31, of Pine Bluff, Ark., died in shootings late Friday at an apartment complex. A 20-year-old Coffeyville man was treated and released for injuries from that shooting. Early Saturday, a second shooting left Anthony Wilson, 39, with non-life-threatening wounds. No arrests have been made. Police are looking for at least two people who are believed to be involved in the shootings. The KBI and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office are helping with…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Seven men accused of cheating investors out of $132 million with false promises about companies that leased oil rigs are due in federal court in Wichita. Six of the defendants are from Kansas; the other is from Oklahoma. A federal grand jury indicted them in September on charges including of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. All of the men received summonses for first appearances Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Humphreys in Wichita. First appearances typically involve appointment of legal counsel and bond setting.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is scheduled to join a panel discussion on job training in northeastern Kansas. The event takes place Monday afternoon at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. Others members of the panel include Kansas Secretary of Transportation Mike King and Matt Rose, chairman and CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The U.S. Transportation Department says the discussion will focus on partnership opportunities aimed at designing job training to match skills with employer needs.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas professor has co-authored a book about raising children while seeking tenure. “Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family” tells the story of more than 100 women in a range of academic disciplines and institutions. Lisa Wolf-Wendel is a professor of educational leadership and policy studies professor at the University of Kansas. Her co-author, Kelly Ward, chairs the department of educational leadership and counseling psychology at Washington State University. Wolf-Wendel says one issue that makes academia unique is that faculty members only have a certain amount of time in their career to attain…
Though the Pottawatomie County Commissioners spent Monday doing the regular business items that make up their agenda, their audience was a little different. As part of a government lesson, 3rd and 4th graders were present to witness firsthand the workings of a government body. The students sat through department updates including that of Tim Eisenbarth, director of the Noxious Weed Department and Betty Abitz, register of deeds. Each had some data that they wished to present to the commission about how well their departments are doing. The commission also has an update on the new EMS building as the design…
Cutbacks are a necessity with the current state of the economy, and Riley County Commissioners are feeling the crunch. The Assistant Public Works/Parks Director position has been a discussion topic on the past few commissioner agendas. Public Works Director/County Engineer, Leon Hobson, came before commissioners on Monday to re-discuss the position and possible ways to move forward. Hobson teamed up with Human Resource Manager/Deputy Clerk, Cindy Volanti, to research how other counties handle their public works and parks departments. Hobson and Volanti said they were surprised to find that most counties do not have a specified parks department. Commissioners, Dave…
Kansas State University has welcomed a variety of prestigious speakers to the Afred M. Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues for over 40 years. The 161st Landon Lecture featuring 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, was held Monday in McCain Auditiorium on the K-State campus. Dempsey is the highest-ranking military officer in the U.S. Armed Forces and the principal military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense and the National Security Council. Originally from New Jersey, Dempsey is a 1974 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and has previously served…
Details were provided Monday regarding a Friday night accident on highway 24 at Hoffman Lane. Burton Lovgren of rural Manhattan was life flighted to Via Christi St. Francis in Topeka, after the motorcycle he was driving was involved in an accident with a pickup. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat indicates Lovgren was eastbound on his motorcycle on highway 24 when a pickup driven by Gary Edwards of Manhattan pulled off of Hoffman Lane onto highway 24. Edwards apparently failed to yield. He was not injured. A condition report on Lovgren was not yet available.
A Topeka man was injured in an early morning accident that caused a traffic tie-up on I-70 in Geary county early Monday morning. Jeremy Mulham was taken to Geary Community Hospital by ambulance following the accident, reported shortly before seven a.m. The Geary county sheriff’s department reports Mulham was westbound at mile marker 305 when his ehicle struck the rear of another vehicle, Mulham lost control, and rolled his vehicle several times. Junction City Fire and EMS crews extricated him from his vehicle. Lifestar was present but was not needed for transport. Two other vehicles were damaged due to debris but…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department reports several recent drug search warrants and arrests, with the latest this past Friday. Three individuals were taken into custody following execution of a search warrant in St. Mary’s, including Lacey Peters, 26 and Kevin Gordon, 35, both of St. Mary’s, andStuart Ostrom 24, whose address is unknown. While charges against the three vary a bit, all involve the alleged distribution of methamphetamine within one-thousand feet of a school. The St Mary’s police department was also involved in the search warrant and arrests. Other recent search warrants include one the end of August with Wamego Police…