SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina police say a 19-year-old woman was arrested after officers found about 4 pounds of marijuana in her car. Lt. Jim Norton says the woman was stopped Wednesday for speeding in a school zone. He says the officer was overwhelmed by the smell of marijuana as he walked toward the car. The Salina Journal reports police found 3.8 pounds of marijuana and $3,200 in cash in the car. The drugs were packaged in large bags, small bags, metal containers, a cooler, backpack and purse. The suspect is a former Salina resident who lives in Colorado. Norton says…
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ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) Police seized an airplane full of marijuana and arrested five people at a northeast Kansas airport. Atchison police Mike Wilson says investigators found 42 pounds of marijuana on the airplane Wednesday night at Amelia Earhart Airport. Wilson says police received information that the 1952 Beechcraft C-35 aircraft was headed to Atchison and a car from Kansas City would be waiting for it. When the plane landed, officers arrested three people from Colorado in the plane. A fourth Colorado resident and a Kansas City resident were arrested in the car. The St. Joseph News-Press reports the suspects are…
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…
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…