OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A former death row warden from Georgia will headline a conference in Kansas next month on abolishing capital punishment. The 2012 Abolition Conference takes place Nov. 10 in Olathe sponsored by the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty. Allen Ault was responsible for overseeing executions as a death row warden in Georgia. Ault plans to talk about what he calls the traumatic impact of executions on himself and many of the corrections officers with whom he worked. Kansas Coalition executive director Mary Sloan says Ault’s story highlights an issue sometimes forgotten in debates about capital punishment.
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A Manhattan man entered a plea of no contest Tuesday in Riley County district court to attempted murder in the second degree. Tyrell Brown, 27, entered the plea and then was found guilty in connection with an incident that occurred January 15th of this year. Brown reportedly got into a struggle that day with a handgun in his possession, and during the struggle with two other people, Marcus Cooper, 52, was shot in the right arm, with the bullet coming to rest in his torso. Cooper later recovered. The case was somewhat unusual as Riley county police indicated earlier in the day Cooper had given Brown…
Update: As of 8:30 Tuesday night, service has been restored to all customers affected by the outage. Cox sincerely apologizes for the outage, and assures KMAN that their engineers are monitoring the network to make sure that they do not have any intermittent service issues. Cox is still working to pinpoint the exact cause of the outage, and while exact numbers are not known, it is believed that the problem came from outside of Kansas. Cox Communications is experiencing problems with its business voice manager service not only in Manhattan, but as far away as New England. Coleen Jennison, Director of…
In a meeting that lasted less than 20 minutes, Riley County Law Board members still managed to cover a variety of topics, including concerns by the local Fraternal Order of Police regarding 12 hour shift changes. Local F-O-P treasurer Calvin Sanders addressed law board members during the public comment portion of the meeting, saying the Department is exploring the idea of moving all sworn officers to 12 hour shifts, which would have quite an impact on officers. RCPD Director Brad Schoen indicated it will be months before the matter is finalized, with this only being preliminary discussion. Meanwhile, a question was asked…
The Manhattan High girls golf team completed the 2012 season by finishing in seventh place at the 6A state golf meet on Monday at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita. The Tribe shot a team score of 369. Shawnee Mission East won the tournament with a 343, while Maize was five shots back in second, and Washburn Rural came in third with a 350. Manhattan High’s lone senior, Blake Fingalsen closed her career in the top 10 in 6A with an 82. Kelsey McCarthy also placed in a tie for 15th with an 89.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Just about everyone is back for Kansas State this season but the coach. Frank Martin is gone to South Carolina, and former Illinois coach Bruce Weber has taken over. So far, so good. He says he has successfully “re-recruited” 12 lettermen, including six who started 10 games or more for the Wildcats in 2011. Seniors Rodney McGruder, Jordan Henriquez and Martavious Irving all have considerable experience, and other players have logged meaningful minutes. McGruder led the team in scoring and ten other categories last season, while Henriquez set records for single season and career blocks. Weber is…
Both the Manhattan High girls and boys cross country teams won the Centennial League cross country meets, which were hosted by the Tribe at Warner Park in Manhattan. The MHS girls bested Washburn Rural and Hayden in the team standings, and five Indian runners finished in the top 15. Junior Alaina Schroeder claimed the individual title by over 21 seconds with a time of 15:19.45, while Christina Wankum came in third place. The MHS boys blew away the rest of the Centennial League with five of the top eight finishers. Washburn Rural and Seaman finished in a tie for second. …
Three people were taken to the hospital following an accident in Riley County Monday evening. Andrew King (21), Meghan King (21) and one year old Carter Royster, all of Ogden, were taken to Irwin Army Community Hospital following the accident on K-18, two and a half miles west of Manhattan. The Kansas Highway patrol reports the accident occurred when a 2008 Honda passenger vehicle driven by Andrew King was stopped due to an accident. An ’84 Maserati driven by Charles Robert Beltz III (48) of Junction City failed to stop completely, striking King’s vehicle. Yet a third vehicle, a 2008 Dodge…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Josh Freeman threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns and Ronde Barber scored on a 78-yard interception return to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the struggling Kansas City Chiefs 38-10 on Sunday. Freeman’s inconsistency has been an issue in a slow start for Tampa Bay, but the fourth-year pro is developing a touch on deep passes that’s sparked a sputtering offense over the past two games. Freeman teamed with Mike Williams on a 62-yard scoring play in the first quarter and threw TD passes of 19 and 17 yards to Vincent Jackson in the second half…
K-State was ranked fourth in the initial BCS Standings released Sunday night on ESPN. The No. 4 ranking was tied for the highest for the Wildcats (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) in an opening BCS poll with the 1998 team, while it was the highest overall since sitting in third place for five-straight weeks to end the 1998 season. Earlier Sunday, Kansas State was slotted No. 3 in the USA Today Sports Coaches’ Poll and No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25. The Cats take on West Virginia in Morgantown on Saturday at 6:00pm. Powercat Gameday is live from Fat…